Kellyanne and George Conway to divorce
Kellyanne Conway, a Republican strategist and longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, and George Conway, a conservative lawyer who became one of Trump's fiercest critics, are planning to divorce after 22 years of marriage, people familiar with the arrangement said.
The development, reported earlier by the New York Post, surprised few people in Washington, who for four years of the Trump presidency were bewildered by the sometimes publicly hostile dynamic between the onetime Republican power couple. The animosity on display made it apparent that this was not a D.C. odd couple for the Trump era, like Mary Matalin and
James Carville, but a unit more seriously threatened by their political disagreements.
The public unraveling of the Conways was viewed as yet another casualty of an association with Trump, a breakup of a couple who seemed suited for each other — until a president and a Twitter handle got in the way.
George Conway, once a Trump supporter who cried tears of joy on election night in 2016, began publicly rebuking Trump shortly after he was sworn into office, when he fired James Comey, the director of the FBI.
Despite the awkwardness, Kellyanne Conway maintained her loyalty to Trump and today remains in frequent contact with him as he plans his 2024 presidential campaign.
During her years in the White House, when she served as counselor to the president, Kellyanne Conway tried to tamp down interest in her husband and often would berate reporters who dared to ask or write about her marriage or about George Conway.
In a text message Saturday, Kellyanne Conway denigrated the reporter writing about her divorce for having “the gossip girl beat” and referred to George Conway as “Kellyanne Conway's Husband.”