Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has separated from his wife, Chirlane McCray, the couple announced Wednesday.
Married for 29 years, the couple said they have no plans to divorce, but will start seeing other people even if they are still together. De Blasio and McCray made the unusual announcement in a wide-ranging dual interview with the New York Times on Wednesday.
“I just wanted to have fun,” McCray told the Times.
The former NYC first couple said that discussions about a separation first began in early May, though the problems in their relationship stemmed much further than that.
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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has separated from his wife, Chirlane McCray, the couple announced Wednesday.
McCray revealed he was skeptical of de Blasio’s 2020 run for president, which few at the time saw as a winnable contest for the unpopular mayor.
He argued the bid was a “distraction,” but said he stood by his wife because such a campaign “isn’t the kind of thing where you can break ranks…. That’s part of the difficulty of being a part of it.” a package.”
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De Blasio went on to acknowledge that McCray called himself a homosexual when they first met. He says that the truth has always been the cause of his doubt in their relationship.
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Chirlane McCray revealed she was skeptical of Bill de Blasio’s 2020 run for president, which few at the time saw as a winnable contest for the unpopular mayor.
“For the guy who took a chance on a woman who was an out lesbian and wrote an article called ‘I Am a Lesbian’ … there’s a part of me that sometimes says, ‘Hmmm, is this like a time bomb ticking? This Is it something you’ll regret later?'” he told the Times.
Neither de Blasio nor McCray cited a third party as the reason for their split.
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Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2020 presidential run has been derided by many.
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De Blasio, 62, has faced lingering issues since he left the political scene. He was fined nearly $475,000 in June for misusing city resources during his 2020 presidential campaign. New York City’s Conflicts of Interest Board found he improperly reimbursed the city for travel expenses of his NYPD security detail to and from campaign events in 2019. Expenses also include lodging, car rental, airfare and meals.