Jezebel: Affairs

Incredibly Creepy Service Will Test Your Wife's Panties for a Cheater's Seed

Anna North — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:20:00 EST

Well, here's the most upsetting new service we've heard about in a long time: a company offers to search your wife or girlfriend's panties for semen, then DNA-test it to see if she's cheating on you. Oh, and you can also use this service on your daughter. More »

Herman Cain's Mistress Is The Most Boring Mistress Ever

Erin Gloria Ryan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:10:00 EST

Herman Cain's alleged mistress Ginger White took to Good Morning America this morning, where George Stephanopoulos tried to ask her a bunch of gotcha questions and White responded by successfully avoiding saying one interesting thing. How is it that she's so boring? Her name's Ginger! She was flown all around the country by a philandering millionaire/aspiring politician! Nope. Still dull. More »

Let's Meet Herman Cain's Mistress!

Erin Gloria Ryan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:10:00 EST

Well, Herman Cain supporters, we've got some good news and we've got some bad news. The good news is that a woman has come forward to publicly declare that Herman Cain was not sexually harassing her. The bad news is he was sexually having sex with her, and she's not his wife. And the double bad news is that her name is Ginger White, which is already the name of 40% of mistresses in Lifetime Original Movies. More »

Is Your Wife Fat? Try Adultery!

Anna North — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:20:00 EDT

Adultery website Ashley Madison further classed up its image today with a post-Halloween campaign implying that a) fat people are scary and b) you should cheat on them. Want some rationalization? The company's CEO has buckets of it. More »

Schwarzenegger's Alleged Former Mistress: There Were "So Many" Other Women

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:45:00 EDT

For Arnold Schwarzenegger — actor, Terminator and former governor — his marriage may be ending, but the buzz about his personal life has only just begun. One woman who claims to have had an affair with Schwarzenegger while he was married insists she was one of many ladies with whom he was having sex. More »

Everything You Need To Know About The IMF's Sexually Sketchy Chief

Anna North — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:10:00 EDT

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has become instantly infamous in the US after his alleged assault of a hotel maid. But before that, he was known both as "the great seducer" and as the major hope of the French left. Let's take a tour of his past, present, and future. More »

Report Discusses Ex-Senator's Sexting, Pants

Anna North — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:15:00 EDT

You may remember former Sen. John Ensign from the time he had an affair with his best friend's wife and was accused of campaign finance violations and obstructing justice in his efforts to cover it up. Yesterday, the Senate released a full report of his dirty dealings. Allow us to share with you some highlights. More »

Why The Mistress Story Never Gets Old

Anna North — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:01:00 EST

Yet another story of a hot young thing who dated older married men for the "lifestyle" they provided her prompts us to ask: what is our obsession with mistresses? More »

A History of Silvio Berlusconi's Sex-Scandal Sketchiness

Lauri Apple — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:35:00 EST

Prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has been involved in so many bizarre sex scandals over the years (and the past few days) that it's almost like creeping is his hobby. How to keep 'em straight? This time-line should help! More »

Rachel Uchitel Was Addicted To Her "Knight In Shining Armor"

Sadie Stein — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:38:00 EST

Rachel Uchitel, perhaps the best-known of the Tiger Woods coterie, and (she would say) perennially misunderstood, has also said she suffers from love addiction. (That's in addition to the Xanax and uppers habit that put her in Celebrity Rehab.) More »

Manhattan Psychotherapist Sued For Literally Dicking His Clients Over

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:41:00 EST

In his defense, maybe he was just trying to treat these women's hysteria the old fashioned way- with orgasms. More »

Nikki Haley Refuses Polygraph • Testosterone Levels Affect Trust

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:20:00 EDT

• Gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley has refused to take a lie detector test, which would supposedly prove whether she had a one night stand with lobbyist Larry Merchant. She has also been accused of having an affair with a blogger. More »

The Media-Savvy Mistress: The Newest Way To Become A Celebrity Overnight

Hortense Smith — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:25:00 EDT

After reading a ton of news about Michelle "Bombshell" McGee in our Dirt Bag gossip roundup this morning, several of our commenters complained that McGee was getting exactly what she wanted. And, naturally, they're correct: More »

Jesse James Is The Most Hated Man In America

Jessica Coen — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Jesse James isn't just a despicable idiot because he cheated on his wildly popular wife Sandra Bullock. He's a despicable idiot because, in doing so, he basically offered himself up to America's lynch mob. More »

Teachers Caught In Intimate Moment • Texting Is "The New Lipstick On The Collar"

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST

• Two teachers have been removed from their jobs at a Brooklyn high school after they were caught undressing in an empty classroom. Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro were getting busy during a talent show when a janitor walked in. More »

"Ashley Madison Works… It Helps If You're Not Too Picky"

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Says a man who tried it: "As one woman told me, 'I'd never leave my husband; I love him to death. We just stopped having sex three years ago, and I'm not ready to never have sex again.'" [Nerve] More »

