White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been open to her uncommon marriage dynamic.
Leavitt is 32 years youthful than her husband, Nicholas Riccio. Although the age distinction doesn’t appear to trouble both of them, she’s admitted that it took a while for her dad and mom to come back round.
“It’s undoubtedly a difficult dialog to have at first. However then, after all, as soon as they bought to know him and noticed who he’s as a person, and his character and the way a lot he adores me, I feel it grew to become fairly simple for them,” Leavitt advised Miranda Devine in November 2025.
Leavitt and her husband welcomed their first youngster collectively in July 2024. They introduced they have been anticipating their second child, slightly lady, in December 2025.
“The best Christmas reward we might ever ask for — a child lady coming in Could 2026,” Leavitt revealed by way of Instagram. “My husband and I are thrilled to develop our household and might’t wait to observe our son change into an enormous brother. My coronary heart is overflowing with gratitude to God for the blessing of motherhood, which I actually consider is the closest factor to Heaven on Earth.”
Preserve scrolling to learn every little thing Leavitt has stated to defend her age-gap marriage.
She Couldn’t Discover ‘Mature’ Males Her Age
Throughout an look on “Pod Drive One with Miranda Devine” in November 2025, Leavitt admitted her age-gap marriage is “uncommon” — however that she didn’t have a whole lot of choices. After Devine requested, “Might you not discover boys your individual age, who’re as mature?” Leavitt stated she undoubtedly struggled.
“Truthfully, no, if you wish to know the reality,” she stated.
Her Husband Helps Her Excessive-Stakes Profession
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Leavitt additionally advised Devine that as a result of Riccio has already constructed his personal profitable profession, he’s higher in a position to help her as she cultivates a forward-facing political profession.
“He’s superb,” Leavitt gushed of her husband. “He’s a self-made man, which I respect… He’s constructed his profession, so he’s in a spot the place he can help me in mine.”
Telling Her Dad and mom About The Relationship Was “Difficult”
Leavitt additionally advised Devine she had a “difficult” dialog along with her dad and mom when she first advised them about Riccio, partially as a result of her mom is youthful than her husband.
“It’s undoubtedly a difficult dialog to have at first,” she admitted. “However then, after all, as soon as they bought to know him and noticed who he’s as a person, and his character and the way a lot he adores me, I feel it grew to become fairly simple for them. And now we’re all associates. I imply, it’s a typical household relationship. My husband has such respect for my dad and mom and the best way that they raised me, and all of us have a whole lot of enjoyable collectively after they come to go to.”
Her Husband Is An Introvert
Leavitt additionally stated she and Riccio differ in how they strategy social media and the general public. “He stays behind the scenes. He’s not on social media. He’s very personal and he’s an extremely hands-on father,” she defined. “He and my son are simply the most effective of associates.”
Her Husband Made Her Return To Work Attainable
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Leavitt returned to work quickly after giving start as a result of July 2024 assassination try towards President Donald Trump.
“[The assassination attempt] type of threw me proper again to work a lot ahead of I might have in all probability anticipated or hoped,” she advised Megyn Kelly in February 2025. “However turning into a mom within the midst of this very chaotic political world that I work in has been the most effective factor I might have ever imagined as a result of it offers you nice perspective and it humbles you.”
She added, “My son doesn’t give a crap about my job. He simply needs me to come back house and snuggle and play with toys and be current. It’s a troublesome steadiness to prioritize being good at my job and being good as a mom, however I simply attempt to prioritize my time and carve out that point once I can.”
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Riccio performed a key position in making that return attainable, she additionally defined.
“I’m so grateful to have the help system I do,” Leavitt stated. “[I have] an ideal husband who might be very current with our youngster after which, after all, an exquisite mom and father and associates who chip in once I want them.”
