Is Pete Hegseth Married? Meet His Current Wife & Ex-Wives - Hollywood Life
In the 2018 email from Hegseth’s mother, she wrote, “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
The New York Times reported that the email was referring to his second divorce. In response to the report, Trump’s communications director, , called the publication “despicable” for “using an out-of-context snippet of an illegally-obtained private email exchange between a mother and her son that does not accurately reflect the entirety of the conversation.”
Cheung added, “Mrs. Hegseth expressed regret for her emotional message and apologized.”
Hegseth was confirmed to the US Secretary of Defense position in January 2025, but his personal life continues to attract attention. So, is he married now? Learn all about his current wife and his ex-wives below.
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Yes, Hegseth is married to his current wife, TV producer . The two met while Hegseth worked on Fox & Friends. According to the U.S. Sun, Rauchet was married twice before she wed Hegseth.
While he was still legally married to his second wife, Rauchet gave birth to her and Hegseth’s first child in August 2017.
Hegseth married his first wife, , in 2004. Schwarz was Hegseth’s high school girlfriend from Minnesota. They divorced in 2009 because Hegseth admitted to having multiple affairs, according to The New Yorker.
Hegseth married his second wife, , in 2010. They split about seven years later after Hegseth and his third wife, Rauchet, welcomed their first child together in 2017.
Yes, Hegseth is a father to four biological children and three stepchildren. He shares a daughter with Rauchet and three other kids with his ex-wife Deering. Rauchet is a mother to three children.
Rauchet has shared photos of her and Hegseth’s blended family to her Instagram account.
