{"id":302217,"date":"2025-11-20T01:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/302217\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:15:10","slug":"karoline-leavitt-admits-32-year-age-gap-with-husband-nicholas-riccio-is-very-unusual-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/302217\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt admits 32-year age gap with husband Nicholas Riccio is \u2018very unusual\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt<\/a> is aware that her 32-year age gap with her husband, Nicholas Riccio<\/a>, is unconventional.<\/p>\n

Leavitt, 28, known for her no-nonsense press briefings<\/a>, married her 60-year-old husband this past January, just days before President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second inauguration. The couple, who met when Leavitt was 25 and got engaged in 2023, share one son, Niko, born in July 2024.<\/p>\n

During a new interview on the Pod Force One with Miranda Devine podcast, Leavitt agreed with the host that her marriage was \u201cunusual.\u201d<\/p>\n

When bluntly asked, \u201cCould you not find boys your own age, who are as mature?\u201d the Republican replied, laughing, \u201cHonestly, no, if you want to know the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair first met in 2022 through a mutual friend, when Leavitt was running for a congressional seat in her home state of New Hampshire. She ultimately lost the election to Democrat Chris Pappas.<\/p>\n

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt married her husband Nicholas Riccio in January 2025, just days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Leavitt, 28, is known for her no-nonsense press briefings (AP)<\/p>\n

Leavitt also admitted that her parents had a tough time accepting her husband, likely due to the fact that her mother is younger than Riccio.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then, of course, once they got to know him and saw who he is as a man, and his character and how much he adores me, I think it became quite easy for them,\u201d Leavitt explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now we’re all friends. I mean, it’s a typical family relationship. My husband has such respect for my parents and the way that they raised me, and we all have a lot of fun together when they come to visit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere during the interview, Leavitt highlighted the personality differences between her and Riccio.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s very introverted, unlike me,\u201d she said. \u201cHe stays behind the scenes. He’s not on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leavitt added<\/a> that her \u201cvery private\u201d husband is \u201can incredibly hands-on father.\u201d<\/p>\n

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025 (REUTERS)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and my son are just the best of friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cHe’s just an amazing guy and he is my number one fan. He watches every interview, every press briefing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riccio is a real estate developer from New Hampshire, where he owns over a dozen buildings he rents out to families, according to People.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is amazing,\u201d Leavitt gushed of Riccio. \u201cHe\u2019s a self-made man, which I respect… He\u2019s built his career, so he\u2019s in a place where he can support me in mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leavitt doesn\u2019t post about her husband often on social media, likely due to his private nature. However, she recently shared Halloween photos showing herself, Riccio, and their son trick-or-treating and visiting with Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is aware that her 32-year age gap with her husband, Nicholas Riccio,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,12,88,17153,157120,3123],"class_list":["post-302217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-nicholas-riccio","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}