{"id":4439,"date":"2026-07-28T17:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4439"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:43:27","slug":"newsoms-former-aide-lifts-lid-on-explosive-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4439","title":{"rendered":"Newsom\u2019s Former Aide Lifts Lid on Explosive Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A former staffer who had an affair with Gavin Newsom is setting the record straight two decades after the scandal rocked Democratic politics. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4437\">Manic Trump Posts Shirtless Men and Rappers in Bonkers Morning Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ruby Rippey, 54, penned a first-person essay in Vanity Fair Tuesday, marking the first time the former aide to the California governor has shared her version of events\u2014just as the 58-year-old gears up for a likely 2028 presidential bid.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 2007, Newsom, then the mayor of San Francisco, famously stood before reporters at City Hall and admitted to his affair with Rippey, who was married at the time to Newsom\u2019s deputy chief of staff and friend, Alex Tourk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEverything you\u2019ve heard and read is true,\u201d said Newsom, who had not yet finalized his divorce from Kimberly Guilfoyle, now Donald Trump\u2019s ambassador to Greece.<\/p>\n<p>In her essay, Rippey doesn\u2019t necessarily disagree with that sentiment. However, she does take issue with Newsom\u2019s retelling in his memoir, <i>Young Man in a Hurry<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Released in February, Newsom writes that it was the \u201cstupidest and also briefest of affairs,\u201d and that he eventually \u201ccame clean\u201d to Tourk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat detail\u2014subtle but significant\u2014is the one that stays with me,\u201d Rippey wrote. \u201cIt reads\u2014to me, at least\u2014as a version of events that gives him credit for something I had already done. Technically defensible, perhaps, but one that leaves the unmistakable impression that he, not I, was the one who told Alex the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Gavin Newsom said the governor \u201cacknowledged his role and publicly apologized nearly two decades ago when he was still mayor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the time since, he met his wife, started a family, and has focused on serving Californians,\u201d spokeswoman Izzy Gardon said in a statement. \u201cHe addressed this chapter of his life, including in his memoir, and out of respect for everyone involved, does not have anything further to add.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rippey, then the secretary to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment, said the affair began at a City Hall colleague\u2019s wedding in July 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe meet and we drink. There is sex, but it isn\u2019t the point. The point is proximity\u2014to power, to being chosen, to feeling newly visible\u2014no longer muted by pregnancy, by new motherhood, by the strain of white-knuckling long stretches of sobriety,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4435\">Trump Suck-Up Plots Huge Sell-Off to President\u2019s In-Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now 20 years sober, Rippey said her choices were fueled by alcoholism and cocaine use, which culminated in a stint in rehab in 2006. It was there, she alleged, that she wrote a letter to Newsom ending the affair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I return home from rehab nearly two months later, I try to resume life as a wife and mother. Meanwhile, Alex leaves each morning for City Hall\u2014for the man I have betrayed him with, still unaware of what had happened between us,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor months, I say nothing. The silence settles into my body like a fever. Until one night I am no longer able to carry it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple divorced, and Tourk left Newsom\u2019s reelection campaign. He later founded Ground Floor Public Affairs, which has represented companies including Lyft, Amazon, and Goodwill. Tourk did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>As she was thrust into the spotlight, Rippey said she remained silent, partly due to advice from then-attorney Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I tell her people are urging me to speak publicly,\u201d Rippey wrote. \u201cShe listens, then says simply: \u2018I wouldn\u2019t say anything right now, Ruby. Just pause. More time will give you better perspective,\u2019\u201d she went on, calling it \u201cthe best advice\u201d she received.<\/p>\n<p>She also recounts being dragged in the papers by Newsom\u2019s then-girlfriend and now-wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. At the time, the actress and filmmaker told reporters that Rippey was the \u201cculprit\u201d\u2014something she later apologized for.<\/p>\n<p>Rippey added that the resurgence of the #MeToo movement in 2017 also fueled a narrative that she was entirely exonerated because she was a subordinate who had been taken advantage of. That, too, she rebuffs.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBoth things are true: I am responsible for what I did. Power does not distribute consequences evenly,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4433\">Elaine Chao\u2019s Family Friend Calls Out Strange Detail in New McConnell Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former staffer who had an affair with Gavin Newsom is setting the record straight two decades after the scandal rocked Democratic politics. Read more Manic Trump Posts Shirtless Men and Rappers in Bonkers Morning Meltdown Ruby Rippey, 54, penned a first-person essay in Vanity Fair Tuesday, marking the first time the former aide to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newsom\u2019s Former Aide Lifts Lid on Explosive Affair - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4439\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newsom\u2019s Former Aide Lifts Lid on Explosive Affair - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former staffer who had an affair with Gavin Newsom is setting the record straight two decades after the scandal rocked Democratic politics. 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