A teary Elisabeth Hasselbeck addressed the “Fox & Friends” audience Tuesday morning after she announced Monday that she will step down from her role on the show at the end of the year, putting her television career on hold while she raises her three children.

“I am taking a new position as CBO — chief breakfast officer — at our house with the kids, and that does mean that in about a month, I’ll be leaving my FOX News family,” she said on air, explaining she needs to spend her mornings at home. “I’m in a season where the kids need the best of me, not the rest of me.”

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