Bill Clinton Decries Vanity Fair Article
Former President Bill Clinton and actress Gina Gershon are slamming this month’s Vanity Fair article that implies he had an affair with her - among other women - since leaving the White House in 2001.
In the story, titled “The Comeback Id,” editor Todd Purdum — who is married to former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers — writes that Clinton’s personality changed subtly but significantly after his 2004 heart bypass surgery.
The 10,000-word essay details numerous shady business and personal dealings from the former President, who was “seeing a lot of women on the road.”
Among the allegations was that in recent years, Clinton has been seen “visiting with the actress Gina Gershon in California.”
Gershon’s rep issued a statement saying: “Todd Purdum’s insinuation is a lie, and it is irresponsible journalism. We are demanding a retraction.”

Clinton also denied the claims, calling Purdum “sleazy” and a “scumbag.”
“He’s one of the guys that propagated all those lies about Whitewater for Kenneth Starr,” he said. “He’s just a dishonest guy — can’t help it.”
Continuing his long-running “conspiracy” theory, he also told the Huffington Post that the article is an attempt to discredit wife Hillary Clinton.
NOTE: A rep for Hillary’s campaign has since apologized for his outburst, saying that Bill Clinton used “inappropriate” language.
Purdum defended himself on CNN, saying he was “very careful to say there is no clear-cut evidence that President Clinton has done anything improper.”
“I reject the notion that I’m making an insinuation,” he added. “But I’m very comfortable quoting the people I quote because I know who they are, and I know that they are very senior people who have known President Clinton for a very long time and work for him at very high levels.”

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