Dina Matos McGreevey, born 1966 in Cantanhede, Portugal, is the former First Lady of New Jersey. She served as first lady during the administration of her husband, former Gov. James McGreevey. Matos was standing beside McGreevey during his August 2004 press conference, where he announced he was homosexual and was resigning from office. Matos and McGreevey separated in October 2004. Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Location  - Region  - Subregion  - District or A.R.   Centro Baixo Mondego Coimbra Mayor  - Party Area 397 km² Population  - Total  - Density 12,000 /km² No. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... James E. Jim McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ...

In March of 2008, A former aide to James E. McCreevey, Teddy Pedersen, said in interviews with The Newark Star Ledger that he had three-way sexual encounters with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Matos McCreevey's assertion that she was naive about her husband's sexual exploits.^[1]

Biography

Matos is the daughter of Maria and Ricardo. The Matos moved to the United States from Portugal when she was still young and settled in the heavily Portuguese Ironbound section of Newark. Maria worked in a gift shop and Ricardo worked for the railroad ^[2]. House in the Ironbound St. ...

After graduating from East Side High School, she enrolled at the Newark campus of Rutgers University in 1984. She majored in political science, but also worked as a secretary while in college. Although she was enrolled until 1991, she never graduated ^[2].

Matos and McGreevey are currently in the midst of a divorce and custody battle that has gained much media attention in New Jersey because McGreevey wants full custody with support from Matos ^[3]. This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Recent media reports allege that Matos would often engage in group sex with her husband and his aide Teddy Pedersen.^[4] Pedersen claims in a sworn deposition that the three engaged in what they referred to as "Friday Night Specials" after dining at a local T.G.I Friday's. The deposition details that the Former Governor's participation was to only watch Dina Matos McGreevey engage in sexual relations with Pedersen. Pedersen also states in his testimony that he had no knowledge that the former Governor was homosexual at the time of the trysts.

Career

Mrs. McGreevey --who speaks fluent Portuguese and has worked to get green cards and naturalization for Portuguese immigrants-- is the biggest star and a success story to New Jersey's large Portuguese community. In June^{[citation needed]}, she was grand marshal of the Portugal Day parade in Newark. ...

Matos announced in January 2007 that she was writing a book, "Silent Partner", to end media speculation on her life. On May 1, 2007--the day of the book's release--Matos broke her silence and spoke on The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting her book ^{[5] [6]}. On 2 May 2007 she appeared on ABC's Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer and stated: The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is a United States syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... Diane Sawyer is a television journalist for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABCs Good Morning America, along with with Robin Roberts. ...

"I thought I had it all, I thought it was the American dream, and it turned out to be a nightmare." She said of her husband on the day that he resigned, "You know he had the entire day scripted. His entire life had been choreographed, and even as his world was falling apart, he was still trying to script everything and making sure that day went as he wanted it" ^[7].

Gayle King interviewed Matos in the June 2007 edition of O, The Oprah Magazine ^[8]. Gayle King (left) on the set of the Oprah Winfrey Show Gayle King (born in Chevy Chase, Maryland) is editor-at-large for O, The Oprah Magazine and is the best friend of Oprah Winfrey. ... O, The Oprah Magazine, sometimes simply abbreviated to O, is a monthly magazine for women founded by Oprah Winfrey and Hearst Corporation. ...

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