Elizabeth Anne Vargas is a television journalist and anchor for the A&E Networks. She kick started her career at the A&E Network after quitting her job as an anchor for ABC’s show news magazine 20/20. She was also the anchor of World News Tonight.
She was also the host of Elvis: Viva Las Vegas in 2008 where she interviewed stars like Beyonce, Dwayne Johnson, Job Bon Jovi and many others.
She is also a recipient of an Emmy Award for her wonderful and extensive coverage of the Elian Gonzalez incident.
Elizabeth Vargas has a Net Worth of around $6 Million
The news anchor, Elizabeth Vargas has an estimated net worth of approximately $6 Million and her average salary for the year 2020, according to Celebrity Net Worth, is estimated to be $750 Thousand.
Elizabeth Vargas’s road to Sobriety
Elizabeth Vargas was an alcohol addict and also battled anxiety. At the age of twenty, she turned to alcohol to get relief from an anxiety attack but it slowly eventually turned into an addiction as she also grew in her career.
Elizabeth Vargas turned to rehab and decided to get sober, in a recent podcast titled Heart of the Matter with Elizabeth Vargas she said,
“I never felt more alone in my entire life than I did while I was struggling with alcohol. It was the most isolating and the loneliest I ever felt. The only thing that helped with that was meeting with other people who were experiencing the same thing.”
When asked about how she understood that she was addicted to alcohol and it was not just an assumption she said
‘Ask yourself why you’re drinking. If you’re drinking not to feel something, that’s a red flag.’ I drank not to feel anxious. I drank not to feel stressed. I drank not to feel insecure…”
Early Life of Elizabeth Vargas
Elizabeth Vargas was born on the 6th of September 1962 in Paterson and her father was of Italian descent and mother was of Italian-German-Swedish descent. Her father’s name was Rafael Vargas and was an officer in the U.S army and her mother’s name was Anne Vargas and was an English teacher.
Elizabeth Vargas has two siblings and she graduated from American High school.
She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
Elizabeth Vargas and her personal life
Elizabeth Vargas married Marc-Cohn who is a singer-songwriter. The couple dated for three years and then got married on the 20th of July in the year 2002. They have two sons and two step children from Marc-Cohn’s first marriage. However, the couple decided to go their separate ways in the year 20-14 after being married for twelve years.
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