Sarah Palin talks about her new love and the pain of divorce: “World-shattering”

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Sarah Palin speaks personally about her 2020 divorce from ex Todd after three decades of marriage – and her new relationship with former New York Rangers player Ron Duguay.

In a new interview with The New York PostPalin, 58, described the divorce as “earth-shattering.”

“It was the most earth-shattering and bizarre thing I could have ever imagined, and somehow it still is,” she told post.

Palin said in a 2019 interview that she learned from an email from his lawyer that her husband wanted a divorce. The two have five children together.

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However, the former couple seems to have moved on, as Palin told the post Todd “is now spending his time with his girlfriend, whom he has had for some time.”

The former Republican candidate for vice president is now in a new relationship with 64-year-old Duguay, who was previously married to supermodel Kim Alexis.

Palin told the post that the relationship began when she called Duguay, an old friend, for advice on her defamation case against The New York Times(She sued the newspaper for liberalism because an earlier editorial had falsely linked her political group’s statements to a mass shooting.)

Although the lawsuit was ultimately dismissed (a federal judge said Palin had not proven that Just acted with “actual malice”), her relationship with Duguay – which she had post as “safe and comfortable” – flourished.

During the trial, Duguay acted as something of a New York guide, she added. “In my spare time, he would walk all over New York and show me what he and the Rangers did back then, or at least where they did it.”

J Mayer/Shutterstock From left: Ron Duguay and Sarah Palin arriving for their libel trial against The New York Times

Elsewhere in the interview, Palin told post: “Ron is the first person I’ve ever talked to about a lot of these personal things. So it was helpful and refreshing to be able to talk to Ron not just about politics, because he has more common sense in his little finger than the masses in DC, but just about life.”

Duguay was also involved in Palin’s latest endeavor: a run for Congress.

Earlier this month, the former governor of Alaska announced her candidacy for Congress, joining a pool of dozens of candidates seeking to fill the seat of Congressman Don Young, who died in March.

“Today I am announcing my candidacy for the seat in the United States House of Representatives representing Alaska,” said Palin, who has already earned an early boost from former President Donald Trump in a very crowded field. said in a statement. “Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, as Rep. Young did for 49 years. I recognize that I have big shoes to fill, and I plan to honor Rep. Young’s legacy by volunteering my time in the name of service to the state he loved and fought for, because I share that passion for Alaska and the United States of America.”

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A special primary election for her state’s only seat in the House of Representatives is scheduled for June 11, followed by a general election on August 16.

Palin told the Washington Post that Duguay – whom she called “really handsome” – was with her in Alaska while she was working on the campaign: “He came to help me get my garden and property in order because he knows how busy I am with the hustle and bustle of the campaign.”

This is Palin’s first run since she left politics in 2009, when she resigned as governor of Alaska; she previously served as mayor of Wasilla. She publicly considered running for president in 2012, but decided against it.