New Jersey's gay
ex-governor said Tuesday that he's turning down an offer
to be a radio talk show host.
Former governor
James McGreevey said he won't entertain an offer from New
Jersey 101.5 FM to host his own show.
McGreevey's
tongue-in-cheek response to the politically controversial
station: ''Thanks for the gracious offer, but I don't want
to destroy your image.''
The offer came
after an employment expert testified in McGreevey's bitter
divorce trial that he is ''radioactive'' in the work world
since a gay sex scandal toppled his administration
four years ago. An expert for McGreevey's estranged
wife, however, said he could earn $1.4 million in his
lifetime because of the celebrity status attached to his
name.
McGreevey, 50,
has testified that he is too poor to pay Dina Matos
McGreevey alimony. He is a seminary student who says he has
borrowed more than $200,000 from boyfriend Mark
O'Donnell to pay legal bills and other expenses.
''Governor
McGreevey has claimed that he is 'unemployable' and the
management of New Jersey 101.5 simply does not believe this
to be true,'' the station said in written statement.
Andy Santoro,
chief operating officer at Millennium Radio New Jersey,
insists the offer was legitimate, saying McGreevey remains
''one of the most intriguing political figures in New
Jersey's history.''
Santoro said
McGreevey turned down a previous offer because of ''bad
timing.'' The former governor once had a monthly show on the
station.
The station
wouldn't say what it would have paid the former governor for
his time on the air, but said it was willing to negotiate.
McGreevey was
scheduled to testify again Wednesday when his divorce trial
resumes in state superior court in Elizabeth. (Angela Delli
Santi, AP)