Gretchen Carlson abruptly left FOX News after filing a blockbuster suit accusing Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment! Gretchen landed a $20 million settlement after claiming that her contract wasn't renewed in June 2016 after Ailes declared: “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago!" At the time of her departure, “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson” was the leading cable news show in its afternoon time slot. But insiders report that Gretchen got her start with a sexual relationship on the job back in the 1990s!
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As part of the FOX lawsuit, Gretchen stated: “I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women, and the next generation of women in the workplace." The court documents also accuse Ailes of frequently making sexually-charged comments to her, and complains that he once called the newswoman a “man hater." A woman from Richmond, Va., however, remembers Gretchen as a man-eater!
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Lauren McGraw told
The National ENQUIRER that Gretchen had started an affair with her anchorman husband when the former Miss America started her broadcast career in Richmond, Va. Gretchen was working at ABC-TV affiliate WRIC with Kevin McGraw — and that's where she used her feminine wiles to snare the married news anchor, sources said!
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"Our marriage is over because Gretchen Carlson came between us," Lauren told The ENQUIRER. "My marriage was wonderful until she came into the picture!" Gretchen, then 24, had never worked in TV news before. Insiders said that Kevin quickly bent over backward to help the new hire.
"Gretchen and Kevin took every opportunity to get close to each other and jumped at chances to work together," revealed an insider. Friends at WRIC called Lauren and tipped her off about the romance. After that, the distraught wife spotted her husband's car parked in front of Gretchen's apartment — and once, she even caught him with Gretchen!
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"Lauren was leaving her gym one morning when she saw Kevin's car in a parking lot," said a source. "She pulled up to it and found Kevin and Gretchen sitting in Gretchen's car. Kevin told her that Gretchen had car trouble and she'd called him for help after Lauren left for the gym. But Lauren told me she knew better!"
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The final straw came when Lauren taped a secret phone conversation between the two lovers just before Thanksgiving 1990 — and then kicked him out of the house, sources said. As reported by local journalists, Kevin McGraw was let go from WRIC in the wake of The ENQUIRER's scoop. Gretchen left the station voluntarily to accept a job in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Lauren was left with a broken marriage of five years. A source told The ENQUIRER: "Lauren told me, 'I can't believe this has happened to us. We were living a good happy life together until Gretchen Carlson came along, It's like your worst nightmare come true: Miss America stole my husband!'"
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