Karoline Leavitt’s marriage to Nicholas Riccio has sparked chatter, due to the couple’s surprisingly large age hole — and loads of persons are questioning if she’s his first spouse. Leavitt is 32 years youthful than Riccio. The White Home press secretary was 25 when she and the actual property developer first crossed paths throughout her 2022 run for Congress. The story goes {that a} mutual buddy had invited Riccio to one in all her marketing campaign rallies in New Hampshire, the place the 2 have been launched. Quick ahead a yr, and the pair turned engaged and have been anticipating their first little one collectively — a son named Niko, who was born in July 2024.

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In January 2025, simply earlier than Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Leavitt and Riccio tied the knot in a non-public ceremony at a well-known nation membership in Rye, New Hampshire. Reviews point out that the wedding marked a primary for each Leavitt and the businessman, regardless of murmurs that the union may not have been his first journey down the aisle. In fact, the truth that Riccio was a bachelor earlier than marrying Leavitt solely raises questions on their unusual, large age-gap romance — and let’s simply say, critics have not been precisely sort. Every part from “gramps” to Leavitt’s sugar daddy – Riccio has been known as some savage nicknames on-line.

“You and your grandpa how cute,” wrote one consumer beneath an Instagram pic Leavitt shared together with her husband. “That is so unhappy! She appears 45 however she’s in her twenties! Additionally, I believed that was her father!” one other remarked. Even Jimmy Kimmel roasted their relationship with one snarky sentence on his late-night present in 2025.

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Karoline Leavitt has since addressed the controversy surrounding her 32-year age hole together with her husband. In 2025, she appeared on “The Megyn Kelly Present” and stated that, whereas their relationship may be very “atypical,” she would not commerce it for something. She went on to listing the qualities that make Nicholas Riccio an incredible husband. “He is unbelievable, he is my biggest supporter, he is my greatest buddy, he is my rock,” Leavitt gushed. “And he is constructed a really profitable enterprise himself, so he is absolutely supportive of me constructing my success in my profession.”

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Nonetheless, issues received a bit awkward as Leavitt tried to reward his parenting expertise by saying, “He is the daddy of my little one, after all, and he is one of the best dad I might ever ask for” — when what she meant to say was that Riccio is one of the best dad she might ever ask for his or her son, Niko. She continued by sharing how supportive Riccio has been since assuming her function as Donald Trump’s press secretary at the beginning of 2025. “I say, ‘I walked into your life and it has been a circus ever since.’ However God bless him as a result of he is absolutely on board.”

The interview marked one of many uncommon moments Leavitt has opened up about her marriage. Earlier, she defined that Riccio not often seems on her Instagram as he prefers to remain out of social media. “He is an introvert (exact opposite of me),” Leavitt instructed her followers (through Individuals). “I respect his privateness on right here — however he is my primary fan, one of the best dad, and simply one of the best man I’ve ever met,” she added. 

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