Gingrich ex-wife claims he wanted 'open marriage'

One of Newt Gingrich’s former wives is painting an unflattering portrait of the former House speaker that threatens to curtail his momentum in heavily evangelical South Carolina just two days ahead of the state’s Republican presidential election.

Marianne Gingrich, who was married to Gingrich from 1981 to 2000, said Thursday that he had asked her for an “open marriage” so he could continue his six-year extramarital affair with the woman who would become his third wife, Callista. She refused and they ultimately divorced.