Instant Alert: Sean Hannity responds to claim he ran up a $42,000 tab at Trump's hotel after flying in a 70-year-old lobster from Maine

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Sean Hannity responds to claim he ran up a $42,000 tab at Trump's hotel after flying in a 70-year-old lobster from Maine by Kate Taylor on Jul 27, 2017, 3:25 PM Advertisement Fox News commentator Sean Hannity says a story about him spending thousands of dollars dining at the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC on inauguration weekend is "fake news." A waiter told GQ that Hannity ran up a $42,000 tab at the hotel's restaurant. According to the waiter, the huge check included the cost of getting an eight-pound, 70-year-old lobster delivered to the hotel from Maine.  Politico's Hadas Gold spotted the bizarre tidbit in GQ's article about the hotel on Thursday.  uhhhh GQ reports Hannity spent 42K at Trump hotel https://t.co/nLwpXDNCCf pic.twitter.com/2OdAskNLyF — Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 27, 2017 Soon after, Hannity took to Twitter to call the waiter's story "Ridiculous Fake News." FAKE NEWS!! Ridiculous Fake News!! NEVER HAPPENED. https://t.co/Muleg7VpPH — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 27, 2017 Fox News had previously denied the story to GQ on Hannity's behalf.  Hannity has been a steady source of pro-Trump coverage on Fox News. In June, controversial conservative commentator Ann Coulter published a column saying that the host "would endorse communism" if Donald Trump did. SEE ALSO: New Yorker cartoon trolls Trump for fake Time magazine cover hanging in Trump hotels   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011