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<p>Gretchen Carlson is an anchor and reporter at Fox News Channel and is the co-host of the popular morning show Fox & Friends. She also contributes regularly to the Thursday night show The O'Reilly Factor. <a href="/biography/gretchen-carlson">Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson</a> was born on June 21, 1966, in Anoka, Minnesota. She was raised in a Lutheran family of Swedish descent. Her mother is Karen Barbara, and her father is Lee Roy Carlson. She is one of four children; she has two brothers and one sister.</p>

<p>Her father worked at a car dealership which he owned with her uncle. Carlson attended Anoka High School. She was an accomplished <a href="/biography/gretchen-carlson">violinist</a> and won numerous local and national competitions. Carlson even performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra as an eighth-grader and was the concertmistress for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony. She graduated from Anoka High School as their valedictorian in 1984.</p>

<p>After graduating high school, Carlson attended the Aspen Music Festival. In 1988, she won the title of Miss Minnesota and the Miss America title, making her the third woman from Minnesota to receive the award. In 1990, Carlson graduated magna cum laude from Stanford University with a degree in Sociology. She then went on to further her education abroad at Oxford University.</p>

<h2>Career</h2>

<p>Carlson began her career in journalism at WRIC-TV, an affiliate of ABC in Richmond, Virginia, where she worked as a political reporter. She then went on to work as a reporter and anchor at WCPO-TV, KXAS-TV, and WOIO-TV before joining CBS as a news correspondent. Carlson gained recognition as an American television commentator and author during her time at CBS, where she served as host of the CBS Saturday Early Show. At the peak of her career, Carlson moved to FOX News Channel in 2006, where she worked as a substitute anchor on weekends. After some time as a substitute anchor at FOX, Carlson became co-anchor of the show Fox & Friends, co-hosted with <a href="/biography/steve-doocy">Steve Doocy</a> and <a href="/biography/brian-kilmeade">Brian Kilmeade</a> for several years. In September 2013, Carlson left Fox & Friends after seven years to become an anchor for The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, an hour-long daytime program that focused on current affairs. Despite a seemingly smooth collaboration between Carlson and the Fox News network, Carlson suddenly announced the termination of her contract on her Twitter account.</p>

<h2>Sexual Harassment</h2>

<p>On the same day she terminated her contract, Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">chairman</a> <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Roger Ailes</a>, claiming he had fired her from her program for refusing to comply with his sexual advances. She filed the case against <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Ailes</a> in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Carlson made her complaint widely known by uploading a video on her social media profiles in support of sexual harassment victims, which eventually became part of the #MeToo movement, a global campaign to bring justice to sexual assault victims. After Carlson came forward about <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Ailes</a>, dozens of other women also stepped forward to accuse the TV executive of harassment. In the face of overwhelming criticism and pressure, <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Ailes</a> eventually resigned.</p>

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<p>In the video, Carlson said, "Hello everyone, I want to support all women who have been victims of sexual harassment. It is time for us to come out of the shadows and let our voices be heard, as it is so important that we will not be silenced. We must not be silenced. #StandWithGretchen# ThankYou #Truth".</p>

<h2>Works</h2>

<p>During Carlson's lengthy and successful broadcasting career, she reported on several major news stories and events, including the Democratic National Conventions in Charlotte and Denver, and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul and Tampa. Carlson also covered the 2008 presidential election and interviewed several important figures, including <a href="/biography/barack-obama">President</a> <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/biography/john-mccain">Senator</a> <a href="/biography/john-mccain">John McCain</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton">Secretary of State</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney">Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney">Mitt Romney</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson">Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson">Fred Thompson</a>. During her time at CBS, Carlson covered events such as the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster in 2003, the 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City, and the execution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh">Timothy McVeigh</a>. Additionally, Carlson reported live from the G-8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, in 2001.</p>

<p>Since her time as an anchor at Fox ended, Carlson has spent her time writing and recently released her autobiography, titled "Getting Real," published in 2015 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings">Viking</a>. In the book, she shares inspiring stories of her accomplishments and offers important takeaways for both women and men about what it means to strive for and find success in the world. The book features a Q&A page where the former host of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson answers a fan who asked why Carlson decided to write the book. She responded that she felt she needed to share her life experience outside of television, such as a behind-the-scenes look at what went on outside her TV appearances. In 2019, a movie called Bombshell was released, based on the downfall of the late Fox CEO <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Roger Ailes</a>. It was about the few ladies like Carlson who worked at the network and were fed up with his sexual harassment and set out to expose him.</p>

<h2>Personal Life</h2>

<p>In 1997, Carlson married a sports agent named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Close">Casey Close</a>. Together, they have two children and reside in Greenwich, Connecticut. In September of 2016, Carlson settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against 21st Century Fox Corporation, Fox News's parent corporation, for $20 million. Despite numerous rumors of affairs on the internet, Carlson and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Close">Close</a> have remained happily married throughout the years. In 2011, nearly three decades after her high school graduation, Carlson was named to the inaugural class of the Anoka High School Hall of Fame. In an interview, Carlson was asked how she felt about balancing work, family, and home life. She replied, "The first time I was asked whether women can 'have it all' was at the Miss America pageant. I said no. I didn't mean that women shouldn't fully pursue their dreams, only that we need to be honest with ourselves. I'm a <a href="/biography/gretchen-carlson">person</a> who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother. But I'm not a superwoman. It's impossible to do everything 100 percent all of the time. And suggesting that women should be able to do it only puts more pressure on them."</p>

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