Jeanine Ferris Pirro, American television host and author, was born on June 2, 1951, in El Mira, New York in the United States of America. She is also a former New York state judge, prosecutor, and politician. She was born to Lebanese-American parents. His father was an RV salesman and his mother was a model in a department store.
Early life
Pirro’s parents were Maronite Catholics. Pirro knew since she was six years old that she wanted to become a lawyer. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Elmira in three years, where she also interned with the Chemung County Prosecutor’s Office. Pirro later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University at Buffalo. She received her J.D. from Union University Albany Law School in 1975, where she served as editor of the Law Review.
Career
Pirro was a regular on the syndicated morning talk show “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.” She has appeared as a guest expert on Today, Fox NY Good Day New York and more. She is a legal analyst for Fox News and has appeared on numerous shows, including Larry King Live, The Joy Behar Show, and Geraldo at Large. She appeared frequently on Fox’s late-night satirical show Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. “To Punish and Protect,” Pirro’s nonfiction book about life in the criminal justice system, was published in 2003. Pirro, with the help of author Pete Earley, created the novel “Sly Fox.” from 2012, based on her own experiences as a 25-year assistant district attorney in Westchester. Pirro appears in the six-part HBO series The Jinx, explaining her perspective on the 1983 disappearance of Kathie Durst, a high-profile case in which she served as an investigative attorney. Pirro hosted the American reality television show You the Jury, which was canceled after two episodes.
The CW television network announced on May 5, 2008 that Pirro would host a weekday television show called “Judge Jeanine Pirro” as part of the network’s CW daytime lineup, airing two episodes per day. Warner Bros. Domestic Television distributed the show, which aired as standard on all CW affiliates. Judge Jeanine Pirro was accepted for a second season, which will begin in fall 2009. Unlike the first season, which premiered in fall 2009, the second season was not limited to affiliates of the CW. The show was nominated for Outstanding Legal/Audience Program at the 37th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2010 and won the award at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2011. The show was canceled in September 2011 due to low ratings.
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, she hosted the show from home in March 2020. She did not appear on television for the first 15 minutes, attributing this to “technical issues” while Jackie Ibaez replaced him, and when she did, her words became increasingly garbled, leading to the widespread belief that she was drunk. She was even seen setting a drink aside with a straw after a commercial break. After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Pirro actively supported his agenda with false accusations of voting machine fraud that allegedly stole the election from Donald Trump. Hosts Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo also encouraged lying on their shows. Smartmatic, a voting machine manufacturer falsely accused of working with competitor Dominion Voting Systems to rig elections, sent Fox News a letter in December 2020 demanding the retraction, which “must be published multiple times to maintain awareness and Days later, all three programs aired the same video clip in which they denied the unfounded allegations, but none of the three presenters personally retracted the allegations.
What happened to Jeanine’s ex-husband, Albert Pirro (Al Pirro)?
Christi Albert had committed tax fraud before the birth of their first child, which led to his imprisonment; he was also involved in an adulterous affair that led to 29 months in prison. Albert Pirro was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, shortly before leaving office. His wife Jeanine, then a Fox News host, had a close relationship with Donald Trump and was one of Trump’s most vocal media supporters. Albert’s whereabouts are currently unknown, and Jeanine has also refused to provide any information on his fate or well-being.