by Itunuoluwa Adebo
Former first lady of San Francisco city and current Fox News host,Kimberly Guilfoy said she’s having conversations with the Trump administration about becoming White House press secretary. She said this in an exclusive interview with the Bay Area News Group.
Guilfoyle said the idea of taking the job or another press role in the White House has been “raised by a number of people” in the Trump administration, although she didn’t give specifics. She also said that she’s regularly in touch with members of the administration.
“I’m a patriot, and it would be an honor to serve the country,” Gilfoyle said. “I think it’d be a fascinating job. It’s a challenging job, and you need someone really determined and focused, a great communicator in there with deep knowledge to be able to handle that position.”
Guilfoyle, 48, is a former San Francisco and Los Angeles prosecutor who was married for four years to former San Francisco mayor and current Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. She’s now one of the co-hosts of the Fox News show “The Five.”
Guilfoyles originally considered for press secretary during the presidential transition, but the job went to Sean Spicer, the former spokesman for the Republican National Committee.tIs has to be somebody with a very close relationship, where there’s trust there, there’s inherent loyalty, someone who’s been there from the beginning,” she added.
As part of an interview in her office at Fox News headquarters that she agreed to several weeks ago, Guilfoyle said she thought she had that kind of relationship with Trump.
She’s said she’s known Trump and his family for more than a decade, they first met at charity events when she moved to New York around 2004 to start a TV career.
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“I think I have a very good relationship with the president,” Guilfoyle said. “I think I enjoy a very straightforward and authentic, very genuine relationship, one that’s built on trust and integrity, and I think that’s imperative for success in that position.”
The White House did not respond Tuesday morning to a request for comment about the speculation over Guilfoyle.
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