Maria Belen Chapur

Maria Belen Chapur

Jenny Sanford: Praying For Maria Belen Chapur Her public response to her husband's strange liaison led the Washington Post to call her a "role model," and Newsweek to deem Mrs. Sanford a "media genius." Back in June, when Mark Sanford publicly and tearfully admitted that he had not been traveling along the Appalachian Trail, as he claimed, but in fact traipsing around Argentina with mistress Maria Belen Chapur, Jenny was cool and composed. Jenny (along with her sons) has since moved out of the governor's mansion, but the former investment banker and mother of four vows to give Mark a chance.

On Mark's mistress, Maria Belen Chapur: "I feel sorry for the other woman. I am sure she is a fine person. It can't be fun for her, though I do sometimes question her judgment. All I can do is pray for her because she made some poor choices." On the beginning of her marriage to Mark Sanford: "We weren't madly in love, but we were compatible and good friends ... I like to think we balance each other out. I am a conservative at heart, but I’m not passionate about ideas like he is."

On the next step: "All I can do is forgive. Reconciliation is going to be a harder road. I have put my heart and soul into being a good mother and wife. Now it’s up to my husband to do the soul-searching to see if he wants to stay married." She recently sat down with Vogue Magazine to talk about being a politician's wife and how she's dealing with her husband's public infidelity.

Mindy McCready

Mindy McCready

Kari Ann Peniche accuses singer Mindy McCready of stealing Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart nude video Now dethroned Miss United States Teen Kari Ann Peniche (stripped of her crown for baring all in Playboy) claims that her "Celebrity Rehab" roommate, country singer Mindy McCready, swiped her hard drive, which housed the compromising footage of her, Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayheart lounging about naked and apparently stoned.

Peniche tells TMZ that the strung-out trio shot the footage more than two years ago in her Studio City apartment, and that there was absolutely no sex involved. But after getting into an argument with McCready over money, Peniche believes the singer took her hard drive when she moved out. Peniche, 25, filed a stolen property report with the LAPD, fearing the salacious content on her hard drive would fall into the wrong hands. It appears that information was more sensitive than the police expected!

In the scandalous video posted on Gawker.com, the threesome lounge about naked and pass the camera around while discussing what their pornographic names would be. Gayheart picks "Nina" as her handle, while Peniche opts for "Fifi." The ever-raucous Dane, accustomed to raising pulses on "Grey's Anatomy" as Dr. Mark Sloane, toys with "Peter," "Cocaine Manner," "Tristan Daily," and famous bull riding champ "Tuff Hedeman." Last month, the threesome and McCready reportedly hammered out a deal with their reps as to who got what on the hard drive.

Dancing With The Stars Season 9

Cycle 9 of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" is about to get underway, and this season's contestants, announced this morning on "Good Morning America," are as diverse as ever, including an Osbourne daughter and an "Entourage" actor, another Osmond sibling and (in a first for the series) a former House Majority leader.

But first: Paula Abdul is not going to compete despite rumors to the contrary. (She's not going to guest star on ABC's "Ugly Betty," either, but TMZ is reporting that the network is still looking to get in the Abdul business and is considering a number of other options, including a variety special.) So who will be vying for the ballroom's top prize? Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy, pop singer and former reality star, will find out if her theater experience gives her an advantage.

Among the season's actors-turned-movers-and-shakers are "Entourage's" pushy publicist Debi Mazar; former teen witch Melissa Joan Hart; Ashley Hamilton, son of George Hamilton (and ex-husband of Shannen Doherty); and Polish model-actress Joanna Krupa, who most recently competed in ABC's summer reality series "Superstars."