News Bloggers
Ada Calhoun

Ada Calhoun

Reports

Ada Calhoun is the editor-in-chief of Babble, a consulting editor at Nerve.com and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review.... read more

Nevada Gov Says Childbirth Turns Him Off

Posted Jul 1st 2008 11:12AM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: Sex

There's a funny item up now on Talking Points Memo about Nevada's governor Jim Gibbons. Confronted with this Nevada Appeal photo of him embracing the Playboy-model ex-wife of a former Reno mayor, he insisted he was just comforting a friend.

Gibbons told the Las Vegas Sun: "You know what, I've know Leslie for 20 plus years. In fact, Leslie is a wonderful dear friend and if they are implying there is anything romantic there, they are wrong."

He could have stopped there, but instead he offered what may be the most unique defense ever against sexual impropriety:



"She is helping me get through a very troubling time in my life by being a friend. What troubles me is all these people speculating every time I bump into somebody that happens to be of the opposite sex. You can talk to Leslie, but I think she will tell you if (there's something that) takes the romance out of a friendship it's being there when her child is born. I held her hand when her child was born."

Again, the money quote is: "If (there's something that) takes the romance out of a friendship it's being there when her child is born."

Try it the next time you get accused of an affair: I couldn't have slept with her! I saw her give birth!

Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br> tags.

New Users

Current Users

Babble.com Check out Babble.com, the revolutionary online parenting magazine.

Featured Galleries

Geeks Who Got Paid
Ms. New Jersey
Paris Grub
Love Objects
Arctic Ocean Species
The Queen's Visit
Strange Photos
War in Iraq
Photo of the Day
 



MORE ON AOL Mail | Search | Music | Movies | MapQuest | Travel | Sports | Entertainment | Games
Site Map | Help

Ada Calhoun Blog

Check out Ada Calhoun's latest blog posts on the hottest news topics at News Bloggers.

© 2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
AOL@News © 2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Blogsmith
BACK TO TOP