Michaele Salahi & Neal Schon Speak Out About Their Affair

TV personality Michaele Salahi and Journey guitarist Neal Schon say they are precisely where they should be right now—in each other's arms.

The couple spoke to The Daily Beast exclusively in a series of interviews, via telephone and text, as Schon's band continues on its cross-country tour.

"It's like a fairy tale. It is, it really is," Schon said from a hotel room in Tampa. "I'm very happy, very happy after waiting for her for 15 years. Now I want to get beyond all this media hype that Tareq has put out there. It's really quite embarrassing."

Neal Schon, 57, played with Santana in the '70s and then came to national attention when Journey exploded onto the music scene in the late '70s and early '80s with songs like "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'," "Open Arms," "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)," and "Any Way You Want It." And the still ubiquitous anthem "Don't Stop Believin'."

Michaele Salahi, of course, was one half of the tainted couple accused of crashing President Obama's first state dinner with her husband, Tareq, in November 2009. They were then featured players on Bravo's unsuccessful The Real Housewives of D.C.

In my book, Cirque du Salahi, the 46-year-old Michaele first revealed she has suffered from multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years and the disease was the deciding factor when choosing her husband. She had been dating both Neal and Tareq in the late '90s (for the record, she dated Neal first) and there came a time she had to make a life decision. 

Read the rest of the juicy details on The Daily Beast: Michaele & Neal Speak Out!

Written by Diane Dimond for The Daily Beast.

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