Kimberly Guilfoyle plans to stay abroad seeking a “rich husband in Europe” after resigning as U.S. ambassador to Greece under White House pressure, a source says.
The former Fox News host stepped down Tuesday when the White House publicly called for her resignation following a string of Page Six reports tied to Wall Street Journal articles on alleged misconduct in the post.
An insider told the outlet she is too embarrassed to return home and is finished in Trump circles, and that her next move is a wealthy match on the Continent.
President Donald Trump addressed the exit at a press briefing and kept the focus on the coverage that forced the decision.
"She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago. But she went to Greece. She was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading."
That was the standard. The White House asked her to go. She left.
The Journal pieces, as summarized in the Page Six account, described a pattern of alleged improper and possibly illegal activity while she held the ambassadorship. Claims included close ties to Maryland-born lobbyist Christos Marafatsos of the Greek construction firm Aktor Group, with foreign officials reportedly mistaking him for her chief of staff because he sat in on so many official meetings.
Other reported claims: an alleged pitch for a $3 million investment in her Polished Rice vodka company to at least one Greek businessman around her confirmation; an alleged request that Trump donor Eric Deters cover a $100,000 American Express bill before her hearing in exchange for administration help on his tax and legal problems; and alleged bragging at Davos about private-jet trips and five-star European hotel stays tied to shipping magnate Nikolas Tsakos and Aktor CEO Alexandros Exarchou.
None of those claims are presented in the reporting as charged offenses or courtroom findings. They are the allegations the White House did not want hanging over a U.S. mission.
Guilfoyle rejected the claims in a public statement and promised a hard defense of her record.
"I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity. I have dedicated my professional life to fighting for justice, standing up for what is right, and defending the values that make America exceptional. I will not allow false accusations to define my decades of public service."
She and her lawyer, Jesse Binnall, did not return further requests for comment on the husband plan or the Journal reporting.
The Page Six insider sketched a blunt personal and professional aftermath.
"She is embarrassed to come back to the US. She’s ashamed. She’s done in Trump world. Who will hire her? No one will go near her."
The same source said the working plan is to remain overseas and find a “rich husband in Europe.”
Her path into the Athens post was already tangled with family politics. She had been engaged to Donald Trump Jr. for roughly six years before their December 2024 split, after photos surfaced of him holding hands with Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, whom he later married. Trump named Guilfoyle ambassador the same day Page Six reported the breakup. The Journal account said he had described the posting as something done “for his son’s sake” and that he “had to get her out of here.”
Earlier, she was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom from 2001 to 2006. She later hit the campaign trail for Trump before taking the Greece assignment.
Ambassadors represent the United States. When published claims of donor favors, company pitches, and luxury travel pile up, a president who cares about the office’s credibility does not shrug. He ends the appointment. That is what happened here, on the timeline the reporting lays out.
Guilfoyle is free to rebuild, remarry, or litigate her name in Europe or anywhere else. The public trust attached to that embassy desk is not a soft landing pad, and it was never hers to keep once the White House stopped standing behind her.
