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UpInArms

(51,284 posts) Fri Jun 14, 2013, 07:11 PM Jun 2013

Tony Blair's rep denies rumors of (Blair) affair with Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng

Source: New York Daily News

After a flurry of media speculation, the spokesman for Tony Blair has denied allegations that the former British prime minister has had a marriage-ending affair with Rupert Murdoch’s third wife, Wendi Deng.

Blair’s rep shot down the frenzied rumors, telling the Hollywood Reporter: “If you are asking if they are having an affair, the answer is no.”

The spokesman later clarified to outlet that the two never had an affair, and added that Blair would not be making a public statement on the matter.

The inquest was likely made after Gawker's cheeky post, entitled "People are Googling 'Wendi Deng Tony Blair.'" As the author noted: "Presumably, they're just trying to look up a column Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff wrote last year in the Guardian, headlined "Tony Blair and the Murdochs: A Family Affair."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/rupert-murdoch-wendy-deng-divorce-reasons-report-article-1.1372635

"having" or "had"?

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Tony Blair's rep denies rumors of (Blair) affair with Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng (Original Post) UpInArms Jun 2013 OP

If it were a film, they'd call it Icktar BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #1

thank you dlwickham Jun 2013 #2

or The Blair Witch Project Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #5

Darn it...you just gave me a Barbara Bush/Geraldine Ferraro flashback BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #6

Damn, that would have been hilarious. He is godfather to one of Wendy's daughters muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #3

Can't wait till NationalEnquirer picks up the story so I can ignore it while I'm waiting in the .... marble falls Jun 2013 #4

BeyondGeography

(39,377 posts)

1. If it were a film, they'd call it Icktar

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 07:19 PM

Jun 2013

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)

2. thank you

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 07:42 PM

Jun 2013

that's just nasty to think about

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

5. or The Blair Witch Project

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Sat Jun 15, 2013, 12:02 PM

Jun 2013

BeyondGeography

(39,377 posts)

6. Darn it...you just gave me a Barbara Bush/Geraldine Ferraro flashback

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 12:06 PM

Jun 2013

muriel_volestrangler

(101,348 posts)

3. Damn, that would have been hilarious. He is godfather to one of Wendy's daughters

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2013, 08:04 PM

Jun 2013

In a "we want the baptism that Jesus had" ceremony:

Mr Blair, who is said to have been "robed in white" during the ceremony, is the godfather to Grace, the second youngest of Mr Murdoch's six children.

The nine-year-old was baptised with her younger sister Chloe, on the banks of the river Jordan, at the spot Jesus is said to have undergone the same ceremony, according to Vogue.
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Australian actors Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman were named as godparents to the two children but there was no mention of the former Labour leader, whose presence at the ceremony has only now been revealed by Ms Deng in a rare interview.

In the Vogue article, Mr Blair is described as "one of Murdoch's closest friends".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14785501

marble falls

(57,150 posts)

4. Can't wait till NationalEnquirer picks up the story so I can ignore it while I'm waiting in the ....