By Mr. Right
John Fetterman’s camera-thirsty wife has done him dirty.
New York Magazine published a hit piece on the Pennsylvania senator Friday, airing grievances from his staffers who are concerned about his mental health, his views on the Israel-Gaza War. The piece also shed light on Fetterman’s relationship with his left-wing wife, Gisele, who secretly communicated with his staff and made a political disagreement into a full-blown argument. (Subscribe to MR. RIGHT, a weekly newsletter about modern masculinity)
Since winning in 2022, John Fetterman has lost his closest advisers, including three of his top spokespeople, his legislative director, and his chief of staff.
Former and current staffers paint a picture of an erratic senator who has become almost impossible to work for, and whose mental health situation is more serious and complicated than previously reported. No one is saying every issue (say, his respectful relationship with Trump) stems from his mental health—but it’s become harder to tell which ones do. Fetterman’s staffers, his truest believers, now question his fitness to be a senator. They worry he may present a danger to the Democratic Party and maybe even to himself.… pic.twitter.com/0p91zEdTSq
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 2, 2025
According to the outlet, Gisele visited her husband’s senate office in November 2023, weeks after Hamas attacked Israel, and got into a heated debate about the burgeoning war and her husband’s support for the Israeli state. Gisele also went behind her husband’s back, reportedly texting staffers in the wake of their fight on multiple occasions.
“I am at breaking point and I can’t co-sign this any longer. Id love some help in language to separate myself from this. Can anyone help me?” she texted one staffer after the November tiff.
At the tail end of 2023, Fetterman was “acting bizarrely,” the report claimed, and in one instance walked into a group of people in the Capitol, seemingly oblivious of his surroundings.
“I don’t want to sound defensive, but I want to be clear that this isn’t just me. Everyone here is feeling alarmed,” a staffer texted Gisele.
“I don’t think for a second that it’s you … My fear is something is off and it won’t register,” she responded.
Let’s just forget about the politics for a moment. A husband and wife may disagree about political issues, and that’s perfectly okay. But they should always keep their disagreements private, more so, of course, if your husband or wife is a sitting U.S. senator. Gisele should never have stormed into his office and argued with him over the Israel-Gaza war. It’s unbecoming and embarrassing for both parties involved. She may be passionate about the pro-Palestine cause, but she has no business turning her disagreement into an absurd spectacle for his staffers to witness.
And secondly, Gisele should never have texted those staffers without his knowledge — it was a sly, disgraceful move. She also should have known that at some point, those texts could be used to attack her husband. She did not have that foresight, obviously, but maybe that was her intention all along.
