Emily Maitlis: Newsnight host on husband ‘We’re like ships that pass in the night’

Multi-award-winning presenter Emily Maitlis, 49, sat down with Good Housekeeping to spill all on work and her life away from the cameras. The Newsnight host and mother-of-two told the publication how she met her husband when she was working in Hong Kong, prior to working in news. “We met at a party when we were working in Hong Kong,” she noted. “We don’t see enough of each other; we’re like ships that pass in the night but it works.”

Away from her busy work schedule, Emily says she always looks forward to spending Saturday night at home with her family.

“My best night of the week is Saturday as it’s always at home,” she said.

“I hate going out on Saturday nights; I like a boxset, red wine and that is it.”

Elsewhere, the Newsnight host, who heads an all-female presenting team, made headlines earlier this year with what appeared to be an partial political expression during a Brexit interview with Labour MP Barry Gardiner, 62.

“It wasn’t meant to be a political position,” she insisted.

“I have reached an age where I think, ‘I have done this long enough, I am not being stupid, you’ve not answered the questions.”

The eye-roll caught the attention of social media, with viewers taking to Twitter to repost the viral clip.

“It was bizarre,” Emily admitted.

“I don’t think I realised until I woke up the next morning and checked Twitter; it was trending. I could not remember it at first and when I did I thought, ‘Oh no,’ and, ‘Has that landed me in trouble?’”

With Brexit constantly in the news, the presenter believes it’s got more people involved with politics.

“I think it’s made people simultaneously more engaged with politics and more frustrated and dismissive of politics,” the presenter explained.

Emily Maitlis: Newsnight star was interviewed by Good Housekeeping [GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • DANIEL BENSON]

“It has been incredible in terms of the response of the audience to it; it has made news very vital and alive.”

With journalist and documentary maker titles under her belt, Emily is also an author, having written a book, Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News.

“I felt extraordinary things were happening in work on a daily basis and there was no time to document them,” she explained.

“I wanted to explain what went on. People see the programmes but they don’t understand the decisions we make as presenters. I wanted to explain the process, what we do.”

The full interview with Emily appears in the October issue of Good Housekeeping, on sale now.

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