"She is a new FOX News contributor. Welcome to the family, Lara." "Yay, thank you." Lara Trump just
became the first member of the Trump family to hold a paid role at FOX News since Donald Trump
left office.The cable news channel has hired the daughter-in-law of the former president as
as a contributor. She is married to the ex-president's son Eric. Lara Trump said she was "so excited
to be joining the Fox family," when her hiring was announced on Fox & Friends Monday morning.
"I sort of feel like I've been an unofficial member of the team for so long. You guys know, it was kind
of a joke over the past five years, I would come there so often that the security guards were like,
'Maybe we should just give you a key.'" This news comes as Lara Trump is reportedly weighing a
run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina next year. Here's what she had to say about that on FOX: "So I
still haven't officially made a decision but hopefully sometime soon." FOX News typically
cuts ties with employees and contributors once they officially announce their candidacy.
"Yeah well, FOX has been very generous with me and they have said, look if that's something
that you ultimately decide to do, they're going to work with me on that front and make sure that
everything, all the rules are followed and we do everything properly." FOX News has already hired a
a few former Trump administration officials as hosts and contributors since he left office in January,
including former economic adviser Larry Kudlow and former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
For more on this story, go to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.