Karoline Leavitt says being a operating mom was 'the hardest item I’ve always had to do in my life'

Karoline Leavitt was the youngest-ever White House media administrator before announcing her departure in August.

In a podcast event of "Hang Out alongside Sean Hannity" released Tuesday, she said concerning her decision to stage rear from her function in the Trump administration to concentration on her family.

"Being a operating mom was the hardest item I've always had to do in my life," she said.

Leavitt, 28, shares two children alongside her husband, 60-year-old real-estate developer Nicholas Riccio. She told Hannity that her battle to balance activity and motherhood began shortly following her archetypal kid was delivered in July 2024.

Leavitt watched on live TV as Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, the identical day she brought her son, Niko, residence from the hospital. She returned to activity as the Trump campaign's national media administrator fair days following giving birth.

"As a three-day postpartum woman, that was extremely traumatic, and I had a choice to make," Leavitt said. "I had producers calling, 'Can you arrive on TV and conversation concerning this?' And I felt as although I due it to the chairman to do that."

Her project as White House media secretary didn't create her work-life balance any easier, Leavitt said.

'I don't cognize if I can do this anymore'

Leavitt told Hannity that the lengthy hours her job required took a toll on her 2-year-old son.

"I would depart for the White House extremely first in the morning, and he would cling to my leg as I would stroll out the door, and we would have to conceal him sometimes so that I wouldn't have to interrupt his bosom again," she said. "And sometimes I would run to the White House in silence, like, 'I don't cognize if I can do this anymore.'"

After giving commencement to her daughter, Viviana, in May, Leavitt stated she realized it was period to create a change.

"The president deserves person in that job who can provision it their all 24/7," she said. "And following having two kids, I fair realized I couldn't."

Trump "couldn't have been kinder" concerning her decision to depart the White House, Leavitt said.

"It was the hardest decision I've always had to create since I loved my job and I affection the chairman and our squad and I accept so much in what he's doing," Leavitt said. "But, as he jokes, I do affection my kids more, and you know, I acknowledge they need me residence correct now, particularly during these young years."