Somebody stop the McGreevey madness!
Is there anyone more yucky that former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey and his still-not-official ex-wife Dina Matas McGreevey? I heard Dina blabbering about the Elliot Spitzer scandal on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" last week. We already know that this woman is not very bright but the one thing she CAN talk about is this whole strange thing of the wife of a disgraced politician standing by as her man delivers his political obituary.
Apparently her going on NPR, CNN and doing other interviews portraying herself as the unsuspecting wife (she says she didn't know Jimbo was gay) was just too much for ex-hubby because some dude named Teddy Pederson is claiming that she and the ex-guv were involved in regular three-way sex trysts that they nicknamed "Friday Night Specials."
She denies all of it and says the accusation is based on her husband's jealousy over her being back in the spotlight because of the Spitzer thing. Ya know, I think they're both insane but I believe her on this one. Jim McGreevey is an absolute creep. Anyway, here is her statement given to ABC News "Theodore Pedersen's claims, as reported in the Newark Star Ledger on March 16, are completely false and were prompted by Jim McGreevey. This all has to do with the publicity I have received since Governor Spitzer resigned.
Jim has enlisted one of his cronies in trying to distinguish that situation from his own, and to discredit me in the media. He cannot stand it when I am receiving attention in the media rather than him. This is not the first time. Jim started with a false claim, made shortly before my book was published, that I knew he was gay when we were married. The falsity of that claim is made clear on the very first page of Jim's book, just as his description of our relationship in his book stands in stark contrast to Pedersen's false allegations. Jim again became the focus of the media's attention, just one day after my book was released by announcing his intention to become an Episcopalian priest.
Jim has had a close relationship with Pedersen since his days as Mayor of Woodbridge, and arranged jobs for Pedersen from that time through his years as Governor and beyond. They have continued their close relationship since Jim left office.
Most recently, in August 2007, Jim and his partner, Mark O'Donnell, funded Pedersen's vacation to China, along with Jim, O'Donnell, and other members of Jim's inner circle. This was obviously payback time for Pedersen."
Greg Hernandez has covered the entertainment industry for the Daily
News since 2001. He's considered a bit odd by some for his obsession
with box office numbers, has been known to camp out near the kitchen
at premieres for first crack at the hors d'oeurves, and Greg's never
seen a red carpet he didn't want to stroll down.