In other posts, Reid repeated speculation that Crist married to his now-ex-wife Carole Rome to quash rumors and increase his chances of being selected as Republican John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election. The comments first resurfaced Thursday on Twitter.Īlso Read: Ellen Page Calls Out 'Blatantly Homophobic' Brett Ratner, Woody Allen, Other Hollywood 'Abusers' Reid also joked about the possibility of Crist and McCain having sex, about what she called Crist’s “gay wedding,” and about his honeymoon. In her statement Sunday, Reid said Crist’s “positions on issues like gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in Florida shared headlines with widely rumored reports that he was hiding his sexual orientation. Those reports were the subject of lots of scrutiny: by LGBTQ bloggers, writers and journalists, conservative blogs, a controversial documentary film called ‘Outrage,’ and even by the comedic writers at South Park.”
