Graham Platner’s wife says she feels betrayed by the man who exposed her husband’s sexting scandal.

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner broke his silence on a sexting scandal and criticized the Wall Street Journal and New York Times for running stories on gossip. However, this gossip was reportedly provided by his wife Amy Gartner, who has now said that it is shameful for the media to spread gossip. She said, “No marriage is perfect and I don’t want a perfect marriage. I want my marriage.”Plattner is seeking the Democratic nomination against Republican Senator Susan Collins for one of the most-watched Senate races in Maine, the June 9 primary.

What is Plattner’s sexting scandal?

The Wall Street Journal reported that Plattner’s wife, Gertner, told the campaign last August that she had seen sexting messages on her husband’s phone before their marriage. The New York Times, which also published a story about the messages on Saturday, named former aide Genevieve McDonald as one of the then-campaign staffers who confirmed the messages.Gertner said that what he shared with a campaign aide was personal and that he is hurt that he has been betrayed by a former campaign aide.“It’s no surprise to me that the established media outlets are just going to run gossip instead of talking about the things that really matter in this race, which are the physical realities that Mainers are dealing with,” Plattner said, attempting to place blame on The New York Times and Wall Street Journal for reporting his personal failures.Plattner said that she is in a very loving and happy marriage and the media does not write about it. Plattner said, “We talked about Amy and my marriage about things we’ve been going through over the years. We talked about that because it’s our marriage, and we discussed it with the campaign.”Plattner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, rarely shies away from controversy. Last year, it was reported that Plattner had a tattoo on his chest that resembled the Totenkopf, or death’s head, symbol used by the Nazi SS. Plattner said he found it during a drunken night out in Croatia in 2007 and had no idea it was related to the Nazis. He later painted it with a “Celtic knot with some imagery around the dogs”, he said.