Monkey Business on the Campaign Trail
More scandal series drama:
Gary Hart was the Democratic frontrunner for the presidential race in 1987 when rumors surfaced that he was cheating on his wife. Hart scoffed at the accusations, telling reporters, “Follow me around. I don’t care. I’m serious. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They’ll be very bored.” Unfortunately for Hart, they already were. The Miami Herald snapped photos of 29-year-old Donna Rice entering and leaving Hart’s home at pretty suspicious hours of the night. While Hart and even his wife made public statements maintaining that his relationship with Rice was platonic and innocent, all signs pointed to the opposite of that. Reporters eventually nabbed a photograph of Rice sitting on Hart’s lap on his boat, aptly named Monkey Business, without his wife. A humiliated Hart dropped out of the race (and the public eye) soon after. www.nikkismith.com
