Karl Rove, former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, has been granted a divorce in Texas after 24 years of marriage, family spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “Karl Rove and his wife, Darby, were granted a divorce last week," said Perino. "The couple came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they maintain a close relationship and a strong friendship. There will be no further comment, and the family requests that its privacy be respected.” The Roves were married in January 1986.
A family friend told POLITICO: “After 24 years of marriage, many of which were spent under incredible stress and strain during the White House years, the Roves came to a mutual decision that they would end the marriage. They did spend Christmas together with their son, and they plan to spend time together in the future. They maintain a strong friendship, and they both feel that that friendship is a source of comfort and inspiration for their friends and family.”
Rove’s 608-page memoir, “Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight,” is due out from Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions on March 9.
Politics Daily prints an excerpt of a "rare" interview that editor-in-chief Melinda Henneberger had with Darby Rove (soon to be ex-wife of Bush Advisor Karl Rove) in 2000 when she wrote for The New York Times.
In this foreboding quote from Darby Rove, Henneberger reveals possible trouble in the couple’s marriage: "He’s learned to lay back a little bit when he and Andrew play chess," she told me, "but even in croquet he’d be hitting my ball so far I was crying on vacation."
Read more about the Roves here.
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