When Fox Information’ Julie Banderas opens up about her private life, she’s usually sharing the happier moments (like household journeys, her youngsters’ dance competitions, and their day-to-day antics). Nevertheless, each now and again, she’s shared among the sadder issues which have occurred in her life, too — and sadly, there have been a couple of. 

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We’ll begin with the demise of her father. Banderas — whose actual final identify is Bidwell — opened up about her father’s passing on New Yr’s Day 2011, revealing that he’d died simply over a month prior. “I misplaced my dad to Parkinson’s per week earlier than Thanksgiving in 2010,” she shared (by way of BigAppleChannel1). The Fox star’s voice broke as she continued, “Right this moment would have been his 81st birthday.” Banderas was audibly emotional once more as she ended her tribute with phrases from each her and her siblings: “Hope you are watching from a greater place. We love you.”

Over time, Banderas has shared a couple of glimpses of her dad by way of social media, and he or she’s spoken about lacking him. In honor of Veterans Day in 2018, she posted a black-and-white pic of him throughout his days within the Navy to her X account. “My dad, Howard Dexter Bidwell. I’ll always remember you or your service to our nation,” she wrote. A few years on, in January 2021, she shared a candy photograph dump on Instagram to commemorate what would have been his 91st birthday. “I like and miss you Daddy, daily,” she captioned the publish.  

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Julie Banderas went by way of fairly a contentious divorce in 2023 (extra on that later). That appears to have been wrapped up, however it’s price noting that within the time since Banderas introduced her divorce, she has talked about on a couple of events how sad she’d been in her marriage to Andrew Sansone. 

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Some could do not forget that Banderas revealed she was getting a divorce reside on air on “Gutfeld!” Within the episode, which aired just some days forward of Valentine’s Day, Banderas quipped that she disliked the vacation and had by no means gotten something for it throughout her marriage (by way of Individuals). She then spelled it out for anybody who was confused. “I am getting a divorce. I’m going to go forward and say it proper right here for the very first time,” she stated. 

Understandably, social media blew up with viewers commenting on the scenario — and one X publish particularly caught her consideration. “They are saying [you’re] not an grownup till you might have been divorced as soon as. Good luck going ahead, in the long run you may want you had finished it sooner,” it learn. Enter, a zinger of a response from Banderas: “Yeah, like 13 years in the past.” Maybe it is time to add Banderas to our checklist of the shadiest Fox Information anchors, as a result of yikes! In 2024, Banderas as soon as once more alluded to the divorce being an awesome choice in an X publish. After somebody commented that she gave the impression to be having a serious glow-up, she replied, “It is referred to as, divorce. If I’ve realized something by way of this lengthy agonizing course of it is this: it’s by no means too late to be joyful and I’ve by no means been happier!” Possibly we’re studying into issues, however on Valentine’s Day 2025, Banderas donned an all-red look and posted it to Instagram. Coincidence? Prolly not.

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Julie Banderas’ feedback on her divorce prompting her glow-up could come as a shock to many, nevertheless it definitely appears as if her internal circle wasn’t shocked. In any case, chatting with the Each day Mail, some claimed that her and Andrew Sansone’s marriage had been fairly poisonous, and even urged the information anchor’s former vital different handled her poorly. 

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“There was fixed preventing between the 2 of them. It was loads of putdowns from him to her, loads of demeaning feedback,” one insider informed the outlet, including that it even occurred in entrance of their youngsters at occasions. One other supply shared the same declare, revealing, “He would typically communicate to her in a really demeaning means, simply actually making an attempt to make Julie really feel like s*** for who she was as an individual, as a mom, in her profession. … He was jealous of her and would often put her down.”

The latter supply additionally identified that the connection had lengthy been “rocky” — and it bears mentioning that Banderas herself alluded to that simply forward of their marriage ceremony in a 2009 joint interview with The New York Occasions. “We name this spherical 4, as a result of we received collectively, we broke up, we received again collectively, we broke up,” she defined. Time will inform if the 2 ever try spherical 5, however one thing (“one thing” being Banderas’ X publish about wishing she’d gotten divorced earlier than she’d even married Sansone) tells us that is unlikely. Some marriages simply aren’t made to final. 

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Sadly, Julie Banderas’ remark about her divorce being “agonizing” wasn’t a throwaway comment, and issues did turn out to be extremely messy. Working example: a couple of days after she introduced their divorce, the Each day Mail revealed that she’d referred to as the cops the earlier December after Andrew Sansone allegedly threatened her. 

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In accordance with the outlet, Sansone had made mashed potatoes for his or her youngsters, and Banderas stored tasting the dish whereas it was being ready. Within the police report obtained by the Each day Mail, Banderas claimed that Sansone had retaliated by pointing a steak knife at her neck. Although Banderas did not name the cops immediately, she did so a couple of days later. Along with Sansone being arrested, the Fox star requested for a restraining order in opposition to him, which was granted. 

A number of months after his arrest, the Each day Mail reported {that a} decide discovered Sansone not responsible. Sansone maintained that he had been joking on the time — although as Banderas’ legal professionals identified, the joke itself was extremely problematic, particularly between two folks going by way of a divorce. Even so, Sansone’s legal professionals claimed Banderas had warned him that she might use her place to wreck his status, and the decide believed that meant her personal credibility was in query. It is not clear if Banderas’ restraining order in opposition to her ex continues to be in place, however one factor’s for certain: this divorce was positively for the most effective. 

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Onto one other unhappy element about Julie Banderas, some could recall that again in 2014, she made a heartbreaking admission on X. Talking a couple of photograph which appears to have been deleted since, Banderas wrote partly, “I shot this earlier than my weight reduction publish child therefore not loving myself right here.” We’ve no doubts that feedback from a (by no means named) colleague would solely have damage extra, in gentle of her personal struggles. The feedback, you ask? As she recounted of the unnamed colleague in a 2022 episode of “Gutfeld!,” “He would not marry a fats woman, I am not kidding, this really got here out of the mouth of a person to me, as a result of he would not wish to have fats kids” (by way of HuffPost). “There are loads of idiots on the market,” she added — and he or she wasn’t incorrect. 

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Within the time since her divorce, Banderas has misplaced weight, and he or she’s even spoken about it occasionally. Notably, she’s made it clear she will not be one of many stars admitting to taking Ozempic or something of the like, and shut down an X follower who requested if she’d taken Zepbound in 2024. “No. Intense exercises and exercising like a discipline for 2 years 5 days per week,” she stated, including that she’d additionally upped her protein and minimize down on how a lot alcohol she consumed. Banderas has additionally stated on Instagram that she does day by day HIIT exercises. “I nonetheless have many targets to succeed in however I’ve by no means been happier,” she wrote. 

No matter her weight, it is clear to see that even within the wake of the heartaches she’s endured through the years, Banderas resides her finest life, and we’re joyful for her. 

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