The McGreevey divorce drama takes another ugly turn this morning. Old Jimmy, the former New Jersey governor and self-proclaimed homo, alleges that his former wife, Dina, knew of his yen for the men.
Dina McGreevey hopes to set the record – um – straight in her new book, Silent Partner. In the ghost-written memoir, Dina McG claims not to have known about McGreevey’s mary ways until days before he resigned. Jim, however, claims the book’s just as crooked as his political career. He wrote in a sworn affidavit:
Although it is clear that (Matos McGreevey) knew of my sexual orientation before our marriage, she chose to either ignore it or block it out of her mind, even when questioned by her friends
Now that it’s out that I AM A GAY AMERICAN [his emphasis] she will try to rewrite history claiming me to be bisexual. This is homophobia in its worst form.
As further evidence, McGreevey’s lawyer offer Jim’s own book, The Confession, in which he describes a 2002 confrontation with his then-wife during which she asked him, “Are you gay?” Now that’s a lawyer: discrediting a witness and shameless promotion!
Speaking of shameless: we’re not sure which McGreevey’s lower. It may be a tie. It seems to us they’re both pretty disgusting. Hopefully their manipulative ways won’t taint their daughter, over whom they’re fighting so viciously.
McGreevey: Wife knew I was gay at the start [The Star-Ledger]
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cullan
The bigger question? Who will end up on next seasons “Dancing With The Stars”?
Tom
What an ass (and I don’t mean that in a good way). The only thing I have to say is God help that daughter of theirs. Seems to me that neither of her parents are fit to raise a child.
dizzy spins
Gee Jim, you ran out on your pregnant wife to be a truck-stop trolly and she’s not too keen on gay people. Shame on her!
Jason
I think you are being way too hard on his wife and not hard enough (and I don’t mean that in a good way) on him. He is a slime. His constant use of “I am a gay American” as a shield in the hopes of somehow excusing his atrocious behavior is an insult to gay Americans everywhere! Yep – gays can be deplorable scum-bags too. I really hope the majority of gay Americans out there are not going to give him a pass just because he’s one of us. Dr. King said that people should be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin. I think that applies equally to gays as well. We shouldn’t be judged as evil because we’re gay; but we shouldn’t be forgiven because we’re gay either.
Mr B
Man, McSkeevy is such a tool. He married her knowing he preferred men and then screwed around while she was pregnant, and then he wants to whine about her claiming he’s bi and not gay? We fellow queers seem to hate him too–does that makes us homophobic?
Chapeau
Please — enuff with the McGreevey’s.
UGGGHHH!!!
Stop giv’em ink and let their story die.
Michael
It was a well known “secret” that McGreevey’s wife knew he was Gay..but she ignored it because she wanted to be the first Portguese American to become New Jersey’s First Lady and she would yield a lot of power in the Portguese community in NJ, which she did. In 1997, it was a well known “secret” that McGreevey was Gay. This is all so old news….There were rumors that his first wife divorced him because she found out he was Gay, but wished him well and they maintain a very cordial relationship. His first wife moved back to Canada and after the divorce used to vacation with McGreevey, Dina and their children (McGreevey has a daughter from his first marriage.)
McGreevey used the “I am a Gay American Get out of Jail Free Card” since his whole Administration was mired in corruption. McGreevey had a zero percent voting record on Gay rights when he was in the NJ Legislature….The GLBT community in 1997 when he first ran for Governor endorsed Governor Christie Todd Whitman since she had a strong Gay rights record. McGreevey threw us under the bus all the time on Gay rights and particularly on same sex marriage since as he said he was afraid he would be Outed. I have zero respect for McGreevey (and sadly I voted for him in 2001 because his Republican opponent, Brett Schundler spewed anti Gay homophobic comments whenever he opened his mouth..but I was proud to vote for Whitman..I should have voted for a third party candidate in 2001..a bitter lesson learned.) McGreevey is all about himself and has done nothing for our community except throw away our rights and now that he is OUT he makes us look like fools with his behavior. If he knew he could still stay in the closet, I am sure he would have. That I find even more deplorable….Opinion polls taken around the same time he resigned showed that the people of NJ didnt’ care one bit that he is Gay…and said he didn’t have to resign because he is Gay…he used it as an excuse to cover up his sleezy corrupt Administration. That makes him even sleezier!
nystudman
Michael – it’s not such a “well-known ‘secret'” that you paint Dina M as a power-hungry bitch who only married him to be a gov’s wife. In fact, he wasn’t when she married him. She was naive, that’s all.
