BREAKING: Top Democrat’s ‘Secret Life’ Revealed By Bombshell Exposé

A top Democratic recruit for U.S. Senate may have had a secret marriage, one that he has never publicly acknowledged existing, up until the time he entered politics, according to a new report from the Daily Mail.

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who jumped into the open race last week, is alleged to have swooned his ex-wife while she was still married to her former husband, she claims in a new interview.

The revelation comes as a shock to longtime observers of the “squeaky clean” Democrat who left office in 2024 with high approval ratings and scuttlebutt about his potential future on the national stage, including reportedly being on the shortlist to join former Vice President Kamala Harris on the party’s ticket.

That image changed after a new story by the Daily Mail alleges that Cooper is no longer “the living, breathing antonym of controversy.”

Before entering politics, Cooper was married to his ex-wife, Georganne Rice, now 65, claims. His desire for elected office ultimately overshadowed their marriage and led to its demise, she told the outlet.

“He was my orientation counselor when I was a freshman and started at [University of North Carolina] Chapel Hill,” she said.

“We dated starting my sophomore year of college, and then we got married two weeks after I graduated from college in 1981.”

“I thought everything was great, until one day he came home and told me that he had signed up to run for state representative,” she continued.

“We had not discussed it or anything. We were in our mid-20s, and I wanted to start a family. I was completely flabbergasted that he would decide to run. He wouldn’t even discuss it with me; he just came home and told me.

“I told Roy, ‘I don’t want this life; we didn’t discuss this.’ It was a pretty major life decision.”

It was shortly after his first campaign in 1985 for state representative in the Tar Heel State that Cooper and Georganne divorced.

“I took a promotion and moved to Greenville [North Carolina]. I still came back and went to campaign events for him, because he didn’t want anybody to know,’ she said.

“But the day he won the election, I told him, if you lose, then we can talk about our marriage. But if you win, I didn’t sign up for this. He won, and he’s been in politics ever since.

“When he first ran for governor, he called me and said, ‘If somebody contacts you, please don’t say anything negative.'”

“I don’t wish anything bad on Roy,” she added. “But my friends think it’s funny it’s never mentioned that he was married before,” the Daily Mail reported.

Cooper may end up facing Michael Whatley, the former RNC chair and chair of the North Hampshire GOP, who is running for the seat with President Donald Trump’s blessing. The race is expected to be a marquee for the 2026 cycle.