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Patrick Clancy and Rachel Danis interviewed on 60 Minutes, in video posted September 22, 2026.

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Rachel Danis is seen fixing her hair. So she’s stretching to reach and adjust a barrette or scrunchie (they are back, evidently). We see a close-up of her baby bump. Things are moving along in her pregnancy such that even when she is riding a bike through Manhattan, we see she’s pretty obviously pregnant.

After looking at a few of the photos published by the New York Post, I had to ask myself: Why on earth is this anyone’s business? Why are there paparazzi following Rachel Danis around?

Kathryn Jean Lopez

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the religion editor of National Review. Sign up for her weekly newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the Mystics: Visionary Wisdom for Daily Living.

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