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Fox News said on Tuesday that it has addressed the “unfortunate distraction” of
Sean Hannity and
Jeanine Pirro speaking at President Donald Trump’s Monday night campaign rally in Missouri and that it doesn’t condone such behavior. The network did not say what, if any, discipline that the two network personalities would face. It’s considered standard for employees of news organizations not to engage in political campaign activities so their outlets do not appear unfair; some journalists go so far as to not vote at all for this reason. Fox News resisted Monday when the Trump campaign had advertised to its followers that Hannity would appear as a “special guest” at the Missouri rally, saying Hannity was only there to cover the event. On Tuesday, Hannity tweeted that he was being “100 percent truthful” earlier Monday when he tweeted that “I will not be on stage campaigning with the president.” “When the POTUS invited me on stage to give a few remarks last night, I was surprised, yet honored by the president’s request,” Hannity tweeted. “This was NOT planned.” Hannity, who told the audience at Trump’s rally that “all these people in the back are fake news,” also tweeted Tuesday that he was not referring to any of his Fox News colleagues. Fox reporter Kristin Fisher, who tweeted a copy of Fox’s statement on Tuesday, was covering the rally. Hannity, cable news’ most popular personality and a vocal Trump defender, has twice been publicly rebuked by Fox for campaign activity. Hannity was made to cancel a 2010 appearance in Cincinnati when it was revealed he was participating in a fundraiser for the tea party. When he was featured in a 2016 Trump campaign video, Fox told him to never do it again.
People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honor has given him a boost of self-confidence. Elba, 46, who starred in The Wire and
Luther, was surprised by being crowned this year’s winner. “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?’” he told the magazine. “Looked in the mirror, I checked myself out. I was like, ‘Yeah, you are kind of sexy today.’ But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling. It was a nice surprise — an ego boost for sure.” Elba’s selection was revealed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with the actor appearing via satellite from London. Fallon had Elba perform poses to match the magazine’s cover description of him as a “sweet, smoldering superstar.” The actor has also starred in Marvel’s Thor franchise and as Nelson Mandela in the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Elba, who also performs under the deejay name DJ Big Driis and has his own clothing line, is also planning a wedding with his fiancee Sabrina Dhowre.