Karoline Leavitt, 28, is accused of ‘airbrushing’ husband, 60, in glamor White House snaps

White House press sec­re­tary Karo­line Leav­itt is fac­ing scruti­ny after social media users claimed she air­brushed her hus­band’s face in an Insta­gram post.

The com­mu­ni­ca­tions chief, 28, shared glossy Hal­loween pho­tos of her and hus­band Nicholas Ric­cio, 60, pos­ing up with their 16-month-old son, Niko, on Sun­day.

Niko sport­ed an adorable pump­kin out­fit for the occa­sion, how­ev­er all eyes were on his father’s sus­pi­cious­ly smooth com­plex­ion.

Sus­pi­cions were raised fur­ther after images tak­en by press pho­tog­ra­phers at the White House appeared to show Ric­cio look­ing less radi­ant.

Leav­it­t’s page was soon flood­ed with com­ments accus­ing her of enhanc­ing her hus­band’s appear­ance.

‘The air­brush­ing of your hubs face to make him appear younger was the trick,’ one com­menter wrote.

‘Karo­line, awe­some pic­ture but my friends noticed some­thing: The guy on the left seems to have only his face pho­to­shopped. His hands look like 60+ years old,’ anoth­er user added.

Leav­itt, who has more than 2.6million fol­low­ers has not respond­ed pub­licly to the crit­i­cism or addressed whether any of the pho­tos had been edit­ed before being post­ed.

White House Press Sec­re­tary Karo­line Leav­itt brought fam­i­ly warmth to this year’s Hal­loween fes­tiv­i­ties on the South Lawn — joined by her hus­band Nicholas Ric­cio and their baby son, Niko, for the sea­son­al cel­e­bra­tion host­ed by Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump and First Lady Mela­nia Trump.

Leav­itt, 27, was pho­tographed car­ry­ing baby Niko in front of a pump­kin-lined stair­case, sur­round­ed by glow­ing jack‑o’-lanterns and cas­cad­ing faux autumn leaves. The fam­i­ly moment quick­ly went viral after Leav­itt shared pho­tos on social media, draw­ing over 235,000 likes by Mon­day evening — with fans flood­ing the com­ments sec­tion to praise both her fam­i­ly and Riccio’s strik­ing­ly smooth com­plex­ion.

A Love Story Rooted in New Hampshire

Leavitt’s per­son­al life has increas­ing­ly cap­tured pub­lic atten­tion since she became White House press sec­re­tary ear­li­er this year. Known for her open­ness, she’s pre­vi­ous­ly shared details about her rela­tion­ship with Ric­cio, a New Hamp­shire real-estate devel­op­er, call­ing it “a very atyp­i­cal love sto­ry.”

Appear­ing on The Meg­yn Kel­ly Show in March, Leav­itt explained how the cou­ple first met:

“A mutu­al friend of ours host­ed an event at a restau­rant that he owns up in New Hamp­shire and invit­ed my hus­band,” Leav­itt recalled. “I was speak­ing. We met and were acquaint­ed as friends. And then we fell in love.”

The cou­ple wel­comed their son, Niko, in July 2024, before mar­ry­ing six months lat­er.

“He’s my great­est sup­port­er, he’s my best friend and my rock,” she said. “He’s built a very suc­cess­ful busi­ness him­self, so now he’s ful­ly sup­port­ive of me build­ing my suc­cess in my career.”

Leav­itt added with a laugh:

“I say, ‘I walked into your life and it’s been a cir­cus ever since,’ but God bless him because he’s ful­ly on board.”

The Trumps Bring the Treats — and the Nostalgia

The fes­tive evening also marked a nos­tal­gic moment for the Trumps, who reprised one of the president’s sig­na­ture Hal­loween tra­di­tions from 2019 — bop­ping a cos­tumed child on the head with a choco­late bar before bal­anc­ing it on top of their cos­tume. The light­heart­ed moment drew laugh­ter from guests as Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” played, per­formed by a mil­i­tary string ensem­ble.

Dozens of carved pump­kins and glow­ing lanterns adorned the South Lawn, along with gar­lands of fall foliage and faux leaves cas­cad­ing down the stair­cas­es. Mela­nia Trump com­ple­ment­ed the autum­nal scene in a beige-and-orange trench coat, while the pres­i­dent hand­ed out can­dy to chil­dren dressed as astro­nauts, princess­es, and even McDonald’s work­ers.

Trump, fresh from a five-day over­seas trip to Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea, spent over an hour hand­ing out treats — paus­ing fre­quent­ly to chat with fam­i­lies and pose for pho­tos.

A Family Moment in the Spotlight

While the evening cel­e­brat­ed the light­heart­ed side of Wash­ing­ton life, it also show­cased the young press secretary’s grow­ing pop­u­lar­i­ty and relata­bil­i­ty. Leavitt’s mix of pro­fes­sion­al pol­ish and fam­i­ly authen­tic­i­ty has res­onat­ed with many Amer­i­cans — mak­ing her Hal­loween appear­ance not just a viral post, but a reminder that even in the halls of pow­er, fam­i­ly moments still shine bright­est.

Dai­ly Mail has reached out to Leavitt’s office for com­ment.