Between continuous cosmetic surgery rumors and unending questions on her love life, a number of the chatter surrounding U.S. Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi simply is not going away. And, whereas a few of what’s out there’s a little unrelated to her place, it is sort of comprehensible why different elements (like her private life) have raised a ton of eyebrows.

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We’ll begin with these beauty surgical procedure claims. Born in 1965, Bondi was 59 when she was sworn in as lawyer common — however she actually did not look it. Quite the opposite, many had been blown away by simply how younger the previous Florida lawyer common seemed. Enter the rumors that she’d had slightly work accomplished — and quite a lot of haters. “Cosmetic surgery and Botox is Pam Bondi’s skincare routine,” wrote one critic on X, beforehand Twitter. “Pam Bondi seems to be like she’s had tons of cosmetic surgery, and it would not look good,” one other complained.

It is value noting that consultants on the matter have disagreed over whether or not or not Bondi has truly had something accomplished. Whereas plastic surgeon Dr. Sheila Nazarian recommended whoever was liable for her delicate tweaks on X, plastic surgeon Dr. Bruce Hermann shared in his “Nip Discuss Present” that he wasn’t sure she’d gone underneath the knife. “I believe she’s in all probability leaned extra in direction of non-surgical stuff,” he mused, explaining that her youthful look may all come all the way down to Botox and delicate fillers. Unsurprisingly, Bondi has determined to not tackle all of the commentary, and TBH, we’re not anticipating that to alter. What’s extra, even when she has had something accomplished — surgical or in any other case — in comparison with lots of the different MAGA higher-ups (we draw your consideration to Matt Gaetz’s beauty transformation), Bondi has rather more natural-looking outcomes which are sort of a breath of contemporary air. 

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Subsequent up, Pam Bondi’s love life. Along with being twice divorced, the lawyer common acquired engaged to boyfriend Greg Henderson again in 2012, then quietly cut up from him someday after their vacation spot marriage ceremony fail (extra on all that in a sec). As along with her divorces, Bondi hasn’t shared any particulars explaining why she and Henderson cut up. What we do know, although, is that sooner or later, she started relationship John Wakefield — and in line with Donald Trump, they’re additionally husband and spouse. Granted, neither Bondi nor Wakefield has truly claimed to be married themselves.

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Whereas it is actually not extraordinary for political figures to have had just a few stabs at marriage (clearly, we’re speaking about Donald third-time’s-a-charm Trump, however he is not the one president to have had a couple of spouse), it is seemingly quite a lot of the curiosity in Bondi’s love life stems from her stance on homosexual marriage, or extra particularly, homosexual divorce. As some might keep in mind, again in 2014, a homosexual lady tried to divorce her former accomplice, solely to be denied the best to take action — one thing Bondi supported. In response to the denial, Heather Brassner shared an announcement saying, partly, “May she think about what it might be like if she wasn’t allowed to divorce her first two husbands? Pam Bondi acquired her two divorces. Why cannot I get my one?” (through CBS Information). Touché. 

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Miami New Occasions additionally ran a chunk shading Bondi for her stance on the time, repeatedly mentioning that her relationships had been something however conventional. Speak about an understatement there.

We promised we would circle again to Greg Henderson, and right here we’re. Some might do not forget that again in 2012, Pam Bondi made headlines for the marriage that appeared to have been known as off on the final minute. 

As a refresher, in Might 2012, the Tampa Bay Occasions revealed that Bondi, Henderson, and near 70 company had headed to the Cayman Islands for a marriage. That had been confirmed by an eagle-eyed blogger who’d seen snaps of Bondi handing out drinks to her marriage ceremony get together aboard the airplane posted to Fb. The blogger known as the Ritz-Carlton to see in the event that they had been internet hosting the nuptials, and the resort confirmed that to be the case on the time — although the next day, that was denied. Cue the “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” and the well-known “Who mentioned that?” scene.

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To her credit score, Bondi did verify that she and Henderson’s marriage ceremony had been rescheduled, although she did not share any particulars. Plus, her then-fiancé made it clear that even with out the marriage, he and Bondi had been nonetheless collectively, telling the Tampa Bay Occasions, “We’re having fun with a contented and blessed journey and are deeply in love with one another.” As for the company, the overwhelming majority stayed mum on the scenario. That mentioned, Dick Greco — the previous Tampa mayor — advised the outlet that not everybody had identified of the change in plans, and that he’d discovered of it sooner or later throughout his journey to the Cayman Islands. As for the rationale why all the pieces had been rescheduled, Greco did not let on that he knew, however mused that it may have had one thing to do with Bondi’s then-betrothed eager to be married in his personal church. Greater than a decade on (and with the connection clearly over altogether), that has by no means been confirmed or denied.

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Switching gears to the rumors surrounding Pam Bondi’s skilled life, Donald Trump taking the Qatari authorities up on its supply of a luxurious airplane has brought on a ton of uproar — and, as the one that signed off on it, Pam Bondi has been on the receiving finish of a ton of questions. Particularly, many have identified her personal previous hyperlinks to the Qatari authorities as a lobbyist for the nation. 

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Although Senator Chuck Schumer did not contact on Bondi’s historical past with Qatar, he actually did slate her for having “personally signed off on this clearly unethical deal.” Schumer went on to slate the transfer as corrupt, describing her singing off on it as a “blatantly inept choice.” One other vocal critic was Senator Dick Durbin, who identified that Bondi had mentioned she would use ethics officers to resolve a approach ahead however that the officers had subsequently been changed by “political appointees beholden to the lawyer common.” In different phrases, an entire lot of yikes. 

Bondi didn’t reply to the criticisms from Schumer or Durbin — and as with all of the scandals involving her non-public life, we would not financial institution on that altering. 

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On to maybe probably the most salacious rumor of all (and one we will name out ourselves), one thing else Pam Bondi has needed to take care of since turning into the U.S. Legal professional Normal is damning (learn: blatantly misogynistic) claims concerning how she acquired her new function. A fast scroll by Bondi’s Instagram remark sections is all it takes to see the accusations that she and Donald Trump had an, ahem, entanglement in trade for her new function. 

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It is actually not shocking that not everyone seems to be a Bondi fan. In any case, she has been accused of corruption and being a puppet for Trump. On prime of that, many had been livid when it emerged that she’d reinstated Mel Gibson’s Second Modification rights, regardless of him beforehand having misplaced them within the wake of his messy cut up from ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Plus, as talked about, Bondi additionally has a historical past of discriminating in opposition to the LGBTQ+ group and is vehemently against homosexual marriage and homosexual adoption. 

All that mentioned, accusing Bondi of performing sexual favors for her promotion to U.S. Legal professional Normal is not not sexist as a result of she has a shady aspect. Until we’re protecting the identical power for Trump’s different questionable hires (Fox Information alum Pete Hegseth involves thoughts), let’s stick with the rumors which are believable. 

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