Hugh Jackman plays former Senator Gary Hart in the critically-acclaimed film “The Front Runner” — about the popular presidential candidate whose run for the White House ended with a sex scandal splashed on the cover of The National ENQUIRER! The drama started filming on the 30th anniversary of the original bombshell photo being taken in April 1987, as The ENQUIRER caught the married politician cavorting with blonde model Donna Rice. Hart soon announced that he was no longer running for President in 1988. And, in a twist worthy of the big screen, he had only himself to blame…
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With rumors of his womanizing sweeping Washington in 1987, Hart challenged reporters: "Follow me — I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be bored!" The ENQUIRER then followed the former Senator from Colorado all the way to Bimini in the Bahamas.
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The ENQUIRER investigative team uncovered a night of passion on a yacht called "Monkey Business" — with 29-year-old Donna sitting on the knee of Hart, then 50, while sharing cocktails. Hart's t-shirt even proclaimed him to be part of the "Monkey Business Crew!"
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Hart was just as charismatic as "Wolverine" star Hugh — and when the scandal knocked Hart out of the race, he was replaced as the front runner in 1988 by the famously bland Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.
George H.W. Bush would easily win the election.
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"The ENQUIRER picture and story changed the face of American politics," declared Reed Irvine, head of the D.C. watchdog group Accuracy in Media. Hart kept his marriage together and kept working as a lawyer in Denver — and saw
Bill Clinton win the presidency in 1992 after
multiple accusations of cheating!
With rumors of his womanizing sweeping Washington in 1987, Hart challenged reporters: "Follow me — I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be bored!" The ENQUIRER then followed the former Senator from Colorado all the way to Bimini in the Bahamas.
Photo credit: NatENQ/Getty
The ENQUIRER investigative team uncovered a night of passion on a yacht called "Monkey Business" — with 29-year-old Donna sitting on the knee of Hart, then 50, while sharing cocktails. Hart's t-shirt even proclaimed him to be part of the "Monkey Business Crew!"
Hart was just as charismatic as "Wolverine" star Hugh — and when the scandal knocked Hart out of the race, he was replaced as the front runner in 1988 by the famously bland Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.
George H.W. Bush would easily win the election.
"The ENQUIRER picture and story changed the face of American politics," declared Reed Irvine, head of the D.C. watchdog group Accuracy in Media. Hart kept his marriage together and kept working as a lawyer in Denver — and saw
Bill Clinton win the presidency in 1992 after
multiple accusations of cheating!Photo credit: Getty Images
