Jesse Watters and his wife Emma began seeing each other while Jesse was still married to his first wife, Noelle. After they divorced, Jesse put a ring on it. However, that doesn't mean the new marriage lacks controversy.
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00:00Jesse Watters and his wife, Emma, began seeing each other while Jesse was still
00:05married to his first wife, Noelle. After they divorced, Jesse put a ring on it.
00:09However, that doesn't mean the new marriage lacks controversy.
00:13Jesse Watters and Noelle Nguaghiato met after Watters started working at Fox in the early 2000s.
00:20At the time, Nguaghiato was working in advertising and promotions for the network,
00:24while also hosting a fashion-centered web show called IMAG Style.
00:28The pair fell in love, and in 2009, they got married. Just two years later,
00:33the couple welcomed twin daughters, Sophie and Ellie. They seemed to be going strong
00:37for nearly a decade. Jesse posted heartwarming social media tributes to his wife,
00:42and the duo posed for happy-looking photos on family trips. In a 2017 Facebook post,
00:48he posted an uninspiring but technically appropriate message,
00:52"'Happy Valentine's Day, Noelle!' But there was trouble in paradise,
00:56and the couple would split a year later amid a public scandal."
01:00After nine years of marriage and two kids, Noelle pulled the plug on the marriage,
01:04when it became public knowledge that Jesse had an affair with Emma DeJoven,
01:09an associate producer on his show, Watters World. At the time, an official Fox News statement read,
01:15within 24 hours of Jesse Watters voluntarily reporting to the chief of human resources,
01:20in November 2017, that he was in a consensual relationship with a woman on his staff,
01:25management met with both parties, and a decision was made for the woman to be
01:29transferred to work on another program on the network, where she currently remains.
01:35"'Cheated, cheated, cheated, cheated, cheated!'
01:38In the spring of 2018, several months after news of the cheating scandal surfaced,
01:43Emma left the Fox network, and while the terms were kept confidential,
01:48Jesse and Noelle finalized their divorce in March 2019.
01:52In August 2019, just months after his divorce was final, Jesse asked Emma to marry him.
01:58He popped the question by the beach, posting photos to his Facebook page alongside a caption
02:03reading,
02:04"'Emma and I would like to announce our engagement. Thanks to all of our family
02:08and friends who've shown us so much love. We are so grateful.'"
02:12Emma, who's 14 years younger than Jesse,
02:14celebrated the big day in her own Instagram post, writing,
02:18"'Today, my best friend asked me to marry him. I love you forever, Jesse Waters.'"
02:23Jesse later admitted recounted the somewhat creepy way he tried to get Emma to date him.
02:29"'I let the air out of her tires. She couldn't go anywhere. She needed a lift. I said,
02:33hey, you need a lift? She hopped right in the car.'"
02:36Emma and Jesse Waters tied the knot in December 2019 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Naples, Florida.
02:43Along with family and friends, there were some VIPs in attendance,
02:47including Donald Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Eric and Laura Trump.
02:51Kelly Dodd, a former Real Housewife of New York City, also attended the event,
02:56posting a photo alongside Eric and Donald Trump Jr., and writing,
03:00"'Beautiful wedding with an impressive guest list. Oh, by the way, I am not at all political.
03:06I love everyone.'"
03:08Jesse posted a sweet photo of the day to his social media, writing,
03:12"'I'm Waters and this is my wife. Hashtag soulmate.'"
03:15Emma wore a floor-length strapless, mermaid-style gown, complete with lace detail and beading
03:21throughout. She shared a sweet photograph, posing next to her stepchildren, Sophie and Ellie.
03:27Jesse and Emma Waters welcomed a son together in 2021.
03:31Emma posted a photo of her and her husband holding their baby boy, Jesse,
03:35on Instagram, with the caption,
03:37"'Heart is exploding. Welcome to the world, Jesse Bailey Waters Jr. We love you so very much.'"
03:43The timing of Jesse's birth seemed fitting, according to an insider who told Page Six,
03:48"'Jesse is the ultimate jokester.' So it is so cute their son was born on April Fool's Day."
03:54In 2022, Jesse delivered some personal news on The Five, saying,
03:59"'My wife Emma is pregnant with a girl. She's five months along, which I think is halfway through.
04:04And she looks fantastic. You can't even tell that she's pregnant.'"
04:08After the announcement, he and his co-anchors chowed down on pink cupcakes.
04:12Although they didn't mention saving any for the mom-to-be.
04:16In 2023, Jesse and Emma bought a $2.8 million home in Bernardsville, New Jersey. The 10,296
04:25square-foot mansion sits on a sprawling 5.6-acre plot in the Bernardsville mountain range. There's
04:31plenty of green space for kids to run, a pool, and even a theater. Plus, the in-laws are taken
04:37care of whenever they visit. There's a separate carriage house for visitors. The family moved
04:42into the five-bedroom house just in time, as Jesse and Emma's daughter was born in April 2023.
04:48The new baby's first Instagram appearance was captioned,
04:51"'We are excited to announce the birth of our baby girl. Georgina Post Waters. We love her
04:56so much already. They're calling the new baby Gigi.' But even that's not without controversy."
05:02"'Is it G-I-G-I or is it capital G lowercase I? Capital G lowercase I.'"
05:11That brings Jesse's kid total to four, which means the new house has just enough bedrooms
05:16so that none of them have to share. Whether they'll need to add more rooms to their mansion,
05:21only time will tell. Waters has no problem making his political opinions known,
05:26even when they're less than modern. Speaking about the 2024 presidential election on The Five,
05:32he stated flat out,
05:34"...I found out Emma was going into the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris.
05:40That's the same thing as having an affair."
05:42He didn't stop there. He went on to insist,
05:45"...that violates the sanctity of our marriage. What else is she keeping from me?
05:50What else has she been lying about?"
05:52"'Did you make the right choice?'
05:53"'Sure did, honey.'
05:54"'Remember, what happens in the booth stays in the booth.'"
05:58This argument is especially important to Jesse, who's had a longstanding friendship
06:03with Donald Trump and his family. Of course, plenty of viewers pointed out the obvious,
06:08that Jesse cheated on his first wife with his second. One YouTube commenter remarked,
06:14"'Jesse Waters cheated on his first wife. He is talking about his second wife Emma as the
06:18person he considers cheating if she votes a way he doesn't like.'"
06:23What?
06:23But Jesse failed to see the contradiction, doubling down by proclaiming that his marriage
06:28would be over should he find out Emma had voted for the Democratic ticket. Inspiring
06:33another YouTuber to comment,
06:35"'You don't own your spouse. She's your partner, not your personal property.'"