Lesley Stahl: Husbands Jeffrey Gordon and Aaron Latham, child Taylor Stahl Latham, political party affiliation, career, net worth and more

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s participation in 60 Minutes, where she will be interviewed by reporter Lesley Stahl, has angered numerous media professionals and celebrities on social networks.

Social media users are debating the program’s choice to include the Congresswoman, who has recently advocated a number of absurd conspiracy theories, such as her opinion that school shootings were staged. Here are some interesting facts about the show’s host, Leslie Stahl.

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Lesley Stahl Husbands:

In her lifetime, Leslie Stahl married twice. In 1964, she got married for the first time to biologist and doctor, Jeffrey Gordon. But the couple got divorced in 1967. Gordon passed away in 2020.

Stahl married Aaron Latham in 1977, a decade after her first marriage. Latham was an American journalist who is best known for penning the piece that served as the basis for the film “Urban Cowboy.” Sadly, Latham passed away in July 2022 from complications related to Parkinson’s illness.

Lesley Stahl Children:

Taylor Stahl Latham, a daughter with Aaron Latham, is Lesley’s only child.

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Lesley Stahl Career: 

In the 1960s, Stahl started her television broadcasting journey at Boston’s original Channel 5, WHDH-TV. She entered CBS News in 1971 and quickly moved up the ladder to become a reporter in 1974. Lesley has often credited her CBS News position to the Federal Communications Commission’s inclusion of women in its affirmative action mandate in 1972.

Lesley Stahl over time rose to the position of White House reporter under the regimes of George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter. She has received numerous media honors for her work as a reporter, including a Lifetime Achievement News and Documentary Emmy Award for overall excellence in reporting in 2003.

Lesley Stahl Net Worth:

As of 2022, Leslie Stahl’s net worth is a whopping $40 million.

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Lesley Stahl Political Affiliation:

Lesley Stahl held a discussion with Donald Trump in 2020, which the president disrupted and then tweeted about. Trump cut off his conversation with Stahl about 45 minutes into it. Later, he tweeted a brief excerpt from the interview with the caption, “so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about…”

Many viewers today believe Stahl has a hidden anti-Trump or anti-conservative affiliation as a result of this. However, she has not been outspoken about her political views or preferences.