Rachel Maddow is a host and liberal political commentator from America. She has won multiple Emmy Awards for her broadcasting work and Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for her book Blowout in 2021.
Maddow hosts a weekly television show on MSNBC named The Rachel Maddow Show. The show was the most successful launch in the history of MSNBC, boosting the ratings when it debuted. In 2009, Washington Post named The Rachel Maddow Show one of the top shows of the decade.
By Politico.com, she was named as the Top 10 Political Newcomers of 2008.
Maddow is the first openly lesbian anchor to host a major prime-time news show in the US.
She made headlines when she went on a hiatus from February to April 2022.
Is Rachel Maddow Still On MSNBC?
Maddow returned to MSNBC after her hiatus, but she would be hosting her show only once a week. Rachel informed her viewers that her return might not be permanent, and things might change again.
When she is not hosting the show, a rotating group of hosts will fill her time slot; she will continue to host special coverings and major news events.
The last episode of her show before her hiatus was aired on February 10, 2022; however, she joined MSNBC’s coverage of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech.
Maddow went on a hiatus to focus on developing projects for NBC Universal and creating a movie adaptation and podcast of her book The Bag Man.
Rachel Maddow’s Husband
Maddow doesn’t have a boyfriend as she is openly lesbian; she is in a romantic relationship with her partner Susan Mikula. The pair met when Rachel was working on her doctoral dissertation.
Mikula asked Maddow on a date when she hired Rachel to work on her yard. Their first date was at Ladies Day on the Range, an event hosted by National Rifle Association. They have been together for over 21 years.
Mikula is a photographer and artist from America. In 1998, she had her first solo photography exhibition. Susan hasn’t shared much about her early days. She likes to keep a low profile.
Mikula suffered a severe case of COVID-19 in November 2020 and eventually recovered, but Maddow was scared that she would lose the love of her life. Rachel is grateful that she recovered quickly.
Rachel Maddow’s Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Maddow has an estimated net worth of $35 million. Rachel’s annual salary with MSNBC was $7 million for a couple of years, but she signed a new contract with the network, and her new salary is $30 million annually. The contract is up to the 2024 Presidential election.
Maddow’s first job was with WRNX as a co-host for The Dave in the Morning Show. She then moved to another Massachusetts-based station to host Big Breakfast.
In 2005, Unfiltered canceled the show that she was hosting. She got the opportunity to host her radio show, The Rachel Maddow Show. The show ended in 2010, but it was still running even after she transitioned to television.
She got her big break when she became an analyst for MSNBC’s Race for the White House and started to appear in Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Maddow hosted a whole episode when Keith Olbermann was unavailable, which helped her to gain popularity.
Later Olbermann pushed the network to give Maddow her own show. In 2008, MSNBC announced that she would be getting her own show, The Rachel Maddow Show.