A loving father would like to see his children taste success in their life. In this regard, we will be presently talking about a lucky parent whose son not only become prosperous but a contemporary of his own daddy.
Lester’s Son as a Professional Mate:
An American journalist, Lester Holt has been amassing numerous professional skills working for NBC Nightly News since 2007. But 2016 brought him a startling experience.
Lester’s son Stefan Holt joined as an anchor of the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News (broadcasted from New York station) in April 2016. The pleased daddy and son are now shown jointly conducting professional activities on the television screen. Lester is visibly thrilled by his son’s success. The proud parent has not skipped sharing happiness via media and Twitter as well.
And 2017 is was no exception for the Lester family as his son has not only managed to crawl up his way into the media world and take it by storm, but he has also had a newborn boy named Henry with his wife Morgan on September 5, 2017. He broke the news with his admirers by posting the image of the three on his Instagram.
The pair were married back in July 2012 and enlarged their family five years after the marriage. Stef uploaded a picture of the two on the occasion of their 5th wedding anniversary which was also the pregnancy shoot.
While grandpa Lester Holt shared his enthusiasm on his Twitter and shared the big news with his fans.
Talking about his personal romance, Lester was married to Carl Hagen, a realtor in 1982. The pair have been sharing a joyful marital relationship for 38 years. When questioned about their secret to the blissful marriage in an interview with NBC Nightly News he replied:
“We laugh a lot, we really do. I can be silly, she can be sillier. We just laugh through things and we know that everything, tough times will be a story at some point, and boy have I put her through some tough times with this job,”
He also added:
“She understands that when the bell rings, I like to answer it, when the big story’s going on, I want to be there… I love her to death, she’s has been so wonderful, she knows this job is going to bring a lot of late-night phone calls, but she’s there for me and that means an awful lot.Of course it means a lot, the significance… It’s always a wonderful thing that young people, anyone can turn on and see people on TV that may look like themselves or someone in their family or someone they know. It’s important that kids can hopefully be inspired, I’m honored that people are honored by this.”
Moreover, Lester and Carl have been amazing parents for their grown-up sons, Stefan Holt, and Cameron Holt. They have raised their sons to become successful in their different areas. It is no question that they will be a terrific grandparent to the little Holt too.
The American journalist Lester is highly responsible for his family. He doesn’t let his professional matter impair the household’s peace. We have not heard about the issues within their partnership so yet.
He is a wonderful father to his sons and a decent husband to his wife.
Lester Holt Short Bio:
Born on March 8, 1959, Lester Holt was the first individual from the black ethnicity to host a news broadcast. He is presently the co-anchor of the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. He attended California State University in 1977, but he never graduated. He joined CBS in 1981 and worked for 19 years.
He has received various awards and honors like Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for his work on CBS’s 48 Hours: No Place Like Home in 1990, Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University in 2012, Honorary Doctorate from California State University, Sacramento in 2015 and Inducted into the California Hall of Fame on 28 October 2015.
His career in the field of journalism was not solid. He mentioned that he encountered challenges because of his complexion in the past. But that is not the case today as he is viewed as one of the successful reporters.
“There were periods of my career where there was just pressure to define myself as a black journalist and I pushed back at that because I knew I wanted to succeed and not be defined by my color,” Holt said. “I think if any of us are going to succeed, it’s going to be on a broad scale.”
The TV presenter Lester Holt even got criticism from President Donald Trump for his questioning about the conflict during the presidential forum on September 26.
The moderator Lester Holt attracted severe criticism for his unbalanced questioning in the first presidential debate on September 26. Lester Holt frequently fact-checked Trump and questioned his assertion about the “stop-and-frisk” police policy and the Iraq war.
He solicited Trump with all difficult and sensitive problems. Meanwhile, Lester seemed very mild towards Hilary Clinton. He didn’t ask any queries which would keep Hilary in problems. Trump’s followers and Republicans are upset with Lester since then. Here are some of the tweets which criticize Lester.
He could have experienced criticism in his field, but there are so much more respect and appreciation for the senior journalist. He has been covering the Olympics for the past two decades already, and his decade-long effort in the journalism field has brought him a net worth of $12 million.
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