{"id":415552,"date":"2026-07-28T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415552\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:38:04","slug":"ruby-rippey-describes-sexual-encounter-when-gavin-newsom-affair-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/415552\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Rippey describes sexual encounter when Gavin Newsom affair began"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Gavin Newsom staffer Ruby Rippey described her affair with then-San Francisco mayor in steamy detail in a Vanity Fair essay<\/a> published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Rippey said she had an awkward, sexually tense moment with Newsom outside a bathroom at a July 2005 wedding.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy boss and I end up in the narrow hallway outside the bathroom at the same time. We wait, across from each other. The space is tight. The silence stretches.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe slips his hands into his tan trouser pockets and smiles\u2014his usual shy, aw-shucks smile. I say nothing. I hold his gaze longer than I should,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe air changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rippey said she had an awkward, sexually tense moment with Newsom outside a bathroom at a July 2005 wedding. Getty Images<\/p>\n

As her husband left, Rippey got into a car with Newsom. He massaged her feet as his town car drove them to a hotel. She recalled that as her last memory before waking up in bed alongside Newsom. ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n

Interior view of the main atrium in San Francisco City Hall. Getty Images<\/p>\n

One thing led to another, and Newsom had his toes in the same hot tub as Rippey. At the time, Rippey was married to Newsom\u2019s close friend and top aide, Alex Tourk. Newsom had yet to finalize his divorce from Kimberly Guilfoyle.<\/p>\n

As her husband left, Rippey got into a car with Newsom. He massaged her feet as his town car drove them to a hotel. She recalled that as her last memory before waking up in bed alongside Newsom.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wake the next morning beside him, still dressed. I am cold, almost shivering, and my dress\u2014the one my mother warned me not to wear\u2014is soaked from the waist down. I had passed out. I had also wet the bed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Rippey then said she left to go back to her husband. The encounter began their affair, which didn\u2019t end until Rippey entered rehab for drugs in May 2006.<\/p>\n

Their affair, when revealed in February 2007, shook the political earth in San Francisco. Newsom was dating Jennifer Siebel Newsom, now the first partner, at the time of the announcement. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office said he has nothing further to add to the essay. Getty Images for First 5 California<\/p>\n

She confessed to her husband in mid-January, and Tourk set up a meeting with Newsom later that month.<\/p>\n

Their affair, when revealed in February 2007, shook the political earth in San Francisco. Newsom was dating Jennifer Siebel Newsom, now the first partner, at the time of the announcement.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office said he has nothing further to add to the essay. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor acknowledged his role and publicly apologized for his conduct nearly two decades ago when he was still mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the time since, he met his wife, started a family and has focused on serving Californians,\u201d Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe addressed this chapter of his life, including in his memoir, and out of respect for everyone involved, does not have anything further to add.\u201d<\/p>\n

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