What Happened To Kristi Capel Fox 8 News Cleveland? Is She On Pregnancy Leave Today?

Publish date: 2024-05-18

What Happened To Kristi Capel? The journalist and her husband Hal expect baby number 3 as the baby will be born in November. 

Kristi Capel plans to keep FOX 8 viewers informed of her progress as she learns the baby's gender and goes through some of the milestones.

Kristi is a television news correspondent from Springfield, Missouri. She was born in Florence, Kentucky, and later moved to Missouri.

Capel entered the Miss Missouri USA pageant in late 2005 and won. She also made it to the top 15 in the Miss Kentucky USA pageant.

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Kristi graduated from Heritage Academy in Kentucky in 2001. She won a volleyball scholarship and went to Evangel University, where she had completed a Bachelor of Science degree.

What Happened To Kristi Capel Fox 8 News Cleveland? Is She Sick?

Kristi Capel joins FOX 8 News on Wednesday morning to review her new baby. Her husband, Hal, and their children Kyndal, Duke, and baby Kapri, joined.

On February 23, 2015, Capel made headlines for using "jigaboo" to refer to Lady Gaga's performance at the 87 Academy Awards. She continued: "It's tough to hear her voice with all the jigaboo music, whatever you want to call it - jigaboo." She has a beautiful voice that I never knew.

After the word's status as racist was posted online, Kristi apologized. She said she did not know the word and later wrote on Twitter, "I'm sorry if I offended you, I did not know what the word was or what it means. Thank you for watching." 

Where Is Kristi Capel Fox 8 Cleveland Today?

Kristi Capel is on maternity leave right now. She hopes to be back on Fox 8 in February.

Capel is expecting baby number 3 with her husband, Hal. She says the whole family is doing well as Kyndal and Duke have been very helpful and have sung Kapri songs that help her fall asleep.

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Kristi and Hal are taking extra work to go to bed in the morning. As for Kapri's name, Capel said she wanted to go with another K, like her and Kyndal.

Kristi Capel Pregnancy Leave Rumor 

Kristi Capel's pregnancy rumors are true; she and her husband are expecting a baby in November.

Capel and her husband and kids joined FOX 8 News to address all the rumors and information to the media.

Kristi plans to keep FOX 8 viewers informed of her progress as she learns the gender of the baby. She is also active on Instagram as she keeps updating her followers about her life and her babies.

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