Mark Sanford Reflects On Affair, Mistakes (VIDEO)

During an interview that aired on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Monday, former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (R) discussed the path he's taken since admitting to having an extramarital affair with an Argentinean woman in the summer of 2009.

"If you went through the level of destruction that I brought about in my own life, you have this yearning to construct something," he said on the program. "We get our priorities mixed up in life. Fundamentally, life is about relationships –- relationship to God and relationship to those around us."

Sanford sat down for an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity last week. He signaled that he has no intention of trying to revive his career in politics.

Jenny Sanford, the former governor's ex-wife, filed for divorce in the months following his admission to having an affair.

In a recent New York Times Magazine interview, Sanford addressed his relationship with Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentinean woman with whom he had an affair. He said, "We see each other as we can."

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Comments

[SonyaInTx]

12:36 PM on 08/18/2011

Jenny knew what she was getting when she got involved with you Mark. She'll get through this.

What is truely shameful is that you did this in full view of the public AND worse, in front of your four boys.

My prayer is that your sons don't turn around and do to their future wives, what you did to their mother.

[Shrank]

01:18 AM on 08/17/2011

Mark Sanford: "In retrospect, I wish that I had gotten involved with someone like Christine O'Donnell. I could have blamed it all on the Devil."

[plaidsportcoat]

01:15 AM on 08/17/2011

excuse me while i barf over the money this guy got

[hammhome]

01:08 AM on 08/17/2011

Complete idiot. Blathering on in the media about true love with the South American mistress. His first loyalty should be to his kids and the damage this would do to them. SO HE SHOULD HAVE SHUT UP. He is a looser, not only because he couln't keep his pants zipped, but because he also couldn't keep his mouth zipped. Don't let the door hit you on the way out!.

[TexasHurricane]

11:50 PM on 08/16/2011

He flew too close to the blame.

[lvdragonlady]

11:40 PM on 08/16/2011

No matter how sorry you are, you were wrong and then you lied to the people who elected you.
No excuse.

[rockgod]

09:29 PM on 08/16/2011

This goof needs to go away.

[liberalviper]

09:13 PM on 08/16/2011

Someone should ask Sanford if he still thinks gays are ruining traditional marriage.

[MJJBunny]

09:09 PM on 08/16/2011

He was one of those really special C Street religious people who joined a few others in that house who got caught in a sex scandal. I say Bravo to his wife for taking their children and leaving him. He should be embarrassed to even be on TV again.

[liberalviper]

09:07 PM on 08/16/2011

How are those good old fashion family values working out for you? Looks like gays aren't ruining marriage after all, people like Sanford are already doing a pretty good job it.

[medusa08]

08:33 PM on 08/16/2011

WHO CARES?

[selma]

06:32 PM on 08/16/2011

Found the exact quote
"You know, I didn’t properly love my wife,” said Sanford. “I think that, you know, fundamental to a woman, I’m not trying to be a chauvinist here, is a need for security whether it’s emotional or financial or a nest. And if she gets that she’s happy and playful and encouraging and if she doesn’t get that she can be some other things.”

did he just accuse his wife of being a golddigger?

[julietrecamier]

08:17 PM on 08/16/2011

When she's the one with the money!!!!

[SonyaInTx]

12:44 PM on 08/18/2011

That was my first thought. She is the heiress to a fortune. If anyone married for money and security, it was him.

Goes to show that he never knew her.....or worse, knew what he really was in life...

[season555]

06:18 PM on 08/16/2011

Republican ROMEO

[selma]

06:16 PM on 08/16/2011

Is it just me? I found his comments on what women want extremely nauseating? he implied Jenny became someone else because he didnt provide her with security and a "nest"? is this man for real???

[dayzee10]

02:03 PM on 08/16/2011

Sounds like the Argentinean hottie dumped him too!!!!!! Gotta love it, another Retealibanbaggerican hypocrit and liar.