Jason Roberts
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And in fairness to those historians, what they focused on was we don't have hard, solid evidence, at least in the Carrie Phillips case, you have those letters. So there, you know, there was no doubt of an affair. So people said, you know, you basically have Nan Britton's word. You know, where's the letters? Though there's evidence that Hardy may have told her to destroy letters.
And in fairness to those historians, what they focused on was we don't have hard, solid evidence, at least in the Carrie Phillips case, you have those letters. So there, you know, there was no doubt of an affair. So people said, you know, you basically have Nan Britton's word. You know, where's the letters? Though there's evidence that Hardy may have told her to destroy letters.
So some people said maybe she made it up. Maybe she knew about the Carrie Phillips affair. And then she took that and kind of ran with it and said, oh, I had an affair. So that was one of the allegations against her to say that it wasn't true. And you did have Secret Service agents who said, we never met Nan Britton. She was never in the White House. We never paid child support to her.
So some people said maybe she made it up. Maybe she knew about the Carrie Phillips affair. And then she took that and kind of ran with it and said, oh, I had an affair. So that was one of the allegations against her to say that it wasn't true. And you did have Secret Service agents who said, we never met Nan Britton. She was never in the White House. We never paid child support to her.
So some people said maybe she made it up. Maybe she knew about the Carrie Phillips affair. And then she took that and kind of ran with it and said, oh, I had an affair. So that was one of the allegations against her to say that it wasn't true. And you did have Secret Service agents who said, we never met Nan Britton. She was never in the White House. We never paid child support to her.
So I think there were reasons to question her account of the affair. And certainly... I think John Dean of Watergate fame wrote a book about Warren G. Harding. He questioned her account. The prominent historian, Robert Farrell, who wrote about Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he questioned her account. Other historians questioned her account.
So I think there were reasons to question her account of the affair. And certainly... I think John Dean of Watergate fame wrote a book about Warren G. Harding. He questioned her account. The prominent historian, Robert Farrell, who wrote about Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he questioned her account. Other historians questioned her account.
So I think there were reasons to question her account of the affair. And certainly... I think John Dean of Watergate fame wrote a book about Warren G. Harding. He questioned her account. The prominent historian, Robert Farrell, who wrote about Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he questioned her account. Other historians questioned her account.
But ultimately, it's resolved in 2015 when the results of a DNA test come out. And the DNA test shows, as Mari Povich would have said, yes, Warren G. Harding, you are the father of Nan Britton's child. I mean, it's pretty clear that the DNA test is conclusive.
But ultimately, it's resolved in 2015 when the results of a DNA test come out. And the DNA test shows, as Mari Povich would have said, yes, Warren G. Harding, you are the father of Nan Britton's child. I mean, it's pretty clear that the DNA test is conclusive.
But ultimately, it's resolved in 2015 when the results of a DNA test come out. And the DNA test shows, as Mari Povich would have said, yes, Warren G. Harding, you are the father of Nan Britton's child. I mean, it's pretty clear that the DNA test is conclusive.
The only thing I would say about it is that I think there was an affair, obviously, but I do think it's possible that she exaggerated parts of the affair. So she may not have been telling the truth when she said she met him in the White House and she had a rendezvous in the White House closet because you do have Secret Service agents who were interviewed later and they said, we never saw her.
The only thing I would say about it is that I think there was an affair, obviously, but I do think it's possible that she exaggerated parts of the affair. So she may not have been telling the truth when she said she met him in the White House and she had a rendezvous in the White House closet because you do have Secret Service agents who were interviewed later and they said, we never saw her.
The only thing I would say about it is that I think there was an affair, obviously, but I do think it's possible that she exaggerated parts of the affair. So she may not have been telling the truth when she said she met him in the White House and she had a rendezvous in the White House closet because you do have Secret Service agents who were interviewed later and they said, we never saw her.
Yeah, he was good at kind of juggling his political career with these personal affairs. And I mean, no one knew about it until after he died. So it's kind of similar to John F. Kennedy. It's like, I think Harding might have been flattered by the fact that she was obsessed with him, apparently, when she was a schoolgirl. You know, she would write, like, I love Warren G. Harding in her textbook.
Yeah, he was good at kind of juggling his political career with these personal affairs. And I mean, no one knew about it until after he died. So it's kind of similar to John F. Kennedy. It's like, I think Harding might have been flattered by the fact that she was obsessed with him, apparently, when she was a schoolgirl. You know, she would write, like, I love Warren G. Harding in her textbook.
Yeah, he was good at kind of juggling his political career with these personal affairs. And I mean, no one knew about it until after he died. So it's kind of similar to John F. Kennedy. It's like, I think Harding might have been flattered by the fact that she was obsessed with him, apparently, when she was a schoolgirl. You know, she would write, like, I love Warren G. Harding in her textbook.
And so people who knew her said, like, from the time she was a little girl, she had this, like, obsession with Warren G. Harding. So I'm sure it must have been flattering to him. Like, you know, wow, like, this girl, like, she loves me. You know, she's obsessed with me.
And so people who knew her said, like, from the time she was a little girl, she had this, like, obsession with Warren G. Harding. So I'm sure it must have been flattering to him. Like, you know, wow, like, this girl, like, she loves me. You know, she's obsessed with me.
And so people who knew her said, like, from the time she was a little girl, she had this, like, obsession with Warren G. Harding. So I'm sure it must have been flattering to him. Like, you know, wow, like, this girl, like, she loves me. You know, she's obsessed with me.