other side, and i am so grateful that i stuck with it because i now have the marriage that i always longed for, and that is an open, honest, communication between the two of us where we really do trust each other and we feel safe with each other. gayle haggard, thank you so much for your candor. we appreciate you coming and being so brave to speak about this. thank you. thank you. do women behave badly like some men when they are in positions of power or are they built differently? i put that question and others to dr. drew right after the break. nother reminder of what i couldn t do. the accident could have been my excuse to quit. i made it my reason to go even harder. [ male announcer ] helping people achieve without limits. at the hartford it s what we do. and why we re the founding partner of the u.s. paralympic team. show your support at facebook.com/thehartford.
well, i stayed because i knew that my husband was so much more than the allegations that were being levelled against him and even his betrayal and i wasn t willing to let this negative behavior that was going on in my husband totally negate everything good that we had built into our lives. so i had to ask myself who i was going to be in this story and i was going to be a woman who fought for what i really do believe in. and gayle, i know you ve met maria shriver and that s one reason you have decided to speak to us about this today. well, i think maria is a remarkable woman and i met her a couple of years ago when i spoke at the california women s conference. and i have admired her for many years, she is a courageous woman, a gracious woman, she has a big heart and i just want to speak out to say the complexities of these issues are beyond the judgments of all of us sitting on our couches
that my husband was so much more than the allegations that were being levelled against him and even his betrayal and i wasn t willing to let this negative behavior that was going on in my husband totally negate everything good that we had built into our lives. so i had to ask myself who i was going to be in this story and i was going to be a woman who fought for what i really do believe in. and gayle, i know you ve met maria shriver and that s one reason you have decided to speak to us about this today. well, i think maria is a remarkable woman and i met her a couple of years ago when i spoke at the california women s conference. and i have admired her for many years, she is a courageous woman, a gracious woman, she has a big heart and i just want to speak out to say the complexities of these issues are beyond the judgments of all of us sitting on our couches watching. and that we need to give her the benefit of the doubt and know
the marriage that i always longed for and that is an open, honest, communication between the two of us where we really do trust each other and we feel safe with each other. gayle haggard, few so much for your candor, we appreciate you coming on and being willing to speak about this. thank you. thank you. do women behave badly like some men when they re in positions of power? or are they built differently? i ll put that question and others to dr. drew right after the break. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those who d climb mountains or sail across seas for the perfect vanilla or honey from bees.
affair with an intern while he himself was having an affair with a white house staffer. so we re looking at hypocritical to potentially criminal. dominique strauss-kahn has been grouped with men like mike tyson who was convicted of rape. and for every cheater who losing their spouse like arnold schwarzenegger or tiger woods or jesse james as a matter of fact, there are many who manage to hang on to their significant others. but how can someone stick around after such an enormous betrayal. that s the subject of gail haggard, why i stayed. she was married to ted haggard. the haggards stayed married and opened up a church just last year. gail haggard is joining us live. it s right there in the title of your book, tell us why you stayed.