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SAN FRANCISCO: Newsom's girlfriend apologizes for remarks
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/13/7 | Cecilia M. Vega

Posted on 03/13/2007 8:07:44 AM PDT by SmithL

She commented online about S.F. mayor's affair with aide -

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's girlfriend apologized Monday after making disparaging comments on a local Internet site about Newsom's former commission appointments secretary, with whom he had an affair.

Jennifer Siebel, an aspiring actress who splits her time between West Hollywood and San Francisco, commented extensively about Newsom's affair on the blog SFist.com, in which she said Ruby Rippey-Tourk is someone with a "checkered history."

Siebel made the comments in reaction to others on the SFist site who criticized her after a story in Sunday's Chronicle about Siebel's new movie and in which she defended Newsom's affair with Rippey-Tourk, the wife of the mayor's longtime political aide, Alex Tourk. In the story, Siebel said of Rippey-Tourk, who worked in Newsom's office at the time of the affair: "The woman is the culprit."

Just a few hours after she posted the comments online Monday, Siebel, 32, issued an apology through her friend, Lori Puccinelli Stern, a San Francisco public relations executive and close Newsom friend, who confirmed that the Internet post was written by Siebel.

"I am deeply sorry that I have made some public statements in the past few days that have hurt Alex and Ruby Tourk and everyone else involved in this issue," Siebel said in the statement, which was sent to The Chronicle. "This is a very painful situation for everyone involved and in my case it lead (sic) to an expression of frustration that I profoundly regret."

On the Web site, Siebel said she "really meant no harm other than to protect Gavin" when she told The Chronicle that Rippey-Tourk was to blame for the affair. But she went on to say, "I have tried to see Ruby's side of the story but unfortunately everyone near...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: anytwosomenewsom; catfight; rubyrippeytourk; sanfranciscovalues
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Jennifer Siebel and Gavin Newsom have been dating for six months.

1 posted on 03/13/2007 8:07:49 AM PDT by SmithL
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SFist.com ??!!

I don't even want to know.


2 posted on 03/13/2007 8:10:29 AM PDT by Uncledave
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SFist.com

I wonder what the "S" stands for?

3 posted on 03/13/2007 8:11:26 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: SmithL

Apology has become meaningless in today's society.


4 posted on 03/13/2007 8:12:53 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: SmithL

he looks like anna-nichole's creepy lawyer


5 posted on 03/13/2007 8:15:06 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: SmithL

Ruby Rippey-Tourk?

Sounds like a character from Sponge Bob Square Pants.


6 posted on 03/13/2007 8:17:05 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: RexBeach

;>)

If only we could relegate the whole group to live under the sea!


7 posted on 03/13/2007 8:20:25 AM PDT by Primetimedonna (Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
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You want to pollute the oceans??


8 posted on 03/13/2007 8:26:05 AM PDT by sticker
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"asiring actress"

I assume this means unemployed and desperately in need of some publicity...in fact any publicity.

Newsome and rest of these characters are all from Sleezy casting.


9 posted on 03/13/2007 8:27:40 AM PDT by rod1
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The eyes look like they are on some type of narcotic.

The smiles look like they are forced.

10 posted on 03/13/2007 8:29:53 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: SmithL

I hate to quote that shrew Barbara Streisand in this case but it fits to a T
"Acting more like children,than children"


11 posted on 03/13/2007 8:30:14 AM PDT by Riverman94610
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Ruby "Don't take your Love to Town" Rippey-Tourk

12 posted on 03/13/2007 8:30:34 AM PDT by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: sticker

LOL! Good point! Sorry! ;>)


13 posted on 03/13/2007 8:32:44 AM PDT by Primetimedonna (Charter member of the San Francisco SnowFlakes! We love our Tony! It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco.)
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Mama mia! Dat Ruby isa spicy meataball!

You know, if she had married Rodney Allen Rippey instead of that other guy, she'd be named Ruby Rippey-Rippey.

Her friends could call her R-cubed.


14 posted on 03/13/2007 8:34:32 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: rod1
I assume this means unemployed and desperately in need of some publicity...in fact any publicity.

yes, and at 32, she's probably quite desperate for publicity...

15 posted on 03/13/2007 8:35:27 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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You know, if she had married Rodney Allen Rippey instead of that other guy, she'd be named Ruby Rippey-Rippey.

and if she had married Tom Ridge, she would be Ruby Ridge...

16 posted on 03/13/2007 8:38:00 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: SmithL

Ruby looks hard
I wouldn't want to be on her bad side, LOL


17 posted on 03/13/2007 8:40:14 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: latina4dubya

Good one, latina!


18 posted on 03/13/2007 8:40:31 AM PDT by RexBeach
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""aspiring actress" "

Should read: perspiring actress...

Too much time spent on a casting couch, but hasn't yet been able to make the grade..........

Looks like she made the grade with the Mayor of Baghdad by the Bay.......the town where most of the good looking women are men, or don't date men.

Semper Fi

19 posted on 03/13/2007 8:42:37 AM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: nascarnation

from Wikipedia, LOL"

Implemented the "Volunteering is Sexy" program encouraging volunteerism throughout the city of San Francisco


20 posted on 03/13/2007 8:45:24 AM PDT by nascarnation
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