Anthony Weiner apparently couldn’t get enough of the public shaming. Weiner was a revered politician expected to move up the ladder to more powerful offices. He had won seven terms as a US representative with landslide victories on the ballot. Then, in 2011, he accidentally posted a crotch photo of himself on Twitter, forcing him to resign from Congress.
Weiner might have bounced back from that scandal and seemed ready to when he ran for mayor of New York in 2013. Unfortunately, another sex-messaging scandal derailed his campaign. Three years later, Weiner was charged with sexting a 15-year-old girl, which was a federal crime. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his crimes.
Anthony is looking to sell his digital records as NFTs to make money
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The United States does not offer many employment opportunities to ex-convicts and registered sex offenders. It leaves Weiner with limited income generation options.
Weiner told Ben Smith about The New York Times which is considering selling its infamous digital records as NFTs. He could turn the tweet that caused his downward spiral into a non-expendable token.
Your laptop search warrant might also fetch a reasonable price, or the email you received from Jon Stewart apologizing for making fun of the Weiner scandal. Wiener believes that he could open up a new avenue for raising political funds:
“It would be nice to get paid to sell my own stuff, but also to create a new category that allows people to buy and sell political collectibles as a form of fundraising and political contribution.”
Anthony spent most of 2020 running IceStone, a company that makes environmentally sustainable countertops. He established a policy of offering interviews to formerly incarcerated people. Weiner resigned as CEO to give workers more say in the running of the company.
Weiner retains a wealth of political savvy and is a brilliant strategist who thinks he would do well as a campaign manager. Yet no politician would dream of associating himself with the disgraced former US representative.
However, he told her The New York Times that some New York mayoral candidates asked for advice. “I’m not talking about which ones, because it would hurt them,” he says.
Anthony told the publication that some people advise him to ‘change the narrative’, but he sees no point: his image seems permanently ruined. However, he could positively contribute to society by writing a book on sex addiction.
Weiner and his ex-wife Huma Abedin have committed to raising their son together
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“He [Anthony] He not only broke my heart, he ripped it out and stomped on it over and over again,” said Huma Abedin. The Guardian.
Huma stood by Anthony as he invented new ways to disgrace himself and his family. She publicly forgave Weiner in 2013, weeks before it became known that she had been sexting again. Once again, Huma stayed with Weiner.
The final straw for Weiner came later. new york post office posted a photo of an aroused Anthony lying next to his son, Jordan. She kicked Anthony out of her apartment and publicly announced her separation from him.
Her religious faith sustained her through these difficult times. After Anthony went to prison, Huma analyzed her behavior and saw a man with a disease that needed special attention. She said People:
“I didn’t see it as a mental illness. But once someone sabotages themselves over and over again, I just don’t think it’s something that someone does intentionally. I learned this concept of ‘radical empathy’ from my parents and now I can empathize with it. I think you have to forgive to move on.”
Anthony joined a sex addiction program for himself and his 9-year-old son. He benefited from the help of Abedin, who understood that Jordan needed a father figure in his life. The couple attended therapy, which helped heal some painful injuries. Huma added:
“It was a very difficult process, and it was really about our son. Anthony will always be in my life because he is the father of my child. I want to make sure that he is healthy, that we have a healthy relationship, that our son sees model behavior that is healthy for him.”
Weiner and Abedin live in the same apartment complex but in different houses. Every morning, the couple drive Jordan to school together. Abedin concluded:
“He is surrounded by both parents. We take him to hockey. We do things together as a family so my son understands: his parents don’t live together, but he sees us as two equal adults in his life. He’s our focus, to make sure he’s happy and whole.”
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