{"id":359079,"date":"2026-05-31T08:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maine-senate-candidate-graham-platners-wife-fires-back-at-reports-of-his-extramarital-sexts"},"modified":"2026-05-31T08:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:24:53","slug":"maine-senate-candidate-graham-platners-wife-fires-back-at-reports-of-his-extramarital-sexts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/maine-senate-candidate-graham-platners-wife-fires-back-at-reports-of-his-extramarital-sexts","title":{"rendered":"Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner\u2019s Spouse Fires Again at Reviews of His Extramarital Sexts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Senate Candidate Graham Platner<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">In Therapy with Wife&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">But Committed After Sexting Scandal<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-31T06:05:05-07:00\"><br \/>\n               May 31, 2026<br \/>\n              6:05 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-904e0b19b51055e83190bd6745cde16d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2f395929-3d61-4406-842f-39c4f76dfce1-1309365594-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2f395929-3d61-4406-842f-39c4f76dfce1-1309365594-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Amy Gertner\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/34\/16by9\/2026\/05\/31\/342d36c8523246e0ac69313ff6bc0e62_md.png\" alt=\"051126_amy_gertner_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-904e0b19b51055e83190bd6745cde16d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6e1e87c3d828676ff5700f5716e01def\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Maine Democratic Senate Candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/graham-platner\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Graham Platner<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s wife is hitting back against unsavory chatter about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/30\/maine-senate-candidates-wife-flagged-explicity-texts-to-campaign\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>sexting scandal<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; calling the recent headlines &#8220;shameful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6e1e87c3d828676ff5700f5716e01def--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b2759c1f9c28be0bf403f18041dffa2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Platner&#8217;s official campaign page shared a video of his wife, <strong>Amy Gertner<\/strong>, addressing the recent buzz about their marriage after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/30\/us\/politics\/graham-platner-maine-senate-texts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The New York Times<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/graham-platners-wife-flagged-sexually-explicit-texts-to-his-senate-campaign-628ec832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a> reported Gertner caught her hubby sexting in the spring of 2025. She reportedly flagged to Platner&#8217;s campaign staff that he sent sexual text messages to another woman during their marriage after he announced his run for Senate last year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b2759c1f9c28be0bf403f18041dffa2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d508bde2fac7b01eceba9d9ff75d3e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260531_3bfc03cbbd544162b09e42de821ee6e8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d8bfb78f-1b96-461a-8b1c-6d5a6c81d724\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3b\/4by3\/2026\/05\/31\/3bfc03cbbd544162b09e42de821ee6e8_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Graham-Platner-Amy-Gertner-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d508bde2fac7b01eceba9d9ff75d3e6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d012698ad65e60d19e964f311af41dd9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Gertner says the headlines are &#8220;gossip&#8221; that make her &#8220;really angry&#8221; and &#8220;disappointed&#8221; &#8230; and are taking away from the point of his campaign &#8212; to help the people of Maine with healthcare, childcare, and education.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d012698ad65e60d19e964f311af41dd9--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5f579498b97fffa2b6299d00f1aea7da\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>However, she admitted their union isn&#8217;t all rainbows &#8212; she says they are in marriage counseling together and each have their own counselors. She adds &#8230; &#8220;No marriage is perfect and I don&#8217;t want a perfect marriage. I want my marriage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5f579498b97fffa2b6299d00f1aea7da--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9d37e9b824524bd72b3fa11f70cda63f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260530_6925200ac8144bd19b7b01795cc09594\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d8bfb78f-1b96-461a-8b1c-6d5a6c81d724\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/69\/4by3\/2026\/05\/30\/6925200ac8144bd19b7b01795cc09594_md.png\" alt=\"sub graham platner amy gertner insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9d37e9b824524bd72b3fa11f70cda63f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a474a9c40b1f6173c6b60cd19255a73\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Platner and Gertner have been married since 2023.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a474a9c40b1f6173c6b60cd19255a73--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ef8135286c7493944cdf5489631bb7e8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first controversy surrounding the Marine Corps veteran\u00a0&#8212; he was dragged through the coals earlier in his campaign when it was revealed he had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/10\/22\/maine-senate-candidate-graham-platner-tattoo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol<\/strong><\/a> on his chest. Platner claimed he got the ink in 2007 &#8230; and only recently realized what that symbolism meant &#8212; and covered it up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ef8135286c7493944cdf5489631bb7e8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-af406b761104f0ab481f74cce9443044\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/16\/politics\/kfile-graham-platner-maine-senate-candidate-deleted-reddit-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a> also reported Platner previously called himself a &#8220;communist,&#8221; said &#8220;all&#8221; police are bastards, and said rural White Americans are racist and stupid in since-deleted social media posts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-af406b761104f0ab481f74cce9443044--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/31\/maine-senate-candidate-graham-platner-wife-slams-headlines-about-sexting-scandal\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Candidate Graham Platner In Therapy with Wife&#8230; But Committed After Sexting Scandal Published May 31, 2026 6:05 AM PDT Play video content Maine Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34588,12872,8,7423,34589,34586,34587,7101,2810,10097],"class_list":["post-359079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-gertner","tag-graham-platner","tag-healthcare","tag-maine","tag-official-marketing-campaign-web-page","tag-platner","tag-since-deleted-social-media-posts","tag-the-new-york-times","tag-the-wall-street-journal","tag-united-states-marine-corps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359081,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359079\/revisions\/359081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}