Julie Banderas

Julie Banderas (born Julie E. Bidwell on September 25, 1973 in Hartford, CT) is an Emmy Award-winning, American television news anchor for the Fox News Channel, based in New York City. She formerly hosted Fox Report Weekend until making her move to a weekday anchor role. She currently serves as a primary fill in anchor Monday–Friday. Jon Scott is her successor of the weekend program as of June 2018 after Julie chose to leave her weekend post to anchor weekdays.

Julie Banderas
Born
Julie E. Bidwell

(1973-09-25) September 25, 1973
Hartford, Connecticut
EducationEmerson College
OccupationTelevision news anchor
EmployerFox Entertainment Group
Notable credit(s)
The Big Story Weekend host
Spouse(s)Andrew J. Sansone
Children
  • Addison Melissa (daughter)
  • Avery Julie (daughter)
  • Harrison Andrew (son)
Relatives
  • Howard (father)
  • Fabiola (mother)
  • Melissa (sister)

Early life

Banderas is a daughter of Fabiola R., a Colombian woman,[1] and Howard D. Bidwell. Banderas has a sister named Melissa. She graduated with a bachelor's degree from Emerson College.[2] Bidwell remains Julie's legal last name. She has one sibling, Melissa Bidwell, and four half siblings from her father's first marriage: Howard (Bud) Bidwell, Marybeth (Becky) Bender, Susan Williams, and Tracy Bidwell. Banderas’ father died in 2010. Bidwell was a Navy veteran and civil engineer who started his own company called Consolidated Precast, Inc. According to his obituary, he was married three times. His second wife was Banderas’ mother, Fabiola. Banderas’ mother is from Colombia and still has relatives living there.

Career

Banderas began her career[3] at WLVI-TV in Boston. She went on to serve as a local news anchorwoman for WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia; WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut and WNYW in New York City.

Banderas joined the Fox News Channel in March 2005 as a general assignment reporter.[4] In June 2006, she gained international media attention for her infamous on-air clash with Shirley Phelps-Roper, former spokeswoman for the Westboro Baptist Church,[5] in which she later stated "These people should be arrested, and I understand the right to protest, but when you disgrace not only our fallen soldiers, but when you disgrace innocent young children, I swear. Lock ‘em up. Throw away the key. Give ‘em the death penalty. I think it‘s disgusting."[6]

In 2008, she replaced Laurie Dhue at the anchor position for Fox Report Weekend. In 2010 she took maternity leave with Harris Faulkner assuming her responsibilities. She returned to Fox News from leave near the end of 2010 and was reassigned to the position of general news correspondent.

In June 2019, Banderas asserted that special counsel Robert Mueller “said that he had confidence that [President Trump] clearly did not commit a crime.” Mueller did not say that, but rather said, "If we had confidence that the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so."[7]

Personal life

Banderas' husband, Andrew J. Sansone, a member of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity and founding president of both Old Rock Media and Big Apple Channel, proposed marriage to her with a message in a bottle while they were clam digging on Long Island Sound. She announced their engagement during an episode of America's Election Headquarters on September 21, 2008.[8] They wed at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church on August 29, 2009.[9] Their daughter Addison Melissa was born on April 21, 2010.[10] A second daughter, Avery Julie, was born on November 13, 2012.[11] A son, Andrew Harrison, was born on May 9, 2016.[12] They currently reside in New York City.

See also

References
  1. "Episode dated February 10, 2008". Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld. February 10, 2008. Fox News Channel.
  2. "Julie Banderas". FoxNews.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. "TV 3 Alumni: Where Did They Go?, or 'Where's Meg?'". BridgewaterVA.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2007.
  4. Staff (March 9, 2005). "Julie Banderas Joins Fox News". TV Newser. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  5. "Shirley Phelps-Roper on Fox News". Fox News Channel. Fox Corporation – via YouTube.
  6. Barrett-Fox, Rebecca (December 16, 2010). ""Pray not for this People for their Good": Westboro Baptist Church, the Religious Right, and American Nationalism" (PDF). University of Kansas. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  7. "Julie Banderas Falsely Claims Mueller Confident Trump Committed No Crime". 7 June 2019.
  8. "Episode dated September 21, 2008". America's Election Headquarters. September 21, 2008. Fox News Channel.
  9. "Julie Bidwell, Andrew Sansone". The New York Times. August 28, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  10. Sansone, Andrew (April 22, 2010). "It's a GIRL!". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  11. "Julie Banderas's New Baby Girl!". FoxNews.com. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  12. "Fox Report Weekend's Julie Banderas is a mother of three". eCelebrityFacts.com. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
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