Rachel Marsden (born December 2, 1974) is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator based in Paris.

[2] Her column is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency[3][4] and she is a regular contributor to the English and French services of the RT news channel.

Marsden graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a minor in French language.

[10][11] The coach was dismissed, then exonerated and re-hired by the university after doubts were raised about the credibility of Marsden's accusations against him.

[12][8][13] Over ten years later, Marsden was interviewed by the university's newspaper and said of the events: "[The administration] were more interested in quelling negative PR than defending the truth.

[27] In 2007, she moved from Toronto to New York City[28] and was hired as one of five panelists on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld,[29] a late-night talk show, where she stayed for five months.

[44][45] On February 29, 2008, the Gawker news and gossip blog Valleywag claimed Wales and Marsden had entered into a relationship, and published instant messaging chats they allegedly exchanged.

Marsden, who learned about the breakup by reading about it on Wikipedia, turned to eBay and put up a T-shirt and sweater for auction that she said belonged to Wales.