Anthony Weiner talks sexting scandal, says 'girls are loopy about me'

[ad_1] Anthony Weiner, the disgraced ex-congressman searching for to return to politics as a member of New York's Metropolis Council, quipped throughout an interview that "girls are loopy about me" regardless of going to jail and being required to register as a intercourse offender.

"Oh for certain, for certain, my god, they're loopy about me. Girls are loopy about me," Weiner mentioned when comic and podcaster Adam Friedland requested if the facility politicians wield makes them extra engaging to the alternative intercourse.

Weiner's sexting saga started greater than a decade in the past after a lewd photograph of the married congressman in his underwear was posted to one in every of Weiner's public social media accounts.

That preliminary photograph set off a collection of occasions, together with his extensively publicized departure from Congress in 2011, extra sexting scandals and an FBI investigation that resulted in Weiner serving 21 months in jail and registering as a intercourse offender for sending sexually specific photos to a minor.

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<img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/1200/675/5f40781f-Weiner-Scandal.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="New York City Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner grimaces during a news conference at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" width="1200" height="675"/> New York Metropolis Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner throughout a information convention on the Homosexual Males's Well being Disaster headquarters July 23, 2013, in New York. (Related Press)

Weiner appeared Wednesday on a YouTube-based show hosted by Friedland, throughout which the podcaster instructed Weiner's sexting scandal would not even break the "high 100" information tales of the yr in 2025.

Weiner agreed, including "it was a comparatively sluggish information interval" on the time. He additionally mentioned his identify was a part of the explanation it gained a lot publicity.

"I’m a man named Weiner who tweeted out an image of his d---," he mentioned.

Friedland pointed to what he instructed was a scarcity of protection about accusations in opposition to former GOP Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who was accused final yr of partaking in intercourse with a minor. Gaetz has denied the accusations.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz was accused of getting intercourse with a minor. He denied the accusations. (Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto through Getty Photos)

"Proper, and if his identify was Matt Kidf---er then the story would have," Weiner mentioned, earlier than Friedland interjected.

"No, that is not true," Friedland mentioned. "Give it some thought this manner. If it was at this time, it will be a 48-hour information cycle, and it will be forgotten."

Weiner challenged Friedland's concept, telling him it was not a novel thought to suppose expertise performed a task in making his sexting scandal so extensively publicized.

"Let's transfer off of this one, not terribly novel concept that expertise performed a component," Weiner mentioned.

Weiner and Friedland continued discussing the sexting scandal, together with the potential domino impact it performed in relation to James Comey's investigation into Hillary Clinton's non-public e-mail server. Throughout the FBI's investigation of Weiner's alleged sexual crimes in opposition to a minor, officers reportedly got here throughout emails that prompted FBI Director Comey to reopen an investigation into Clinton's use of the e-mail server.

Anthony Weiner, proper, and Huma Abedin seem in court docket in New York Sept. 13, 2017, asking a New York Metropolis decide for privateness of their divorce case. (Jefferson Siegel/The Day by day Information through AP, Pool)

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Different subjects included how Weiner regularly will get mistaken for one more intercourse scandal-plagued New York politician, Eliot Spitzer, how he stayed secure in jail, what it was like having to register as a intercourse offender and his relationships with different New York Democrats.