The wife of
former New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey describes him
in her upcoming memoir as self-absorbed and controlling and
says that, among other demands, he insisted she move
out of the governor's mansion before his official
resignation.
The descriptions
appear in Dina Matos McGreevey's book Silent Partner: A
Memoir of My Marriage, scheduled to hit
bookstores May 1. A copy of the book was obtained by the
New York Daily News.
Matos McGreevey
wrote that her husband offered only an indifferent
apology days after he appeared on national television in
August 2004 and announced ''I am a gay American'' and
said he would resign.
Before that
appearance, she wrote, McGreevey told her to compose
herself, saying, ''You have to be Jackie Kennedy
today,'' and repeatedly told her what to say and how
to act in the aftermath of his admission.
Matos McGreevey
also said her husband told her that if she stayed at the
governor's mansion until the last minute, it would make her
''look like white trash.''
Silent Partner is Matos McGreevey's response to
McGreevey's autobiography, The Confession,
which was published last September. In it McGreevey
described sexual encounters with aide Golan
Cipel--who continues to deny having an affair
with McGreevey--and wrote that he married Matos for
political gain.
The couple are
separated and embroiled in a nasty custody battle over
their daughter, Jacqueline. (AP)