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Former Department of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem said she's devastated over accusations that her husband, Bryon, lives a double life, which included cross-dressing and communicating with fetish models online, her representatives said on her behalf in a statement to the New York Post.
“Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,” the statement reads.
Bryon allegedly chatted with women from the "bimbofication" fetish scene in which adult performers get massive amounts of saline put in during breast augmentation in an effort to achieve an appearance reminiscent of a "Barbie doll," according to the Daily Mail. Noem's husband allegedly sent "hundreds" of messages to three women, which included enthusiastically praising their augmentation and claiming he sought "huge, huge ridiculous boobs."
The Daily Mail also claimed that Bryon shared a photo with the women showing himself wearing pink hot-pants and a flesh-colored, skin-tight suit with balloons featuring fake nipples on his shirt to mimic oversized breasts. The outlet said it communicated with national security experts who claimed that the behavior could've left the former Department of Homeland Security chief in position to be blackmailed prior to her firing.
Kristi Noem's non-answer about whether she had "sexual relations" with top aide Corey Lewandowski during a House hearing on March 4 was reportedly the "final straw" that led to President Donald Trump announcing his decision to replace her, the New York Post earlier this month. Trump was reportedly considering ousting Noem after he had already claimed to senators that he approved $220 million to be spent on Homeland Security advertisements starring her, but the secretary's inability to answer the question on her alleged affair was the deciding factor, naming Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement.