Congressman's Mistress Tells All In Revealing Magazine Interview

Jane Kay says Wilder knew he was risking career, reputation


GRASSADELLIA CITY--The mistress of Rep. Ron Wilder (C-DMG) spared few details of her affair with the Damoign congressman in a tell-all article for the news and culture magazine Reflection.

Jane Kay told Reflection reporter Kristin Griffith that Wilder, a 16-term congressman from the southern suburbs of Grassadellia City, "knew he was risking it all," and that he liked the risk involved.

"He knew there was a huge risk to his career and his family, but he kind of liked that risk," Kay said. "It was more fun that way, more of a high-stakes game."

The 39-year-old real estate broker from Grassadellia City also told the magazine she knew the 62-year-old Wilder was married to his wife of 38 years, Cherrie, but felt "trapped."

"I knew after I started to get to know him that he was married, and I suspected it from the beginning. But, I felt trapped and felt like, 'there is no way I can get out of this relationship safely without causing some pain,'" Kay said.

Wilder also said he didn't care about his wife Cherrie anymore, according to Kay.

"He said, 'you know, [Cherrie] is boring, she's angry, we fight all the time, we don't love each other anymore, and I just don't care about her anymore, I'm moving on with my life," Kay said.

Ms. Kay was equally open about her sex encounters with the congressman, which she described as "exhilarating;" telling reporter Kristin Griffith the couple had sex "at least 15 times" over a period of 18 months.

On one occasion at a posh hotel in Grassadellia City, they got caught in the act, Kay said.

"We were making love and all of a sudden, the door to the hotel room opens and this maid comes in, and she was speaking a different language, and Ron yelled at her and told her to get out and she did. Fortunately she probably didn't know who he was and she couldn't speak English so we were safe for the time being," she said.

The affair became public in April when Kay called the Grassadellia City Times; something she did, she says, because she wanted people to know the truth.

"It was obvious to me that Ron Wilder was a very different man when he was in Mavocke and putting on the congressman show than when he was with me or with his family," Kay said. "In public, he's the 'good guy' type and the nice politician. In private, he's the selfish, greedy, angry man that's hiding behind that suit and tie.

"I saw the way he treated his wife and his kids and me and I thought, 'this has got to stop," Kay said.

Kay originally told the Times Wilder verbally abused her regularly, and tried to choke her on one occasion. She has since backed away from the physical abuse claim, saying it was instead "an aggressive sexual act that was consentual."

Wilder acknowledged the affair with Ms. Kay, but has denied Kay's allegations of verbal and physical abuse, calling them "made up."

"I admit to being unfaithful to my spouse, but I don't admit to being an abuser or a wife hater," Wilder told the Damoign Union-Assembly newspaper.

Three days later, in a written statement, Wilder said:

"I love Cherrie and always have and always will. We are going through a difficult time in our relationship and are trying to find a solution. I have not been the kind of husband and father I should be. My actions have been hurtful and disruptive to my family, friends, and supporters, and I deeply apologize for my behavior, and ask for understanding and grace during this difficult time. I also ask Jane Kay to cease the parade of media interviews she's been engaging in. The rumors, gossip, and outright lies she has been propagating on television and in the print media are only inflaming the pain my family and I are going through. This is a difficult time for our family, and Cherrie and I both ask for our privacy to be respected."

Wilder's lawyers declined to comment on Ms. Kay's latest media appearance in Reflection.

So far, the congressman says he plans to run for re-election, despite calls from within his own party for him to resign or retire.

Rep. Wilder is the second Conservative politician to be rocked by an extramarital affair in recent months. Senator Driscoll Sherber of Biereland admitted in June 2009 to having an affair with a Senate staffer. He is also up for re-election this December.