Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
NY Post Slut-Shames Lis Smith For Daring To Date Eliot Spitzer
By
Jen Chung
Published Dec 24, 2013
Modified Dec 24, 2013
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Jen Chung
Published Dec 24, 2013
Modified Dec 24, 2013
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Wow, Andrea Peyser sure did miss Eliot Spitzer. After revelations that the (still-married) former governor is dating Lis Smith, the former spokeswoman for his failed comptroller campaign, she really lets loose in one of her trademark insane NY Post columns. "This is not just any ordinary bimbo," Peyser warns the world.
Smith, you see, now works for Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio (she joined his campaign after Spitzer lost the primary). Peyser continues:
Lis, who presumably does not charge Eliot for services rendered, was communications director for Bill de Blasio’s successful campaign for mayor, and is currently a member of the mayor-elect’s transition team — plus, she is considered the front-runner for the job of de Blasio’s official spokeswoman. On Monday, de Blasio praised her work and defended Lis’ right to privacy, but did not say what her future holds...
Don’t underestimate Lis’ status as a hot and fit political insider. She was Eliot’s spokeswoman during his disastrous primary campaign for city comptroller this year. But she previously wielded Twitter to vanquish foes of President Obama as a “rapid response’’ operator during the prez’s 2012 re-election campaign.
The union of the ambitious, youngish cookie and the megarich heir to Daddy’s real-estate empire has cemented New York’s image as a sexual mosh pit in which male politicians (Spitzer, Anthony Weiner) forget their marriage vows, and women use married degenerates to advance their careers.
Guess she remembers how the Post hired Spitzer's hooker, Ashley Dupre, as a sex columnist! Anyway, Peyser says if "de Blasio has a lick of sense in his 6-foot-5 frame, he won't keep Smith on because of her "freaky fetish for the black knee socks and balding pate of married ex-Love Gov Eliot Spitzer."
Alexis Grenell, a Democratic strategist, has an op-ed in the Daily News worrying about this: "Smith has been transformed from an accomplished adult into a 'leggy' sexpot and her professional future called into question because her choice of romantic partner raises eyebrows. In reality, Smith is just another casualty of the persistent cultural sexism that slut-shames women for having a sex life and being smart, too. Eliot Spitzer may be a poor choice of paramour — but Smith is perfectly entitled, just like lots of other New Yorkers, to pick her own partners and then get up and go to work in the morning."
Smith, 31, wasn't present at de Blasio's press conference yesterday. The Daily News tries to get to the bottom of when she and Spitzer, a 54-year-old (married) father of three, started their romance: A political insider tells them "She was telling people she had a boyfriend. That’s why she stayed in New York [after the failed comptroller campaign]. She was telling people it was serious, very serious."
In a separate article, the Post wants to make everyone knows which way Smith swings: "'She definitely dates men in positions of power and politics,' a source said. 'She’s not a girl’s girl. She doesn’t have any girlfriends.'" (Which the Post calculates to mean slutbag, right?) One of her ex-boyfriends is former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith who was convicted for federal elections law violations.
For those keeping flow charts of Post columnist insanity at home, Peyser's other recent column is how former adulterer Donald Trump should totally run for governor.
Tagged
andrea peyser
bill de blasio
eliot spitzer
lis smith
Politics
slutshaming
Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
With election 3 weeks away, Hochul and Blakeman to square off in lone NY governor debate
The hourlong debate is the candidates’ best chance to sell their competing visions to New York voters ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
By
Jon Campbell
Published Oct 13, 2026 at 6:30 a.m. ET
NYC's taxi union teams with Uber, hedge fund to demand healthcare 4 driver deaths
New York city's taxi workers want lawmakers to use a surcharge that goes to the MTA to pay for a health fund for drivers.
By
Stephen Nessen
and
Ramsey Khalifeh
News
NYC's taxi union teams with Uber, hedge fund to demand healthcare 4 driver deaths
New York city's taxi workers want lawmakers to use a surcharge that goes to the MTA to pay for a health fund for drivers.
By
Stephen Nessen
and
Ramsey Khalifeh
Man shot by ICE in NYC still has bullet lodged in neck, attorneys say
By
Liam Quigley
NY measles spread prompts 'disaster' emergency. It didn't have to be this way, health commissioner says.
By
Elizabeth Shwe
NYC wants to move deliveries onto the waterways. It's starting with a 55-year-old boat.
By
Liam Quigley
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .