Most coverage describes Noelle Watters as “the ex-wife of Jesse Watters.” That description skips the part of the story that came first.
Noelle K. Inguagiato had a Fox News career, a fashion styling business, and an on camera lifestyle show before she ever married Jesse Watters.
The marriage came later, was finalized as a divorce in March 2019 according to Wikipedia, and is the part that has been written about a lot. The career came first.
This article walks through what’s actually on the record about her.
Quick overview
| About Noelle Watters | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Noelle K. Inguagiato |
| Born | May 5, 1976, New York City |
| Age | 49 (in 2025) |
| Parents | Peter Inguagiato (father), Rosemary Inguagiato (mother) |
| Heritage | Scottish and Irish |
| Education | Fairfield University, BA English Writing (Art History + Intl Studies dual minor, 1994–1998); Long Island University, MA Mental Health Counseling (specializing in childhood and adolescence, 2019–2022) |
| Current businesses | NKW, Inc. (home design consultancy, 2011–present); mental health counselor (post-2022) |
| Former roles | Senior Editor/Producer at Fox News Magazine; Web Host at Fox News; Senior Wardrobe Coordinator at Fox News; PR Specialist at HBHPMK; Account Executive at Calvin Klein |
| Former employer | Fox News Channel, 2000–2011 (11 yrs 9 mos) |
| Marriage | Jesse Watters (married 2009; she filed for divorce 2018; finalized March 2019) |
| Children | Twin daughters, Sophie and Ellie (born October 7, 2011) |
| Estimated net worth | ~$1–2 million |
Who she is, separate from Jesse
Noelle Inguagiato grew up in New York City. Her parents are Peter and Rosemary Inguagiato. She earned her BA in English Writing from Fairfield University (1994–1998), with a dual minor in Art History and International Studies.
Her LinkedIn profile is the primary source for the full career arc below. Most online coverage of her gets pieces of it right and pieces of it wrong. The full timeline straight from her own profile, with corrections noted where other writeups disagree:
Calvin Klein, Account Executive (1998–1999)
Right out of Fairfield, Noelle joined Calvin Klein as an Account Executive, not as a stylist (a common error online). Her work involved coordinating market appointments and presenting Calvin Klein lines to wholesale accounts including Dillard’s and Macy’s East. It was a brand side, sales and relationships job.
HBHPMK, Public Relations Specialist (1999–2000)
She moved into PR at HBHPMK, a New York agency, as a Publicist. The job included styling and escorting celebrities to photo shoots, premieres, junkets, and award ceremonies. This is the celebrity styling work some sources incorrectly attribute to her Fox News years. Based on LinkedIn, it was at HBHPMK.
Fox News Channel, three overlapping roles (2000–2011, 11 yrs 9 mos)
Noelle’s tenure at Fox News spanned almost twelve years across three distinct roles:
Senior Wardrobe Coordinator (2000–2005). She managed the contractual styling budgets for over 100 Fox News on air talent. She also coordinated talent trunk shows four times a year with up to thirty vendors. This was a structural role behind the network’s on camera look.
Web Host (2005–2011). She conceptualized, wrote, produced, and hosted Fox News style content. Output included videos, blogs, articles, and slideshows covering gift guides, trend reports, makeovers, and red carpet coverage.
Senior Editor/Producer, Fox News Magazine (2005–Sep 2011). She was an integral team member for the launch of FNC iMag, Fox News’ online lifestyle vertical. The site covered style, home, beauty, food, wellness, wine, career, love, and travel. Her responsibilities included daily content direction, copy writing and editing, sponsorship coordination with the sales department, and site UX work with web developers.
EKB Interiors, Managing Editor (Jan–Jun 2012)
After leaving Fox, Noelle did a six month freelance stint as Managing Editor of the Eileen Kathryn Boyd Interiors blog. The work merged interior design, art, and fashion for the New York fashion designer.
NKW, Inc., Owner (2011–present)
In 2011, Noelle founded NKW, Inc., an independent home design consultancy based in Huntington, New York. The business has been operating for 15+ years now. Based on her LinkedIn, she works with clients on style direction, design boards, materials sourcing, vendor coordination, and installation supervision. NKW is the through line of her post-Fox career — it predates the divorce and continued through it.
How she met Jesse
Jesse Watters was a producer on The O’Reilly Factor during her Fox News years. Their professional overlap led to a personal one, and they married in 2009. For the timeline: she was already a Senior Editor/Producer at Fox News Magazine when the relationship started. She was not a junior employee meeting an established host.
The marriage and the divorce
Noelle and Jesse married in 2009. Their twin daughters, Sophie and Ellie, were born in October 7, 2011 based on People’s reporting on Jesse’s children. The family lived in New York for most of the marriage.
