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LAWRENCE O’Donnell is a nightly anchor who appears on MSNBC and has his own show, The Last Word.

With The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell being MSNBC’s second most popular news program, consumers are wondering how much the nightly news anchor earns.

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MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell speaking at an eventCredit: Getty

What is Lawrence O’Donnell’s background?

Lawrence O’Donnell, 70, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended college at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he studied economics.

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O’Donnell has worked as an author, political writer, legislative aid, television writer, actor, and news personality.

Lawrence was involved with shows including NBC’s The West Wing and HBO’s Big Love.

In 2010, O’Donnell began anchoring the primetime MSNBC news show The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.

The program, which airs live at 10pm EST, is MSNBC’s second most popular broadcast, earning an audience of 1,324,000 nightly.

The network’s most popular broadcast, The Rachel Maddow Show, earns 2,014,000 viewers.

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What is O’Donnell’s net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, O’Donnell is estimated to have a net worth of approximately $16million.

On top of that, he earns $4million a year from his contract with MSNBC.

He is reportedly the 16th highest-paid news anchor on television today.

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Lawrence O’Donnell is a highly paid news anchorCredit: Getty

Is Lawrence O’Donnell married?

In 1994, O’Donnell married family counselor Kathryn Harrold, but the couple later separated in 2013.

The couple shares one daughter together.

O’Donnell has remained unmarried since the divorce, although he has had rumored relationships with celebrities including actress Kerry Washington and journalist Tamron Hall.

Rumors surfaced that Hall and O’Donnell secretly tied the knot in 2016, but Hall is now married to film producer Steve Greener.

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MSNBC hosts

Meet the hosts who appear on MSNBC:

  • Mika Brzezinski
  • Tiffany Cross
  • Chris Hayes
  • Willie Geist
  • Kendis Gibson
  • Hallie Jackson
  • Joshua Johnson
  • Rachel Maddow
  • Ari Melber
  • Craig Melvin
  • Alicia Menendez
  • Andrea Mitchell
  • Ayman Mohyeldin
  • Lawrence O’Donnell
  • Stephanie Ruhle
  • Joe Scarborough
  • Al Sharpton
  • Chuck Todd
  • Katy Tur
  • Ali Velshi
  • Yasmin Vossoughian
  • Nicole Wallace
  • Brian Williams
  • Alex Witt

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