Net Worth and Salary

Net Worth and Salary

TV personality

Virginia Donald

Virginia Donald

Who is Virginia Donald?

Virginia Donald is a TV personality and socialite. Virginia Donald is best known as the ex-wife of Shepard Smith, a Fox News network news broadcaster.

Virginia Donald- Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Virginia Donald was born in Mississippi, USA, in 1966, and

Virginia was raised in Mississippi by her parents, both of whom were high school teachers.

Virginia then attended the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and Acting, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1988.

Net Worth of Virginia Donald? Salary, Earnings

Virginia Donald’s net worth exceeds $2 million, while her ex-net husband’s worth exceeds $25 million.

Virginia Donald: Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend/ Girlfriend

Virginia became a housewife after marrying Shepard Smith in 1987, and she did not pursue a career until after their divorce.

She has been a journalist for many years and frequently writes columns for several US magazines.

She has also dabbled in the film industry, landing minor roles in short films and TV commercials, but has yet to land a breakthrough role.

Virginia Donald
Virginia Donald with her husband. Source: justrichest

Virginia is also a social media personality, having amassed a large fan base across multiple social media platforms.

Marriage to Shepard Smith, as well as other affairs Virginia and Shepard met at the University of Mississippi while both were students at the Meek School of Journalism and Acting, and they began dating in 1986.

They married after a year of dating in 1987 but divorced in 1993.

The reasons for their divorce were kept private until it was revealed in 2002 that Shepard was having an affair with Giovanni Graziano, his colleague from For News –

Virginia hasn’t commented on Shepard’s sexuality, but it has since become clear that Shepard is gay and can no longer hide his affection for men.

Body Measurement- Height, Weight, Hair Colour 

Virginia Donald is 5feet 4inches (1.63m) tall with long brown hair and black eyes, weighs around 130lb (59kg), and wears shoes size seven.

Virginia Donald’s Husband’s Professional Career

He later worked as a correspondent for the TV news magazine program “A Current Affair” before joining the Fox News Channel in 1996.

During his time at Fox News, Shepard covered a number of significant stories, including the death of Diana,

Princess of Wales in 1997, the ballot-counting controversy in Florida in November 2000, and the execution of Timothy McVeigh, an American domestic terrorist, in 2001.

In the summer of 2005, he also covered the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. “The Fox Report with Shepard Smith” became the third most-watched and best-ranked US cable news program,

and Smith became the second most trusted news anchor on television.

When “Studio B” and “The Fox Report” ceased airing in October 2013, he became the host of his new show “Shepard Smith Reporting.”

There has been some controversy surrounding Shepard since he declared the Uranium One scandal to be false and untrue in November 2017 –

after people expressed their opinion about how clueless he is about the matter, Shepard stated, ‘I get it, that some of our opinion programmings are there strictly to be entertaining.’ That makes sense to me. I’m not employed there.

‘I’m not going to work there.’ The Uranium One scandal has yet to be resolved, and there is no evidence of wrongdoing in the case.

Shepard announced his departure from Fox News on October 11, 2019, and it is expected that he will continue to work as an anchor and reporter for other networks.

He appeared in two films: the 1997 disaster film “Volcano” and the 2004 documentary film “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Sheppard announced publicly in 2017 that he is gay and in love with Giovanni Graziano –

‘I’m not thinking about it.’ It isn’t a thing. I leave for work.

I am in charge of a large number of people. I report on current events. I’m dealing with holy hell all around me. ‘I return home to the man I love.’

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Quick Facts of Virginia Donald

  • Donald was born in Mississippi USA, in 1966, and is a TV personality and a socialite, but perhaps best known as the ex-wife of Shepard Smith, a news broadcaster who worked for the Fox News network.
  • He moved back to study journalism at the University of Mississippi, but quit while being only two credits away from graduating.
  • He subsequently became a correspondent for “A Current Affair” TV news magazine program, before joining the Fox News Channel in 1996.
  • Her net worth is over $2 million, while her ex-husband Shepard’s net worth is over $25 million.