The Sweet Way Meghan McCain Met Her Husband, Ben Domenech

Posted by Elina Uphoff on Friday, April 5, 2024

Known for being the overdue senator John McCain's daughter and for fighting with Joy Behar on The View, Meghan McCain has also been in the news for announcing her pregnancy in spring 2020. Before she turned into part of The View, she was once given the task of co-host on a Fox News display referred to as Outnumbered in 2016. According to The LA Times, she started to appear on the display as a contributor in 2015.

Now Meghan and her husband Ben Domenech are folks to a child woman named Liberty. How did this couple meet? Let's take a look and learn extra about their courting.

How Did They Meet?

Meghan McCain is a fan of Erika Jayne on RHOBH which is no doubt relatable as she's a fan favorite solid member. People are curious to learn more about Meghan's courting.

According to Women's Health, after pronouncing her engagement to Ben Domenech in 2017, she defined in an episode of The View that that they had been a pair for years.

McCain additionally mentioned that her husband had a great first assembly with her overdue father, John McCain: “[Ben] works in politics and has for a very long time so he wasn’t as intimidated. He actually met my dad at my brother’s wedding for the first time and ended up talking about health care or something very wonky."

According to AZ Central, Domenech is the co-founder and publisher of The Federalist, which is conservative. It seems likely that they met because they are both involved in politics.

According to Closer Weekly, Meghan McCain talked about her first date with her now-husband. She explained that she knew he was The One and that it was "different" and "better" than other dates she had been on. She said, "When we went out the first time, I was like, it is a utterly other vibe and it’s way better." She said that he "took it severely" and she could tell that she would be able to get married and have a family with him.

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Their Wedding Day

John McCain passed away in August 2018 after being diagnosed with cancer, and he was able to attend his daughter Meghan's wedding.

According to People, Meghan McCain said of her wedding day, "I simply wanted everybody to have a great time.”

While the plan was for her dad to stroll her down the aisle, he tore his Achilles tendon, so her brother Jimmy did it as a substitute. Meghan McCain explained,  "He stepped in to walk me down the actual aisle and then my dad gave me away at the very end. I had nerves right before I was going to walk out, but Jimmy was making me laugh the entire time.”

McCain also said that when her dad was diagnosed with glioblastoma, she knew that it was time to get married. She said to People, “We were already talking about getting married, but this made it official. There was something about Ben being there for me, at my father’s treatments. I was like, ‘This is love.’ I felt this overwhelming sense of time and my own mortality. We ended up saying, ‘Let’s do this now.'”

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Raising Liberty

While Meghan McCain has been private about the first meeting she had with her husband, and she hasn't shared a lot about their marriage either, she has spoken publicly about becoming a mom.

According to People, Meghan McCain shared about being a mom on her Instagram account, and she absolutely loves it.

She wrote, "All of the cliches have come true and exceeded well beyond my wildest expectations ~ it's hands down the easiest factor I've ever done in my entire existence and I am completely in awe of our daughter."

McCain also said, "Having Liberty is like gazing my complete center live and exist outside of my body. She is somewhat wildcat ~ stunning, robust, alert, already so complete lifestyles and spirit... I only want I had carried out this faster."

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According to Entertainment Tonight, Meghan McCain said that she wasn't going to share much about her pregnancy as had gotten some mean comments after the death of her father. She said in a post on her Instagram account, "Ben and I've made the conscious determination to guard our (rising) families [sic] privacy up to is imaginable. I consider youngsters have a proper to privateness and hope you'll all understand as we navigate this as much as imaginable going forward with out sacrificing our comfort or protection."

It seems that as a public figure, Meghan McCain doesn't talk much about her husband or how they met, either, as she wants to keep some parts of her life private.

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