Mika Brzezinski Biography
Mika Brzezinski is an American journalist, talk show host, liberal political analyst, and author who co-hosts MSNBC’s Morning Joe on weekday mornings.
Mika Brzezinski Age
Brzezinski is 55 years old as of 2022. He was born on 2 May 1967 in New York, New York, United States. She was born as Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough.
Mika Brzezinski Height
Brzezinski stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
Mika Brzezinski Family
Brzezinski is the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Polish-born foreign policy expert and former National Security Advisor, and Emilie Anna Beneová, a Swiss-born sculptor. Her mother, who is of Czech origin, is a granddaughter of former Czechoslovak President Edvard Bene. Her father was a professor at Columbia University when she was born, and the family moved to McLean, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., in late 1976, when freshly elected President Jimmy Carter chose Zbigniew as National Security Advisor. Mark Brzezinski, her brother, is an American diplomat who served as US Ambassador to Sweden from 2011 to 2015 and as US Ambassador to Poland since 2022. Ian Brzezinski, her second brother, is a military expert. She is the author Matthew Brzezinski’s first cousin.
Mika Brzezinski Wife
Brzezinski married James Patrick Hoffer, a TV news reporter for WABC-TV, on October 23, 1993. They met at WTIC-TV, where they both worked. Brzezinski and Hoffer separated in 2016 amid rumors of an affair between Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough that began in 2010. Brzezinski was engaged to her co-host Joe Scarborough in early 2017, and the two married on November 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C., with Rep. Elijah Cummings officiating.
Mika Brzezinski Daughters
Emilie and Carlie Hoffer are her two daughters from her marriage with James.
Mika Brzezinski Education
Brzezinski attended the Madeira School for two years before moving to Williams College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1989.
Mika Brzezinski 9/11
In September 2001, she returned to CBS News as a desk correspondent, putting her in the spotlight as a primary “Ground Zero” reporter for the September 11th attacks. When the South Tower collapsed, Brzezinski was broadcasting live from the scene. Brzezinski was a CBS News correspondent, replacement anchor, and segment anchor for breaking news segments and routine updates in her previous post. She became a regular contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes during this time. CBS then terminated her employment.
Mika Brzezinski Salary
Brzezinski earns an annual salary of $10 Million.
Mika Brzezinski Net Worth
Brzezinski has an estimated net worth of $116 Million.
Mika Brzezinski MSNBC
On January 26, 2007, Brzezinski returned to MSNBC to host the evening “Up to the Minute” news updates. During the week, she worked primetime newsbreaks. She has contributed reporting to NBC Nightly News on occasion and served as an anchor for Weekend Today on occasion. When Scarborough chose Brzezinski to co-host Morning Joe, she resigned from both shows on the eve of a renewal option, according to Brzezinski. Brzezinski has been a co-host and newsreader on MSNBC’s morning show Morning Joe since its beginning, with Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist.
Mika Brzezinski Trump
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump attacked Brzezinski and her MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough on Twitter multiple times. Brzezinksi unfollowed her and Scarborough on Twitter in March 2017 after calling Trump’s presidency “fake and failed.” He referred to her as “poor I.Q. Crazy Mika” in June 2017 and claimed she was “bleeding severely from a face-lift.” Lori Klausutis’ husband wrote a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on May 27, 2020, requesting that he cease exploiting his late wife’s memory for political advantage. On the same day, Trump released two tweets that appeared to answer the letter, saying he had been considering a Cold Case against the couple since 2016.
Other anchors include Forrest Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Jim Avila, Joan Lunden, Cecily Tynan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, David Muir, Amy Robach, Kendis Gibson, Diane Macedo, Rob Nelson, Paula Faris, and Reena Ninan.
