He called her 'babe' and she called him her 'numero uno' - Spanish for number one. The calls feature Mr Maguire using colourful language including swear words. The premier's secret relationship was revealed on Monday morning when tapped phone calls between her Mr Maguire were played at a corruption inquiry. Ms Berejiklian was backed by her colleagues including Health Minister Brad Hazzard who called her 'the best premier in Australia.' Opposition leader Jodi McKay described Ms Berejiklian as a fraud and said she must resign. It's been devastating, and I've had to bear this on top of everything else,' she said referring to her leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. 'I can't tell you what it's done to me personally. She described herself as a 'very private' person and said the exposure of the relationship was a 'personal nightmare'. Secretly recorded phone conversations the pair had have been played at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (pictured) Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted she shared a private relationship with disgraced former colleague Daryl Maguire while he was in office. Ms Berejiklian said she kept the relationship secret from all her family and friends because it was not 'of sufficient status' and she was not sure if it had a future. 'The dynamics changed substantially and I was there to support him as a close friend,' she said. The premier said she effectively ended the romance when she sacked Mr Maguire from the Liberal Party before he resigned from parliament. 'I had no reason at the time to imagine that he was doing anything wrong, because I trusted him, and I assumed that, if there was any interests to be declared, that he did that.' I had my trust in him, and obviously I know now that that trust was misplaced, and I accept that human failing on my part, and I accept it wholeheartedly,' she said. Ms Berejiklian said she was not aware of his alleged misconduct when they were dating. He is now facing a separate corruption inquiry, accused of using public office to improperly gain. Mr Maguire resigned in 2018 after a corruption inquiry heard evidence he sought payments to help broker deals for property developers. Now that they've met in person, Moffitt hopes to continue to get to know Gladys better, and play an even bigger role in her life.The premier's secret relationship was revealed on Monday morning when tapped phone calls between her Mr Maguire (pictured together) were played at a corruption inquiry The photo soon had hundreds of comments and likes, and Moffitt began getting calls from people he knew but hadn't spoken to in years, telling him that he was the talk of their Thanksgiving table. "There are incredible people in this World that are a wrong number phone call away," he wrote, explaining the story. They also took a selfie, which Moffitt posted on Facebook. The visit didn't last long - Gladys was getting ready for Thanksgiving, and Moffitt didn't want to be in the way - but they shared a hug and Moffitt got to briefly meet Gladys' family. When he walked through the door with a bouquet of flowers and explained who he was, he said, the first words out of her mouth were, "I'm blessed." Thanksgiving visit in Florida Moffitt hadn't warned anyone that he was coming, not wanting Gladys to feel that she had to get the house ready for a visitor. "I just literally knocked on the door," he said. While driving around on Wednesday, he realized that he was only 2.3 miles from Gladys' house. This year, the family decided to spend Thanksgiving in Florida while looking at colleges for Moffitt's eldest daughter. He sent flowers - and realized that their friendship had gotten serious.īut the moment for a visit never seemed to be quite right - with a family of five, Moffitt had a hard time getting away, and he didn't want to impose on a woman he'd never met. "She told him, 'Call Mike from Rhode Island,'" Moffitt said. When Gladys' husband died, her son called Moffitt to let him know. Gladys is Black, and Moffitt is white.īut they've struck a bond despite those differences. The two are separated by about 30 years and thousands of miles. RI Author Spotlight: A tale of hardship and hope, capable of making a grown person cry "It just kind of brightens your day," Moffitt said. But every so often, either "Mike from Rhode Island" or "Gladys from Florida" would call to check in with the other. Their conversations never got too deep, and usually only lasted a few minutes. After their first real conversation, he said, Gladys started calling him to ask how his family was doing, or what the weather in Rhode Island was like. Moffitt, 46, is the owner of Dennis Moffitt Painting in Wakefield. "I just said, 'Hey, I'm Mike from Rhode Island,'" Moffitt said. "Mike from Rhode Island" and "Gladys from Florida" meet for the first time.
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