Andrew Bolt’s love letter to wife Sally Morrell on her 60th birthday
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Andrew Bolt writes a gushing love letter about his wife’s ‘warm brown eyes’ and makes a heartfelt confession that he would have been ‘destroyed’ without her.
- Right-wing warrior Andrew Bolt writes a love letter to his wife
- He says that her loving ‘warm brown eyes’ won him over.
- Sally Morrell, his wife, just celebrated her 60th birthday
Firebrand Conservative Andrew Bolt is known for his brand of strident political commentary, but his latest newspaper column has revealed a rarely seen romantic side.
Bolt, 63, dedicated the column to his journalist wife Sally Morrell as he paid tribute to their love story, motivated by going to a dinner to celebrate his 60th birthday.
“She (Morrell) looked so beautiful, and I wondered again by what miracle we, I, ended up married to someone who makes you happier, stronger, and less imperfect,” Bolt wrote in the post. herald sun.
Andrew Bolt has written a heartfelt tribute to his wife, former journalist Sally Morrell
The couple married in 1989 and have three adult children.
Bolt wistfully recalls how he first fell in love with Morrell, whom he met when they both worked for the predecessor of Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper.
“I noticed Sally’s warm brown eyes in our first real conversation in a cafe…and felt sure she was loved and loved,” he writes.
Bolt goes on to observe that “a loving heart, unlike youth, lasts forever.”
The Sky News commentator said Morrell’s loving qualities have been amply displayed towards his friends, the couple’s children and himself.
“At times in my career, I would have been destroyed without her,” he writes.
Andrew Bolt (centre of photo) seen on the set of his Sky News program The Bolt Report with the late Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching (left) and political commentator Nikka Savva (right) is known for his hard-hitting Conservative views .
He also credits Morrell with socializing him into being less of a “obsessive introvert”.
Bolt said that having made the “best decision” of her life by marrying Morrell, the couple were reaping the rewards now that they were both in their 60s and were “shocked to find out that this is the best time of our lives.”
“A lot of that happiness comes from lasting so long together,” Bolt writes.
“I love having someone who shares decades of memories. Memories are not much, otherwise. They wither and you lose half your life.
“I love having someone who shares decades of memories. Memories are not much, otherwise. They wither and you lose half your life,” Bolt wrote of his long marriage to Sally Morrell.
Bolt said that having “proved we’re a team forever” he had no excuse to sulk, though he still sometimes does because, as his columns show, he’s easy to “obsess.”
“I give credit to someone who was born 60 years ago this week with a loving heart,” Bolt writes.
‘I am so lucky.’
Sally Morrell is known to have moderated comments on Andrew Bolt’s blog, but has otherwise avoided public attention.
In 2011, he was given a public apology by current affairs magazine The Monthly after he reported that he was moderating Bolt’s blog when racially offensive comments were posted.
In late 2020, the couple sold their East Melbourne home for $2.75 million and moved to the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of the city.