Callista Gingrich Defends Newt's 'Open Marriage' Accusations On Funny Or Die (VIDEO)

After Newt Gingrich's second wife Marianne told ABC News that her ex-husband requested an open marriage prior to their divorce, some pundits thought the revelation could harm Newt's chances at the presidency. In a Funny Or Die video released Monday, his current wife Callista (played by Casey Wilson, sans distinctive Callista hairstyle), for whom Newt left his second wife, defends her husband.

"How could a man with the body of Mario Batali and the face of a goblin with gigantism be irresistible to the fairer sex?" Callista hypothetically asks. But she's living proof that, indeed, there have been points in time that multiple women desperately wanted Newt, and there just wasn't enough to go around (if you can believe that).

"An open marriage is just like a regular marriage, only with more crying," Callista explains, responding to questions of whether she and Newt currently have an open marriage -- since she was the one who encouraged him to push for one with Marianne.

We're excited to see what else Funny Or Die does this election season with their 2012 coverage, Live Funny Or Die. Barely four days have passed since the "open marriage" news was first announced, and they've already spoofed it. At this rate, maybe we'll start tuning to FoD rather than CNN for immediate debate responses.

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Comments

[linksteroh]

10:32 AM on 01/25/2012

Callista doesn't have to worry about the open marriage thing anymore. If you ask any women that is married to a 68 year old man they just don't perform like they use to. LOL!!!!

[reviewingthesituation]

09:05 AM on 01/25/2012

Since THEY keep bringing the Catholic thing up: Callista must have been going to confession during those six years of her adulterous relationship. Did she seek out a different priest every week, or didn't one notice a pattern? Didn't somebody think to question the sincerity of a confession that didn't seem to act as a deterrence to the sin?

[ConnieInCleveland]

06:18 PM on 01/24/2012

Jon Stewart points out the crazyness of the right.

IMHO, much of the media are purposefully enabling the wrongs of people like Newt. They are really asking the questions so Newt can attack the liberal media. It was a 'factual' question. The 'facts' insult Newt, not the question!

Newt 'acting' as though he was insulted by the question, is an insult to the media, not the 'adulterer' candidate. What Newt did is part of the up is down, black is white, wrong is right crazy world our crazy politicians have created.

Sadly, they know what they are doing. It's 'strategery', strategy run-amuck. IMHO, the media is being enablers. Moving us along to the wrongs. I think Newt's 'adultery' is a fact. Why is the question off limits? He's running to be a leader. Leader's lead by example.

The long campaign is supposed to enable us to chose the candidate, which represents the character of a good leader. Not a year of bull, just to give money to the media Newt is attacking. The media is gaining large sums of money, from the constant campaigning. Are they being paid for enabling?

[ranchero42]

09:33 PM on 01/24/2012

Many have noted that Callista may hold the key to Newt's continued happiness if not his outright success -- but out of some misguided sense of propriety (Newt? Propriety?) his detractors and rivals fail to focus on the obvious. It therefore becomes crucial that Newt keep his 'gift accounts' straight in his head and on the books -- how many charge accounts does he need? He couldn't prevent a staffing loss with gifts of jewelry -- who else could possibly benefit from the existence of more than one Tiffany account? Newt's well-choreographed, non-lobbying lifestyle couldn't possibly be disturbed by a handful of misdirected baubles?

[CMarks]

08:51 AM on 01/25/2012

Totally agree w/ConnieinCleveland. Newt's angry response was totally scripted although I doubt that even he expected he'd have the opportunity to use it so early in the debate. The moderator, by providing the opening, also gave Newt the leverage to control most of the evening. Gingrich's threat to boycott any future debate that restricts audience response is nothing but a smoke screen. There is no way with Newt's arrogance and ego he would ever allow the debate to go forward without him. He most likely has already scripted a loud and angry response to direct at the moderator at how unfair and outrageous such a restriction is should it be propsed again - and it's likely he'll bring it up even if there are no further restrictions. This is red meat for his base and, should it happen, would probably result in a standing ovation.

[Jim Jenson]

05:07 PM on 01/24/2012

President Caligula

[wlkcrk]

05:01 PM on 01/24/2012

Does this mean that if Newt gets in the white house they'll be swinging with other nations leaders. Maybe it will soon make piece in the world???? We need peace with Chavez and Iran! Will this help???

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

04:55 PM on 01/24/2012

That hair is just not right! I'd suggest something fiberglass.

[cloudynights]

03:08 PM on 01/24/2012

And you want this plastic, blow-up doll to be our next first lady? I'm not impressed. Let's have a look at the one you're doing now.

[Jen Celli]

03:07 PM on 01/24/2012

SNL should do a sketch and have Angelica Houston do an impression of Callista using her character from The Witches. Instead of a young boy stumbling on the witches at a convention and being turned into a mouse, it could be a chubby kid that stumbles on Callista at the Republican convention and she turns the boy into a pious windbag with aspirations of greatness. Oh wait... we can watch that sketch now with a live audience.

[capt hastings]

02:53 PM on 01/24/2012

Funny or Die is usually much more funny than this.

[Americanwoman55]

01:54 PM on 01/24/2012

Callista better have a thick skin cause she is gonna need it.

Payback time from Marianne

[Wrongway62]

01:30 PM on 01/24/2012

Don't take it out on her because she likes her Tellatubby Tinkie Winkie

[Celiene]

01:21 PM on 01/24/2012

I can't get over the fact that she is ONLY 45! Newt has mommy issues, fer sher.

[casaroonc]

07:10 AM on 01/25/2012

I know she looks at least 10 years older.

[Celiene]

01:20 PM on 01/24/2012

Calista KNOWS her husband. That is why she is never more than three feet away from him. She KNOWS him.

[mimssandi]

01:37 PM on 01/24/2012

Nothing like a short leash to say devotion.

[Celiene]

01:18 PM on 01/24/2012

She's such a good Catholic girl!

[truth be told again]

01:15 PM on 01/24/2012

She doesn't look a THING like Callista. Her hair moves.

[Celiene]

01:22 PM on 01/24/2012

Ha HA! I read it costs her 400 bucks a pop to maintain that 'do'. (Which is actually a don't!)

[UserNameJane]

02:36 PM on 01/24/2012

Totally waste of funds.,