Dina McGreevey, the ex-wife of former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, has come out swinging this week.
With the Tuesday release of her book "Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage," Dina has for the first time voiced anger about her ex-husband and her treatment by the media since his August 2004 revelation of an extramarital affair with state homeland security advisor Golan Cipel and subsequent declaration of homosexuality.
The 2004 scandal sparked a firestorm of controversy, forcing the governor to resign amid nationwide debate over the appropriateness of his behavior and the relevance of his sexual orientation. During his tenure as governor, McGreevey was an ex-officio trustee of the University.
At a book-signing event Tuesday afternoon, the former New Jersey first lady told the crowd she decided to write the book after realizing she could no longer "stay in the background," as she has since her ex-husband publicly came out. "Frankly," she said, "I was tired of people concocting my life story."
During an interview that aired on Tuesday's "Oprah Winfrey Show," Dina said she did not know her husband was gay when they were married and would not have married him had she known he was gay.
But in the divorce papers he filed, the former governor alleged that his wife "knew of my sexual orientation before our marriage ... [and] chose to either ignore it or block it out of her mind, even when questioned by her friends," the Newark Star-Ledger reported.
Dina told "Good Morning America" that she does not believe her ex-husband was "simply gay," but rather bisexual. "I never saw him checking out men," she said, "but ... I certainly saw him checking out women."
In a recent dispute over the custody of their five-year-old daughter Jacqueline, Dina filed papers detailing her view that her former husband is bisexual. Her ex-husband retorted that she is a "bitter, vengeful woman," adding in a court statement, "On the offhand chance she wasn't paying attention, I AM A GAY AMERICAN."
Jim's memoir, "The Confession," was published in early September. In it, McGreevey explained that he had tried to live as a straight man for the sake of his political career and his Roman Catholic beliefs. He has since joined the Episcopal Church.
In his memoir, McGreevey also gave a detailed account of his relationship with Cipel, describing how Cipel's attempts at blackmail forced McGreevey to resign. Cipel denies ever having had a relationship with McGreevey.
The former governor announced Wednesday that he has applied to the General Theological Seminary in Manhattan, with plans to become an Episcopalian priest. Afterwards, his friends have said, he "hopes to find a parish ... perhaps in an inner-city neighborhood, where he can help children or the poor," WNBC reported.
Jim currently teaches ethics, law and leadership at Kean University, a job that pays $17,000 a year plus state pension credits, according to the Star-Ledger.
On a book tour talk at the University on Sept. 23, Jim said he had no choice but to hide his sexual orientation. "Inch by inch by inch, I moved into this godless descent where you think you can manage different departments of your life," he said. "And concurrent with that, I made the decision to go into politics, which only exacerbated [the problem]."
He added, "The moral compromises I made in politics were made in part easier because of the falsehoods I dealt with myself."
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