Off The Record
After Her Painful Divorce, Sarah Palin Finally Confirms What We All Suspected
When Sarah Palin was making headlines during John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, it was impossible to ignore her.
Palin was referred to as a “force of nature” in Republican politics, even though she lost to Barack Obama. The former governor of Alaska was chosen out of obscurity to be McCain’s running mate.
Despite her continued political involvement in the Republican Party, Palin, 58, has seen more of her personal life make headlines recently.
Following thirty years of matrimony, Palin declared her and her spouse’s divorce in 2020. Although the details of the breakup were stunning, the former Republican vice presidential contender has now provided additional insight into her well-publicized breakup.
Sarah Palin and Todd
In 1964, Sarah Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho; however, her family relocated to Alaska when she was just a few months old. About 40 miles north of Anchorage, in the little hamlet of Wasilla, was where she was raised.
A born leader, Palin was a standout basketball player at Wasilla High School and a familiar presence in the hallways.
“I know this sounds hokey, but basketball was a life-changing experience for me. It’s all about setting a goal, about discipline, teamwork, and then success,” she once said.
In high school, Sarah would also run into Todd Palin, her future husband, at a basketball game. She and her high school beau sneaked out to the local courts in August 1988.
But that’s where Sarah and Todd discovered they needed witnesses. The young couple could ultimately tie the knot after persuading two neighbors who lived next door to the pioneers.
Sarah claims that the reason behind their elopement was their shared poverty at the time. The former governor of Alaska stated to Anchorage Daily News in 2008 that they didn’t want their parents to foot the bill for their wedding.
Together with Todd, Palin is the mother of five children: Down syndrome sufferer Trig Paxson Van (2008), Willow Bianca Faye (born 1994), Piper Indy Grace (2001), Track Charles James (1989), and Bristol Sheeran Marie (1990).
The names of Palin’s children reflect her passion for athletics; Willow, her daughter, is named for the renowned female sports journalist Willow Bay, who covered the NBA. Her oldest daughter, Bristol, bears the name of the town where ESPN is located.
Before entering politics in 1992, Palin, a Republican registered since 1982, worked as a writer and assisted in the management of Todd’s family’s commercial fishing company.
She won over a lot of people with her folkloric demeanor and persuaded them to vote for her. She became the first female governor of Alaska and the youngest governor in history in 2006.
Throughout Sarah’s tenure as governor, her spouse—who liked to refer to himself as the “First Dude”—always showed her a lot of support. However, family acquaintances claim that Todd had little interest in boasting about his wife and her leadership.
“He was almost embarrassed about it or shy, I guess,”, Scott Davis, one of Todd’s closest friends, told New York Times.
He added: “It never changed him one iota. It took him a little while to adjust to the attention.”
Tom has always had a lot on his plate because he is a quarter Yup’ik Eskimo. From 1995 to 2002, he was employed in the oil production industry and belonged to the Alaskan Independence Party. In addition, he has won the “Iron Dog,” the longest snowmobile race in the world, four times.
The Palin family resided in a 2,450-square-foot, two-story home in Wasilla that was directly across from Lake Lucille. Todd and Sarah’s marriage was seen as a role model for marriage over time. Todd was quite visible when John McCain selected Sarah as his running mate in 2008, but he also assumed a more active role in raising their kids.
The obscure governor of Alaska portrayed herself as “just your typical hockey mom.” However, Palin had concerns for her and Todd’s kids, much like any other mother does.
In just three days, Sarah, the Republican presidential candidate, disclosed that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol, who is single, was five months along with her.
It completely rocked the Palin family, who are devout Christians.
”Trig was a 16-week-old baby at the time. Bristol in high school, teenage and pregnant. We were just a microcosm of America. We were up there on stage and I just thought ‘Oh man…who’da thunk?”
Sarah Palin to DailyMail in 2018
Levi Johnston, the child’s father, claims that Sarah did all in her power to conceal Bristol’s pregnancy. She even considered adopting the child.
