Jeri Thompson Rejects "Trophy Wife" Label

Candidate's Wife Shakes Off Criticism Of Her Marriage In Magazine Interview

(AP)  Jeri Thompson, wife of GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, shakes off the "trophy wife" label critics have tagged her with for being 24 years younger than her husband.

"It's hard not to be defensive," she told People magazine in her first solo interview. "To think back on how hard you've worked, and all anybody thinks about is that you're a trophy wife."

In a story for Monday's issue, Thompson said: "I almost think they had to fabricate that trophy-wife stuff because there's nothing interesting to say."

Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.

Thompson, 41, says she met her future husband at a Nashville supermarket on July 4, 1996, a few years before she moved to Washington. To hear her tell it, the then-U.S. senator from Tennessee was standing in line with a can of beanie weenies and half a premade tuna fish sandwich.

"I looked at him and just said, 'I'm so sorry,'" Thompson says, adding that he carried her groceries to the car, and she invited him to a friend's party that night.

Years later, she tells People: "I was never an older-man-dater kind of girl before."

They married in June 2002, and have a daughter, Hayden, who turns 4 in October, and a son, Samuel, approaching 1.

[actornaught]

Pretty much no chance Fred will be president, but if he was, this woman would probably make a much better puppet-master for the addle-brained Fred than Nancy was for Ronnie......

[ninerman168]

Go Fred.Theres no one on this site that wouldn''t have done the same.Be it a man or woman,if they''re single and have a chance for someone very hot from the opposite or (same) *** depending on what you''re into you''re going to take it.Anyone who says different is lying.Maybe she''s into older men,really who to h*e*ll cares.If you care that much you should get a freakin'' life.

[jsilver2th]

Not a trophy wife?

We she said it... not me-

[jack3213]

If the shoe fits, lady. Just roll with it and use it to your advantage, like the rest of them, seems to work.

[ezillyamused]

Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked for the Republican National Committee, on Capitol Hill, and at a public relations-lobbying firm.

Sounds like a trophy, or opportuinist,(interchangable term) to me!

[nlm2383]

I completely agree retmilspouse.

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Any revealing pics on the net?

[retmilspouse]

Sounds like I hear some jealousy coming from these comments. I supposed if a hot chick invaded your space in line at the supermarket (and you were a single guy) you would have told her to get lost. NOT!
Wow you are the same folks that said it was ok for President Clinton to have relations with a girl many years his junior. What hypocrites.

[rushlimpdrug]

"Jeri Thompson is a Naperville, Ill., native who has worked . . .. at a public relations-lobbying firm"

Sounds like a snake breeding with another snake.

[marcodele]

What this article doesn''t tell you is that she was a lobbyist, and she sure found a great pipeline into the federal government.

I hope the neocons don''t give us another senile movie actor.

[dutchfarmer]

Thompson should stay in Hollywood. He''s a CFR member, which undermines the sovereignty of the United States. Thompson should get out of the race and endorse Ron Paul.

[ov442]

shes hot! what a trophy he won at the county fair!!!
lol
well they are both connected republicans, why wouldnt they get together to create more wealthy future GOP members that will work hard to destroy america for anyone not making 6 figures?