From left: Cristina Bayardelle and Madison Cawthorn.Photo: Cristina Bayardelle/Instagram
Rep.Madison Cawthornand his wife of 8 months, Cristina Cawthorn, are divorcing.
The outspoken Republican, who became theyoungest member of Congresswhen he was elected in 2020, and his wife weremarried April 3 in an outdoor ceremonyin North Carolina, taking their vows in front of a gigantic wooden cross.
Cawthorn, 26, called his marriage to Cristina, an Instagram fitness influencer, “the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life.” But now he says the pair will split because of “irreconcilable differences” and the challenges of political life.
“From the outset, we committed to make things work, to fight for our marriage, and seek counsel for balancing the enormity of such a transition in life,” Cawthorn continued. “Together, we realized that balance was not attainable, and that we had irreconcilable differences between us. While it was an enormously difficult decision, Cristina and I have mutually decided to divorce. We ask for privacy as we work through this privately.”
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A real estate investor before running for office, Cawthorn has been called a rising star of the Republican party but has also stirred up plenty of controversy since stepping into the political limelight, including for aracist campaign statementabout Sen. Cory Booker and voting to overturn the 2020 election despite no evidence of widespread fraud.
A friend has alsodisputed Cawthorn’s claimthat he was abandoned “to die in a fiery tomb” after being seriously injured as a passenger in a car crash that left him paralyzed when they were teenagers.
The freshman lawmaker was elected to represent North Carolina’s 11th congressional district butwill run in 2022for a second term in the new 13th congressional district after the census added a seat to the state’s map.
source: people.com