In 2017, the separation became public when Jesse acknowledged a relationship with Emma DiGiovine, a producer on his Fox News show. Per Wikipedia, Jesse has stated that he first expressed interest in dating DiGiovine by letting the air out of her vehicle’s tires so she would ask him for a ride.
The DiGiovine relationship was the trigger for the marriage ending. Noelle filed for divorce in 2018, and the divorce was finalized in March 2019. After the divorce, she returned to using her maiden name, Inguagiato.
Jesse moved fast on the Emma timeline. He announced his engagement to DiGiovine in August 2019 (five months after the divorce) and married her in December 2019. Sophie and Ellie, then 8, served as flower girls at their father’s wedding.
Jesse and Emma have since had two children together: son Jesse Bailey Watters Jr. (born April 1, 2021) and daughter Georgina “Gigi” Post Watters (born April 17, 2023). He is now Co-Host of The Five on Fox News and Host of Jesse Watters Primetime, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of How I Saved the World and Get It Together.
Noelle has not spoken publicly about the divorce in any major interview, and she stepped away from the Fox News orbit entirely after it ended.
Where she is now
Noelle’s public presence dropped sharply after 2019, but her professional life has been steady. She runs NKW, Inc., the home design consultancy she founded in 2011, out of Huntington, NY. The business has been her parallel career through the marriage, the divorce, and after.
In 2019 she enrolled in a Master’s program at Long Island University in Mental Health Counseling. The degree program focuses on childhood and adolescence. She completed it in 2022. Her LinkedIn About section, written while she was studying, describes the move as “currently pursuing Master’s degree in child psychology.”
So the picture today is two parallel careers. NKW, Inc. handles the home design consulting work she has run since 2011. Mental health counseling for children and adolescents is the second track since 2022. Both are private and client facing.
Her Instagram @nwatters24 is low volume and consistent with someone who deliberately stepped back from public facing media. She has not remarried, by all available reporting. She lives in the New York area and continues to focus on raising the twin daughters she shares with Jesse.
Plenty of celebrity ex-spouses turn divorces into reinvention arcs. Noelle did the opposite. She used the divorce to step further into the private client work she had already been building since 2011.
Twin daughters: what’s public, what isn’t
Sophie and Ellie were born in 2011. Both parents have been protective of the kids’ public presence. Jesse Watters occasionally references his daughters on air without naming them; Noelle hasn’t given media interviews discussing them at all. Photos and identifying details are kept off both parents’ public facing media.
This is a deliberate choice on Noelle’s side. The kids are now in their teens. The family has held the line on privacy through a custody arrangement that hasn’t been the subject of public legal battles since the initial divorce.
Net worth and what it actually reflects
Estimates put Noelle’s individual net worth in the $1–2 million range. That figure reflects her own career earnings plus what would typically come out of a divorce settlement from a high earning Fox News host’s marriage.
Jesse Watters, by comparison, has a multi million dollar net worth from his hosting roles. Noelle’s number is independent of his and predates the divorce settlement. She had her own career income from styling and media work over the years.
Treat the exact dollar figure as an estimate. None of the numbers floating around are confirmed by either party.
FAQ
Who is Noelle Watters?
A former Fox News on air personality and lifestyle host, born Noelle K. Inguagiato. She is the ex-wife of Fox News host Jesse Watters.
When did Noelle and Jesse Watters get married?
2009. They met while both worked at Fox News.
When did Noelle and Jesse Watters get divorced?
2019. The separation began in 2017 after Jesse’s relationship with Emma DiGiovine became public.
Does Noelle Watters have children?
Yes, twin daughters, Sophie and Ellie, born in October 2011.
Has Noelle Watters remarried?
There is no public record of a remarriage.
What does Noelle Watters do now?
She runs two parallel private client businesses. Since 2011 she has owned NKW, Inc., a home design consultancy in Huntington, NY. In 2022 she added a Long Island University Master’s in Mental Health Counseling with a focus on childhood and adolescence, and now also practices as a counselor.
What is Noelle Watters’s net worth?
Estimated at $1–2 million.
What was Noelle Watters’s role at Fox News?
Based on her LinkedIn, she held three overlapping roles at Fox News from 2000 to 2011. She was Senior Wardrobe Coordinator (2000–2005), then Web Host (2005–2011), then Senior Editor/Producer at Fox News Magazine (2005–2011). In the editor role she helped launch FNC iMag, the network’s online lifestyle vertical.
Take away
Noelle Watters had a media career at Fox News before she married into a more famous one. The thing most pages get wrong is the order. She was a fashion stylist and on camera lifestyle host who happened to marry a colleague.
After the divorce, she did what most people don’t do in similar situations: she walked away from the press cycle entirely and went back to private life. That choice, quiet exit, no tell-all, no rebuild as a public figure, is the most distinctive thing about her.
