Former Philly sportscaster comes out, announces pregnancy
Jenna Wolfe announces she's having a baby girl with partner Stephanie Gosk
Former Philly sportscaster comes out, announces pregnancy
Molly Eichel, Daily News Staff Writer
Former WB17 sportscaster and current “Today” show weekend anchor Jenna Wolfe announced yesterday that she is expecting a baby girl with partner Stephanie Gosk, an NBC News correspondent. The announcement is the first time Wolfe had publicly discussed her sexuality.
“This is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to us,” Wolfe told People magazine, whose exclusive interview with the couple hits newsstands on Friday. “But I don’t want to bring my daughter into a world where I’m not comfortable telling everyone who I am and who her mother is.”
Wolfe was artificially inseminated by an anonymous donor.
After hearing Wolfe’s happy news, I called up Don Tollefson, the former Fox 29 sports director, who dated Wolfe for a little over a year during her Philly tenure. Despite their ex status, Tolly only had kind words for Wolfe.
“I have not only tremendous well-wishes from her as a person. She comes from an absolutely awesome family. She's so good on the air and I've always admired her . . . moxie is such a corny word to use, she has incredible curiosity on the air,” Tollefson told me. “I’ve followed her career from afar. I always said to her, ‘Be yourself because to be yourself is so appealing to people.’ She’s obviously taken that and run with it."
Tollefson is a new dad himself, with three-year-old Gabriella at home. I suggested a playdate between Gabriella and Wolfe’s baby-to-be and he said his girl would certainly be into the idea.
Tollefson is currently the host of WMCN “Tolly’s Awesome Friends,” showcasing local heroes in the community. For more on Tollefson, visit employyoungadults.com.
...is Tolly the donor by any chance?...— flank steak- Wow. Who woulda thought she was a lesbian?— brio
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is that Hoda?— Tyrone Biggums Jr.- who do you think flipped her missanelli or bolaris?— delcodave
- Everybody's gay! Woohoo!— everydayguy
- Hopefully she'll be a stay-at-home mom because she stinks on air. Tollefson is crazy. If she's so good why is she on NBC and why do they have her jumping of any high point they can find or flexing her "gun" rather than the real news and information?— CA through and through
- You are a sad person, CA, through and through.— mike l
- Yesterday Bizzinger, today Wolfe. And to hear Tolly tell it, "Their all good guys."— watsonmr
- is there anyone that tollefson doesn't just love. everybody is just the best and a real good guy. more kool aid please— stayoutofphilly
- makes me glad to be out of Philly in a way.— mulford71
Lesbians..no doubt they are racists.— BOOKKA- I wonder if one of them would have been fired if "Stephanie" was as a "Stephen" instead? ....makes one ponder.— PA2112
- They should inseminate lesbian women with gay men's stuff and kill 2 birds with one stone.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- If the gays want to have children, let the partner get them pregnant.— scootch
- With a face like that, no wonder she had to turn to women.— scootch
