MCG'S WIFE KEPT HIS SECRET LEARNED EARLY, BUT 'LET IT SLIDE' (mom asked him if he was gay)

NY POST ^ | April 23, 2007 | JEANE MacINTOSH

[Liz]

She knew. Despite claims to the contrary, Dina Matos McGreevey knew former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey was gay long before he announced it to the world.......

"By 2002, just before Golan Cipel resigned, she knew," said a friend.... McGreevey says he had an affair with Cipel, whom he appointed as his homeland-security adviser in January 2002. In his memoir, McGreevey recounts how his wife - catching him on the phone with Cipel in the summer of 2002 - angrily asked, "Are you gay?" Cipel resigned August 2002. The couple began dating in 1997........

By 1999, those in McGreevey's inner circle said she had figured it out. McGreevey proposed to Dina Matos in Montreal in February 2000. They married that October. In her memoir, "Silent Partner" - due out May 1 - Dina reportedly recounts how she almost didn't make the Montreal trip because she was upset McGreevey had asked one of his good-looking male staffers to drive them. In 2001 - just after the birth of their daughter, Jacqueline - her husband began his affair with Cipel. She had no knowledge at the time about that relationship.

In February 2002, a NJ newspaper published a story noting the "close friendship" between McGreevey and Cipel. The insinuation was clear, and McGreevey later wrote that his own mom asked him if he was gay.

[AngieGOP]

How sad. This guy believe it or not was “safe”. His wife is devastated. His children took it well. As I said, is a thoughtful and good dad. Not hetro marriage material though.