Madeline O Reilly-Eldest daughter of William O’ Reilly.

Unlike many celebrity kids who come to limelight because of their parent’s fame, today’s topic is a bit different. Since we are about to look at a life of celebrity daughter who became a topic of concern because of her parent’s unstable relationship followed by divorce. She is none other than William James O’Reilly’s daughter Madeline O Reilly.

Madeline’s dad William is an American journalist, author, former television host, and political commentator. So what was the reason behind her fame? What about her personal life and net worth? To find out continue reading the article below:

Difficult childhood

Madeline Oreilly was born in 1992 in New York USA. She was born as the eldest child to father William O Reilly and mother Maureen E McPhilmy. Her dad worked as the author, television host and journalist before working as a political commentator. Meanwhile, her mother is a public relations executive.

Sadly, Madeline grew up in an abusive and harsh environment alongside her brother Spencer O’Reilly. Despite having everything in her life because of her successful parents the brother-sister duo faced a difficult childhood. The reason was because of their parent’s constant fights and disputes. To be precise it was her father’s abusive habit which made the happy family turn into a sad one.

Unstable relationship of parents

Madeline O’ Reilly’s parents, McPhilmy and William O’ Reilly started dating in 1992.  After four years, the couple eventually exchanged the wedding vows on November 2, 1996, at St. Brigid Parish of Westbury, New York. Sadly after 14 years of ups and downs in their marriage, things started to fall apart.

Spencer’s family got into controversy back in 2004 when Madeline’s dad was sued by Mackenzie who worked as the producer in his dad’s show, The O’Reilly Factor. Things got worse when the producer claimed she was sexually harassed by the Journalist. In the midst of controversy, Spencer’s mother, Maureen accused her husband of infidelity, emotional and domestic abuse to her. In no time, she filed for divorce in April 2010 against her husband.

However, it was a rough time for the young Madeline and her brother, Spencer. Ultimately when things crossed lines Madeline testified against her father in the court. She testified about how her father choked her mother and dragged her down the stairs. Although Spencer’s dad, William denied all the accusations and said it to be mere only lies and conspiracy against him. Nevertheless, Madeline’s testimony was followed by her parents’ divorce.

Madeline current status

Madeline lives a secret life due to which information about her personal life is secret. Moreover, she is not active in any social platform like many celebrity kids. As of now, Madleinne must be focused on her studies and career. Besides all that, there is no doubt she lives a stable and happy life and lives with her mother and her step-dad after her mother Maureen remarried post-divorce with Madeline’s biological dad William.

However, the separation process of her parents was not simple since her dad fought in court for custody of his children. The fight for custody took longer to settle than the divorce. Initially, the court gave responsibility for both of the parents to take care of their children. But, the decision reversed after Maureen claimed him not to be fit to take care of her children.

Nevertheless, after checking the history of both of Madeline’s parents the court took Maureen’s claim seriously and gave her custody of her two children. As of now, Madeline lives with their mother. Eventually, her mother later married County Police Detective, Jeffrey Gross. Prior to this, Jeffrey’s wife, Kathleen McBride died due to cervical cancer in the year 2006 leaving her two children to him. As of now, Spencer lives with her step-dad Jeffrey, step-brothers, and her brother, Spencer. As per the reports, they are together spending a happy life at present.

Net worth

Madeline is currently not engaged in any sort of activity which could yield her earning. Despite that, she lives a normal life because of her wealthy dad and mother. Currently, she lives with her mother Maureen and a stepdad, police officer Jeffrey Gross.

Moreover, her mother’s net worth is $14 million, $10 million which she received from the settlement after divorce and her own net worth of $4 million as public relations officer. Alongside Melanie’s biological dad has the fortune of $85 million which he accumulated with a salary of $25 million.

Settlement

Madeline’s dad Billy lost a lump of money in various sexual allegation settlements in his career. As per New york times he paid six women nearly $50 million to settle various sexual harassment lawsuits. After the first New York Times investigation revealed that O’Reilly and Fox News had settled five sexual harassment lawsuits totaling $13 million.

Moreover out of various settlement one settlement was alone $9 million.  Despite losing so much money Madeline dad walked away with $25 million after getting terminated from Fox News in April 2017.