Husband-Of-Madoff's-Mistress Gives Weird, Passive-Aggressive Interview

Sadie Stein — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:20:00 EDT

When Madoff's mistress "penned" that tell-all about their lackluster early-90s affair, we sorta wondered what her husband thought about it. Well, as the bard would have it, wonder on til truth (or the Daily Beast) makes all things plain! More »

Former Mistess Feels Good About Airing Winky Dink Madoff Dirty Laundry

Sadie Stein — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:20:00 EDT

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One question for Sheryl Weinstein: If you're "trying to put this behind" you, why write a book titled Madoff's Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me 15 years after the affair? Oh, right, that. More »

Shocking: Man Finds "Menage A Trois" Secret To Successful Relationship

Sadie Stein — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:20:00 EDT

"From personal experience I can honestly say that, crazy as it sounds, the ménage à trois might be a solution to the problems of contemporary relationships." It doesn't sound crazy, Ewan Morrison: dudes have been trying this line for decades! More »

Are Love And Hate On The Internet Just Love And Hate Of The Internet?

Anna North — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EDT

This week we wrote about the stigma (or lack thereof) of online dating. Now Virginia Heffernan asks whether an online love affair is really just a love affair with being online. More »

Woman Confronts Husband's Mistresses: Modern Closure, Or Old-School Drama?

Sadie Stein — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EDT

After her husband died, Julie Metz discovered he'd had affairs with five different women. So she tracked them all down. More »

Husband Of Senator's Mistress Will Go To Any Lengths To Get Revenge

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:40:00 EDT

Craig Hampton was near the top of the food chain in Senator John Ensign's personal office, and his wife Cynthia served as Treasurer for Ensign's PAC and re-election campaigns. Then Cynthia slept with the couple's boss. Now what? More »

Full Disclosure

Sadie Stein — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:20:00 EST

Two years after Kurt Vonnegut's death, academic Loree Rackstraw is revealing the details of their four decade relationship in an "intimate biography." Says Rackstraw, "It was a friendship unlike any I've had with anyone." [Telegraph] More »

I Thee Dread

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:40:00 EDT

We have posted about Ashley Madison before — it's the social networking site for married people looking to have affairs. This week, there's an interview in New York's Village Voice with the company's CEO, Noel Biderman. He says when an Ashley Madison billboard was removed from NYC's Times Square after numerous complaints, he was "disappointed, but not deterred." Biderman notes, "There’s absolutely nothing illegal in what we do. We offer freedom of choice. I don’t think a billboard is going to convince you to commit adultery. It just makes you aware of our service. People come to us because we offer them a lack of judgment. Step back and look at marriage and divorce rates. Monogamy is obviously up for debate." [Village Voice] More »

I Thee Dread

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:40:00 EDT

We've blogged about AshleyMadison.com before, but last night some of us saw a commercial for the site that was thoroughly revolting. A man slips from his place in bed next to a snoring (equally) chubby woman while a voiceover says,"Most of us can recover from a one-night stand with the wrong woman… But not when it's every night, for the rest of our lives." Cut to a picture showing that the woman is the man's wife. Yes, AshleyMadison.com caters to married men and women looking to have affairs with other marrieds. (A billboard for the site, which read "Life is short. Have an affair" was removed from New York's Times Square today, due to complaints.) A liberating service for consenting adults? Or a shameful idea whose existence corrodes moral fiber? Judge for yourself: Click the pic to see two commercials and the billboard. [YouTube, TMZ] More »

Survey: Over 30% Of Moms Are Getting Some On The Side

Jessica G. — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Most modern wives and mothers would fail this 1939 Marital rating scale that you guys can't stop sending us. The scale is broken into "merits" and "demerits"; the former include playing an instrument, putting the children to bed personally, and being religious, while the demerits involve wearing red nail polish, applying face cream "over-liberally", and flirting with other men in restaurants. According to a new survey from AOL and Cookie many of today's moms are doing a lot more than flirting with other men. In fact, 36% of women who took the survey say they've had an affair since becoming mothers. And although those affairs may be retaliatory — 46% of women suspect their husbands are screwing around — the survey isn't entirely bleak. More »

Hard-Partying Women Choose Life Without Weens

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Groups like sex-abstinence movement Silver Ring Thing may be marketing chastity, but since the group is endorsed by parents (and, you know, Jesus), it's not really making celibacy "cool." Enter The Prim and Proper Pussy Club (The PPPC). Based in the London borough of Hackney, this group of ladies say they could "give Amy Winehouse competition in the debauchery stakes," except that they are all celibate. The organization has nothing to do with religion. So why the hell would these girls voluntarily give up sex? In an interview with The Guardian, PPPC charter member "Miss Angeline" says:

No two girls in the club are here for the same reason—some girls were sexually abused, some prefer intimacy over sex, some think that abstinence is the new laid. For me, abstinence is part of a personal quest. It is the realisation that freedom in its purest form comprises of not being addicted to anyone, especially the male body. I gave up having sex and, though the first few months were torture, I am now as free as I can be in a capitalist world.

Whoa. So in this age of sex, sex, sex, is turning away from fucking the new punk? More »