Graham Platner Wife Releases Video After WSJ Reports Infidelity Allegations

Amy Gertner posted a five-minute video on social media Saturday defending her husband Graham Platner’s Senate campaign hours after the Wall Street Journal reported that he had exchanged sexual text messages with several women after their 2023 marriage.

Gertner said the coverage focused on gossip rather than issues such as healthcare, education, and childcare. She described the period as newly married, dealing with infertility, and running a Senate campaign.

X said the video did not dispute the reported messages.

National Republican Senatorial Committee press secretary Samantha Cantrell told Fox News Digital that Platner admitted to the messages and that Gertner was placed in the position of defending them. Some X users described the video as resembling a hostage video and questioned why the candidate did not address the allegations himself.

Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s Senate race after former Gov. Janet Mills withdrew from the primary. The June 9 primary will determine the nominee to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins. Gertner said the couple has marriage and personal counselors and works on mental health daily.

She stated that no marriage is perfect and that she wants to remain married to Platner. Fox News Digital reached out to Platner’s campaign for comment but did not receive an immediate response.