Woman who sexted Anthony Weiner says she loved him but is 'disgusted by him' now
Sydney Leathers shared the details of her months-long Internet fling with gossip media outlets. But, says an ex-friend, 'She is not the victim here … He is obviously weak and she has nothing to lose by this, but he does. They are both morons.'
Comments (51)BY RICH SCHAPIRO IN MOUNT CARMEL, ILL. AND JENNIFER FERMINO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013, 6:09 PM
UPDATED: THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013, 11:48 PM
Sydney Leathers, the small-town Midwestern woman who had an explicit online relationship with Anthony Weiner for several months in 2012
Anthony Weiner’s virtual lover Sydney Leathers emerged Thursday to dish the dirt on the disgraced pol — and give the world a taste of the sexy cellphone shots that drove him wild.
The 23-year-old, who lives in the small town of Princeton, Ind., told all in interviews with gossip site TMZ and with TV program “Inside Edition.”
TMZ.COM
Sydney Leathers, 23, told TMZ she sent this photo and others to Anthony Weiner in July 2012, when they began an online relationship.
She said Weiner, 48, described himself at one point to her as “an argumentative, perpetually horny, middle-aged man.”
Yet, Leathers claimed she had deep feelings for Weiner — and that it was mutual. “I cared about him a lot. He was very important to me,” she told “Inside Edition.”
TMZ.COM
Photo of Sydney Leathers posted by TMZ Thursday. She said she sent this image to Anthony Weiner.
When asked if she told him that she loved him, she said, “Yes,” and claimed that he said the same to her.
But her feelings evaporated, she said, when she watched Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, at his news conference Tuesday in which the mayoral candidate addressed, once again, his online behavior.
“It literally disgusts me. It makes me feel physically ill,” she said. “I feel sick about it. I’m disgusted by him. He’s not who I thought he was.”
Leathers grew up in Mount Carmel, Ill.
She said she felt he “manipulated” her — but that she regretted hurting his wife.
“I am extremely sorry for my part in the hurt and pain that she’s obviously feeling right now,” a sniffling Leathers said.
TMZ.COM
Another photo that 23-year-old Sydney Elaine Leathers said she sent to Anthony Weiner in July 2012.
One former friend told the Daily News that Leathers was aware Weiner was married when they had their Internet fling, but didn’t care.
“She knew exactly what she was doing. Sydney plays victim best,” said the woman, who had a falling out with Leathers last year.
Sydney Leathers said she loved Anthony Weiner and that the disgraced pol professed his love for her
“She is not the victim here … He is obviously weak and she has nothing to lose by this, but he does. They are both morons.”
Several pals said that Leathers — who was once busted for marijuana possession — always craved the limelight.
She got her wish. She’s now being represented by Gina Rodriguez, the woman who manages “Tan Mom” Patricia Krentcil and once managed Nadya Suleman, better known as “Octomom.”
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Anthony Weiner with his wife Huma Abedin (right), heading into a Manhattan fundraiser last month. His campaign for mayor has been rocked by new revelations of sexting.
Leathers said she carried on with Weiner for several months, beginning in July 2012 — more than a year after he resigned from Congress for having similar online relationships with about six other women.
Leathers said she sent Weiner pictures of her wearing high-heels because the former lawmaker gets excited by the way heels make a woman’s legs appear longer and more slender.
She said that sometime before April — as Weiner was preparing to run for mayor — he reached out to ask her to “erase any evidence of our conversations.”
“He was making campaign promises that … he learned from his mistakes,” Leathers said. “I am proof that this is not true.”
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