Published: 13:43 BST, 16 October 2026 | Updated: 13:43 BST, 16 October 2026

Donald Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia on Thursday was grilled in a brutal Fox News interview about her disastrous first press conference.

Now, people are already questioning whether her days as the White House's latest spokesperson may already be numbered.

During the briefing on Tuesday, the 41-year-old took only three questions - all from conservative publications - stuttered through her own sentences, confused the president with her husband, and ended the session after just 14 minutes.

Appearing on the 'Hannity' show late on Thursday, Zacharia may have expected a friendly interview from her boss's favourite network.

Instead, she was ruthlessly quizzed about her sub-par performance as well as whether she was legally allowed to refer to herself as a lawyer, having never passed the US bar exam.

'You did ⁠not pass the bar exam, correct?' Hannity asked. 'Correct,' ​she said in response.

'I did not,' she said, when Hannity asked if she ever took the bar ​exam a second time.

When asked what she felt about her performance in the awkward press conference, Zacharia said she was only offered the position last Friday and did not have a lot of time to prepare for the question-and-answer session.

Katie Zacharia was grilled in a brutal Fox News interview by host Sean Hannity on Thursday.