In 2009, he told Vanity Fair magazine, “Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant.”
In a statement following the announcement, Sarah and Todd said they were “proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents.”
Bristol has certainly excelled in life; at thirty-one years old, she is a mother of three and the owner of a real estate company in Texas.
Divorce via an email
Many believed that Todd and Sarah Palin shared positive Christian values and coexisted well. Even though they had experienced a lot, including public storms and difficulties with family, thirty years of marriage is a testament to their love and strength.
However, Sarah claims that she received an email divorce notice from her husband just a few days after their 31st wedding anniversary in 2019.
The grandma of seven and the mother of five were devastated to learn from a third party after all those years together.
It felt like she “got shot,” according to Sarah.
“I found out from an email from an attorney saying that she was hired and that was on June 19; I’ll never forget it… Oh, yeah. It’s not easy to talk about,” she said in an interview with Christian author James Dobson.
It was heartbreaking news for a woman who saw her marriage as the most significant aspect of her life.
“I’m sure so many of you, either because you’ve been through it or because you have people whom you love, have witnessed how horrible it is. But I just think, wow, maybe except for the death of a child, I don’t know what could be more… Yeah, it hurts,” the ex-Alaska governor shared.
Todd filed for divorce in September 2019, stating as his grounds that there was “incompatibility of temperament between the parties such that they find it impossible to live together as husband and wife.”
Sarah was prepared to persevere in her marriage despite this. She tried everything to patch up the cracks because she wanted to fight.
Sarah said to James Dobson in November 2019 that “we’re going through counseling now, so it’s not over.”
“Attorneys are getting rich off of us and I don’t like that whole system. It makes no sense to me.”
Sarah’s kids helped her through this trying period as well.
“My kids are cool because they don’t like it and that that helps me. It helps me. They’re not ones to say, Oh, it takes two to tango. No, they’re mad because they have been brought up with the teaching that you have made a covenant with God,” she said.
“My parents, they’ve been married for 58 years… everybody’s kind of traditional family sticks together through thick and thin because you made a vow to God that through thick and thin, good and bad, you’re going to make that choice to… jump whatever hurdles are in front of you and you’re going to make it.”
For years, there had been rumors and scandals surrounding Sarah and Todd’s divorce, but this time it was true. March 23, 2020, saw the finalization of their divorce.
Sarah Palin’s boyfriend
Sarah has since maintained a low profile and refrained from discussing her separation in public. However, she eventually opened up about her new love and the anguish of divorce in April 2022.
Sarah stated in an interview with the New York Post that, as we can all guess, the shock and wounds from the breakup are still visible.
“It was the most earth-shattering, bizarre thing I could have ever imagined and it kind of remains so,” she said.
The ex-spouses don’t talk much these days. They converse occasionally, but mainly because they split custody of their youngest son, Trig.
Sarah claims that her ex-husband currently resides in New York City with a new partner.
She remarked, “He spends his time with his girlfriend, whom he’s had for a while.”
“She lives down in the lower 48, so he spends a lot of time down in the lower 48.”
Sarah is also rediscovering love; she is presently seeing Ron Duguay, a former player for the New York Rangers. In January 2022, the couple was spotted dining al fresco. A month later, they announced their relationship.
Palin had known Duguay for a long time, and the two fell in love when Sarah requested him to take her around New York City. “Safe and comfortable” is how she characterizes their connection in the New York Post interview.
“Ron is the first person that I’ve ever even talked to about a lot of this personal stuff. So it’s been helpful and refreshing to have Ron to talk to about not just politics, because he’s got more common sense in his little finger than the collective in DC, but just about life,” Sarah explained.
Palin’s new partner is a big supporter of her bid for Alaska’s at-large congressional seat. Duguay has supported her during her campaign and assisted her in Alaska.
Divorce in public is never easy, particularly when kids are involved.
But let’s hope Sarah can rekindle her enthusiasm and enjoy a fulfilling life with her new companion!
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