Ernestine Sclafani is known for being a celebrity wife of an American sports commentator, Skip Bayless. While he is already a famous personality, his wife still lacks public attention. Hence, we are today discussing Ernestine and her exclusive facts like age, parents, net worth, and career details. Stay with us.
Ernestine Sclafani Age and Early life
Popularly known as Skip Bayless’ wife, Ernestine Sclafani is currently 59 years of age. Apart from being known as the sports columnist’s partner, she is also a businesswoman. Now about her early life, she was born on August 3, 1962, and raised in Long Island, New York. The lady has mentioned her mother, Evelyn Sclafani, somewhere in the media, but her father is nowhere in the picture. However, she must have had a pretty great upbringing. Now, if you wonder about her education qualifications, let us tell you that she’s an educated woman who went to Suffolk Country Community College.
Ernestine Sclafani is married to Skip Bayless.
As you all know, the businesswoman is married to the Television personality Skip Bayless. But how did they meet, and how did their love start? We’re going to tell you about that right now. Ernestine and Skip first met each other in 2005. To be precise, they met in the set of Skip’s ESPN2 show named Cold Pizza, where Sclafani was working in public relations. They exchanged their contact the same day and started dating soon later. They further dated for five years and got engaged to each other. Skip proposed to her in 2020, and the exciting part is that he did it on an onboard flight from Newark to Oklahoma. Later, they remained engaged for six years and eventually walked down their wedding aisle in July 12, 2016.
Furthermore, they had a very private wedding ceremony. So intimate that the bailiff served as their best man, and the rest of the chamber was witnesses. They did not even marry in front of their family. The couple later mentioned,
“ we decided to get married alone, we didn’t tell a soul.”
The Television personality Skip Bayless and his wife, Ernestine Sclafani
Husband Skip Bayless
You must be aware that Ernestine’s husband, Skip Bayless, is a popular American sports columnist and commentator. He has worked as a commentator on the celebrated show First Take. Also, in 2016, he worked on the new show named Skip and Shannon: Undisputed with Shannon Sharpe, which aired on Fox Sports. Moreover, he first embarked on his career at The Miami Herald, where he wrote sports articles. This job somehow helped him to become a well-known journalist. He even won an award named Outstanding Newspaper Writing. Also, Skip has worked in The Dallas Morning News as well.
Ernestine Sclafani Career
As we’re concerned about Ernestine’s career, let us tell you that she started in the year 1990. From this year, she started working for the company Ball of Switzerland. She worked here for a decade and left for a new job as a public relations director in the Weber Shandwick firm. She served the firm as a vice-president from the year 2000. Furthermore, we have no further details after this, like whether she is still working there or associated in any other company.
Net Worth and Income
We just discussed her career, and unfortunately, we did not have updated details on her work, so it would be a little hard to track down her income sources. However, being a celebrity wife, she must have an estimated worth of $1 million.