The Scandalous Timeline: How Jesse Watters’ Affair With a Subordinate Led to a New Marriage and Viral Hypocrisy

FOX NEWS, December 2025 — Fox News host Jesse Watters has become a fixture of cable news, but his personal life has proven to be as polarizing as his political commentary. While Watters frequently weighs in on issues of morality and fidelity, his own relationship timeline—marked by a public affair, a swift divorce, and a controversial second marriage—has consistently put him at the center of media scrutiny.

His personal life was thrown back into the spotlight recently when his comments on political differences in marriage went instantly viral, opening the door for critics to point out the sharp contradictions in his public and private ethics.

The Breakdown of the First Marriage

Watters married his first wife, Noel Inguagiato, in 2009. The couple, who met when Watters began working at Fox in the early 2000s, shared a seemingly happy life for nearly a decade and welcomed twin daughters, Sophie and Ellie.

The marriage, however, collapsed amid a public scandal in 2018. After nine years, Noel filed for divorce when it was revealed that Jesse had been engaged in an affair with Emma DiGiovine, an associate producer on his show, Watters’ World.

The network was immediately forced to intervene. In November 2017, after Watters voluntarily reported the consensual relationship with a subordinate to Human Resources, the woman—Emma—was transferred to a different program at the network. Emma eventually left the network entirely in the spring of 2018. The divorce between Jesse and Noel was finalized in March 2019.

A Controversial New Start

Just months after his divorce was complete, Watters moved swiftly to solidify his new relationship. He proposed to Emma—who is 14 years his junior—in August 2019, and the couple married in a lavish ceremony in Naples, Florida, in December 2019.

The wedding was a major social event, boasting a VIP guest list that included former President Donald Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and members of the Trump family.

Adding a layer of bizarre controversy to their courtship, Watters later recounted a story of how he first managed to secure a date with Emma: “I let the air out of [her] tires… she needed a lift,” he said, acknowledging the “creepy” nature of the maneuver.

Expanding the Dynasty

The couple quickly settled into family life. They welcomed their son, Jesse Bailey Watters Jr., on April Fool’s Day in 2021, a timing that insiders joked was fitting for the network’s resident jokester.

Their daughter, Georgina Post Watters (nicknamed Gigi), was born in April 2023. The new additions brought Jesse’s total number of children to four. To accommodate their growing family, the couple purchased a massive 10,296 square-foot mansion in Bernardsville, New Jersey, for $2.8 million in 2023.

The Hypocrisy That Went Viral

Despite the dramatic and controversial beginning of his second marriage, Watters has not shied away from making moral pronouncements on air, leading to his most viral controversy yet.

Speaking on his show, The Five, Watters delivered a scathing declaration about fidelity and politics. He stated flat out that if he discovered his current wife, Emma, were to vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, it would be “the same thing as having an affair”.

He insisted that such a vote would violate “the sanctity of our marriage,” questioning what else his wife might be “keeping from” him.

The comments immediately drew sharp public criticism, with viewers on social media quickly pointing out the glaring contradiction. One YouTube commenter summarized the public sentiment, noting the irony: “Jesse Waters cheated on his first wife. He is talking about his second wife Emma as the person he considers cheating if she votes a way he doesn’t like.”

Despite the clear hypocrisy, Watters publicly doubled down, reaffirming his stance that a Democratic vote from his wife would mean the end of their marriage. The recurring controversies ensure that Watters remains a lightning rod in political and cultural spheres, with his personal life continually scrutinized under the harsh light of his own on-air commentary.