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Former Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance — on a yacht called Monkey Business, no less — kept Carson’s audience rolling for weeks.

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If this is my ideal Sunday, a f— buddy or a casual dalliance would come over, and we would have sex.

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It’s the ghost of Blanche’s husband, who shot himself after she shamed him for his dalliance with another man.

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His second marriage appears to be shaky, his attempt to take a third wife hit the buffers and there are also reports of another dalliance with a young princess.

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But this time the restraint isn’t derived from the fear of judgment; it’s borne out of the knowledge that any dalliance with Samuel could have dire consequences.

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