Steve Doocy’s exit from full-time “Fox & Associates” duties was an emotional one, however the longtime Fox Information character shared that his first port of name post-semi-retirement can be to go to one other acquainted face. That’d be his son, fellow newsman Peter Doocy. (Gotcha in case you thought that was only a widespread final identify!)

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Whereas some won’t have recognized that Steve and Peter are associated, it bears mentioning that neither of them has ever tried to cover it. Fairly the opposite, as seen within the montage of clips “Fox & Associates” shared to commemorate his scaling again, Peter even tagged alongside for quite a few Take Your Youngsters to Work Days lengthy earlier than going into the information enterprise himself. In a single particularly candy clip, Peter even appeared as a mini anchor, interviewing his sister Sally Doocy to ask what she considered their dad’s gig. Discuss foreshadowing. 

Steve has additionally spoken in regards to the early days of his son’s profession on the channel, sharing in a single episode of “Fox & Associates” that he’d landed a job as a correspondent whereas he was in faculty. Minimize to a college-aged Peter, joking that he’d managed to get a bunch of fellow college students to hitch him for an insert by promising them photographs. In fact, Peter ended up persevering with to work for the community, and in a 2021 interview commemorating 25 years of Fox Information, he gushed over how impressed he was by his son taking the reins. “My son Peter is the White Home correspondent. Individuals will come as much as me, and so they’ll go, ‘Steve, you and your spouse did a extremely good job as a result of that child is a good reporter,'” he beamed, clips as soon as once more displaying flashbacks of Peter within the newsroom juxtaposed with present footage of him on air. Adorbz!

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Steve Doocy wasn’t exaggerating when he mentioned his son obtained a ton of affection. Actually, Donald Trump gave Peter Doocy a really spectacular shout-out in his message to Steve on his semi-retirement from “Fox & Associates,” saying, “Your son goes to symbolize you effectively. Peter is of equal expertise no less than — the truth is you’d say he is even higher than you.”

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Likewise, Peter Doocy has additionally been recommended on his professionalism by an unlikely supply: Jen Psaki. Peter and Psaki’s relationship could have seemed prickly at instances, however Psaki has mentioned it was all a part of the job. “There is a performative part from the TV aspect of the briefing room … However I’ve additionally discovered my engagements with him to be fully skilled,” the Biden press secretary instructed Mediaite. 

One one who hasn’t at all times had the nicest issues to say about Peter? Joe Biden, who in 2022 was heard on mic calling the Fox Information White Home correspondent, “A silly son of a b***h.” In a joint interview with Steve for The Hill, the daddy shared that his son had instructed him about it quickly after. “He referred to as me and mentioned, ‘Hey, I believe the president simply referred to as me an SOB’ … And, , as his father you go, ‘Oh no. There he goes utilizing that language; that is going to be 1 / 4 for the swear jar,'” Steve joked. It’s price noting that in his Instagram put up sharing the information of his and his spouse’s (and fellow Fox Information correspondent Hillary Vaughn) new child child lady, Peter sweetly shouted out Biden for his parenting recommendation, so clearly they labored issues out, too. One thing tells us Peter’s profession could find yourself being simply as prolonged and profitable as his dad’s has been. 

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