politics
Governor Mark Sanford's wronged ex goes on a trash-talking media blitz to promote her new book.
Earlier this month, we reported on Jenny Sanford's exclusive interview with Barbara Walters, in which Jenny revealed the indignities she suffered during her marriage to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and the bombshell that she married Mark even though he insisted on removing the fidelity clause from their wedding vows.
Now, Jenny is talking to everyone in the hopes of selling a bazillion copies of her new book, Staying True. She was all over the tube this week, including appearances on Larry King Live, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The View and Good … Read More
Jenny Sanford says that her husband never vowed to remain faithful.
Last summer, the name on everyone's lips was Mark Sanford—the South Carolina governor who "went missing" during a hike along the Appalachian Trail, and found himself at the center of a political sex scandal when it was discovered that he had actually been in Argentina visiting his mistress, Maria Belen Chapur. 4 Political Summer Sex Scandals We'll Never Forget
Now, in an exclusive interview with 20/20's Barbara Walters, the governor's wife, Jenny Sanford, opens up about her marriage and says that she was "stunned" to learn of her husband's infidelity—even though Mark never … Read More
Tracking porn use by population produces some surprising results.
A pair of recent studies tracking the porn-consuming habits of populations around the world generated some numbers that, depending upon your point of view, are either shocking or yawningly obvious.
Around the globe, the top three consumers of pornography are China (28 percent of the market), South Korea (27 percent) and Japan (21 percent). The US comes in fourth with a measly 14 percent of porn purchases, a comparison that some may find odd, considering that the top consumers on this list are typically thought to be far more sexually conservative than America. For example, South Korea's Military Penal Code … Read More
Will their political differences prove to be the last straw in their marriage?
Do you feel like Angelina Jolie has been getting a lot of flak lately? Even though it was recently revealed that the actress donated a good chunk of money to charity with her husband Brad Pitt, she's at the center of some interesting political rumors this time around.
One sell-out source supposedly close to Angelina has gone to the tabs to say that Angelina isn't just "meh" about President Obama, but that she actually "hates him." Can a Democrat Love A Republican?
"She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks … Read More
The Obama marriage operates on four healthy relationship policies.
The New York Times Magazine recently sat down with the Obamas to discuss the State of the Union—the union between Michelle and Barack that is. In this extensive interview with the president and the first lady, writer Jodi Kantor tries to capture the strengths and weakness of the "first marriage." And regardless of which side of the political spectrum you fall on, we believe the Obamas have got a couple of timeless, bi-partisan policies when it comes to keeping a relationship healthy. 4 Obama-Inspired Date Ideas
1. Personalize Your Nicknames. Barack likes to call Michelle, "Flotus," short … Read More
Barack Obama was a ladies' man on campaign trail, says new Christopher Andersen book.
We all know that President Barack Obama in a man in demand. But evidently his road to the presidency involved a marketing tactic we all know: sex sells.
According to the blog Taragana, a new book by Christopher Andersen—Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage—suggests that Barack dealt regularly with women who pursued him right under Michelle's nose. Among their reported pursuits? Pushing their bodies up against Barack's, slipping their phone numbers into his pocket and whispering raunchy suggestions into his ear.
How did Mr. Obama respond? Actually not too keenly. The New York Post quotes Andersen's … Read More
Sarah Palin, Ted Kennedy, John Edwards and Mark Sanford shocked us in summer of '09.
While it may seem that summer began with the Gosselin divorce and ended with Michael Jackson's burial, Memorial Day and Labor Day are what actually mark the bookends of traditional summer.
Certainly a lot happened in Celebrity Love land in between, and some of the most gobsmacking shockers came from the world of politics—where conflict is all in a day's work. YourTango's Celebrity Editor Kristine Gasbarre (independently registered, for the record) has highlighted the best of the worst for you. As we kiss this summer goodbye, we can thank these politicans' slip-ups for … Read More
Ted Kennedy memoir out Sept. 14 spills on relationship with crash victim and sexual abuse.
Ted Kennedy's posthumous memoir True Compass is scheduled to hit shelves on September 14, and the content may be enough to clear up some of the stigma surrounding Kennedy's reputation. Celebrity Love: Ted Kennedy's Romantic History
In the book, Kennedy attempts to extinguish one of the most infamous stories about his past. In 1969 after a party with campaign staff in Martha's Vineyard, he drunkenly drove a car into a lake and killed the car's passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. The incident has gone down in history being referred to as "Chappaquiddick," the name of the … Read More
Levi Johnston tells Vanity Fair that Sarah Palin wanted to adopt her daughter's baby.
Levi Johnston is burning the last of his bridges with the Palin camp.
In an interview with Vanity Fair (on stands September 8), Johnston spills the beans on Sarah Palin's worry that her teenage daughter Bristol's pregnancy would hurt her campaign for Vice President. Huffington Post via Vanity Fair quotes Johnston with the following:
Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I … Read More
Ted Kennedy was as notorious for his scandalous private life as he was for his career.
Ted Kennedy, the last of the living Kennedy brothers and renowned Massachusetts senator who held office as a Democrat since 1964, died Tuesday of brain cancer at the Kennedy estate in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Formally named Edward Moore Kennedy, Ted was as known for his questionable private life as his political feats. YourTango's Celebrity Love has constructed a timeline of the scandals that went on behind Ted Kennedy's loosely-closed doors for five decades.
1958 - After a yearlong courtship, Ted Kennedy married beauty queen and college classmate Virginia Joan Bennett (known now as Joan … Read More
