Was just reading wikipedia, “complete surprise” was used.
Nonetheless, he had one wife, cheated on her, then divorced her, then married the woman he was cheating with. He then cheated on wife 2, divorced her, and married the woman he was cheating with.
It’s just a little bit more adultery and divorce than people typically like to see in a President.
Whether Gingrich discussed the divorce in the hospital with wife #1 I guess it depends on who you believe.
According to his daughter, they discussed it at home. Later, when his wife was diagnosed with cancer, he took their chidlren to the hospital for a visit which was, again according to the daughter, cordial.
I tend to believe the daughter rather than Wikipedia. The left-wingers own Wikipedia, you know. I don’t expect them to say anything accurately about a Republican, do you?