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Murdoch opens up about ex-wife’s 'love note' to Tony Blair
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Rupert Murdoch has opened up for the first time about his divorce from Wendi Deng, and the moment he learned she had spent secret weekends with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at his family's California ranch, Daily Mail reported.
The Australian media mogul also revealed he was 'shocked' when he first read his ex-wife's diary entries in which she described having 'warm feelings' comparable to a 'crush' on Blair, who allegedly stayed at the ranch with Deng in October 2012 and April 2013 while the 83-year-old was overseas, the report said.
In an interview with Fortune magazine, the News Corporation boss explained that he first heard of the encounters while in Australia and immediately traveled back to the ranch to quiz the staff - and then he scrambled to find a lawyer, according to the report.
'Well, you know, everybody was talking about these things and never telling me anything... But then I was told two pretty circumstantial things about the ranch [where Deng had been staying],' he said.
'I was in Australia. When I got back, I naturally asked the staff, and it opened up. That's the story. And then, you know, a week later I filed. As soon as I could find a lawyer.'
The couple divorced last November after 14 years of marriage.
Murdoch said he wasn't given Deng's diary entries until after he filed for divorce. He said he was 'shocked' by the love notes, but didn't read them.
He said the revelation made him feel he'd made the right decision, but he regretted the fact the diary entries made worldwide headlines.
'I regret the whole Vanity Fair thing. I wish we just could have got divorced quietly,' he told Fortune.
Details of lovestruck Deng's note, in which she praised Blair's 'good body,' his 'really, really good legs' and even his 'butt' were revealed by Vanity Fair in February.
It said staff at Murdoch's home were uneasy when Blair arrived and tried to find her.
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