It what may seem like a whirlwind love story, 62-year-old Fox News star Sean Hannity and fellow Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt, 48, got engaged over the Christmas holidays. They had been dating privately for more than five years. Now, we have a little more insight into their relationship.

While Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt have an age difference that's large enough to give the internet the ick, it's not the couple's biggest obstacle.

It looks like Ainsley Earhardt and Sean Hannity are gearing up to start a new chapter in their lives as the Fox News hosts have announced their engagement. The event took place over the Christmas holiday and instantly caught the attention of the masses and media alike,

Ainsley Earhardt got candid about her relationship with her Fox News colleague Sean Hannity after they announced they got engaged over Christmas.

In 2020, a source told PEOPLE that the Fox News hosts had been quietly dating. Fast forward, four years later, Hannity and Earhardt announced their engagement on Dec. 26. "We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives,

Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt gushed about her Christmas engagement to network star Sean Hannity on Monday, adding that she will keep living in New York while her beau—who abandoned the Big Apple for Florida last year—will stay in the Sunshine State.

Following news of a relationship between Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt, many want to know what the age difference between them is.

On the show’s Monday, January 6, episode, the 48-year-old opened up about how she spent the holidays, telling her co-hosts, “Not only was I celebrating Christmas with my family and baby Jesus, but Sean Hannity and I were engaged.”