How can anyone even ask who’s the slimebucket in this? It’s obviously him. She’s been treated like a nobody from Day One. Like Diana, she’s doing the only thing she can when confronted with raw power: taking it to the media.
I feel sorry for her. It’s always the wife who suffers from the loser closet cases. And he WAS a loser – sacricificing his integrity on the altar of raw ambition.
Michael
NYstudman..did you live in NJ and know what was being said during this time period? I think not…..I didn’t say Dina McGreevey was a power hungry bitch..You did!
The fact of the matter is that both of them had ambitions and used them to achieve things they wanted to get done. I have no sorrow or pity for either of them. The people I know who know them both quite have indicated that both know what they were doing.
You obviously didn’t read all of my post as I have not expressed any sympathy for McGreevey. However, it is one thing for a wife not to have any knowledge of her husband’s sexual orientation and then discover the husband is Gay. Anyone would have sympathy in that situation. This is not the case here since Mrs. McGreevey knew what was going on and ignored it. That leaves me far less sympathetic.
McGreevey is another case…I have no sympathy for him whatsoever.
Pheel More
It’s one thing to come to terms with one’s sexuality in a high profile situation, but he’s now a bit too sanctimonious to say she should have known. Why would she want to put herself through such agony if she had known beforehand. And if she did know, how stupid it is to put herself through it.
abelincoln
Who cares?
solomon grundy
I don’t get why people hate Jim McGreevey so passionately.
I agree with Michael’s analysis, except about McGreevey’s record as governor. I’d call him a moderate governor who got caught up in the notorious corruption of the most disgustingly corrupt state in the union, but not as much as some other governors.
I don’t think he was a particularly objectionable governor, just a kind of mediocre one.
And as far as this moral indignation about the jilted wife: get a clue! Dina knew what she was getting herself into. She made a big girl choice, so it’s bizarre to demand public sympathy after the fact.
McGreevey’s a pretty smooth operator (I’ve interviewed him recently), and he probably has a role he could play in the public sphere. Let’s use his celebrity for good rather than obsess over his gross but not that extraordinary personal life.
Michael
Solomon,
I totally agree with you….McGreevey was a moderate Governor…with a horrible GLBT record. His accomplishments were so so at best (he relieved some congestation on the Parkway by have tolls on one side only at a few of the busy toll sections and did his best to lower insurance rates..but ballooned the budget…we have had worse and better Governors….he is a slick operator…but he will have to do a lot in my own view point to make up for what he did to the GLBT community…..and you got it dead on that his wife is an adult who knew what she was getting into (geesh he was Mayor of Woodbridge and you had to be practically dead to not know he wasn’t Gay (and I bet the dead knew it too)..it was a well known fact..just an unspoken one.)
but whatever….its their stuff to deal with….maybe if he engages in conduct and deeds rather then self aggrandizement agendas he can do something worth while for the GLBT community….let’s certainly hope so.
Thomas
I honestly do not care about him. All I care about is how HOT and how SEXY Mrs. McGreevey is, come on who agrees with me. I can show her what it is like to be with a real man. I hope she reads this and gets in touch with me. She is a very very BEAUTIFUL and a very very SEXY woman. How on earth can that man leave a HOT and SEXY woman like that. I want Mrs. McGreevey bad honestly. And if she reads this, Mrs. Greevey I am a very honest and a very nice person, and I wiil take care of You ok. Please if You want get in touch with me ok. God Bless You Mrs
Thomas
I honestly do not care about him. I honestly care about Mrs. McGreevey. I mean come on she is a very very HOT and a very very SEXY woman. I do not know why any man with a brain would have left Mrs. McGreevey. And I honestly hope Mrs. Mc Greevey reads this. Mrs. McGreevey I am an honest and a very polite person. My wish is she would contact me. How many people agress with me. Mrs. McGreevey is totaly a very very BEAUTIFUL and a very very SEXY woman.