Donna Rice
Donna Rice
Donna Rice Hughesis president and CEO of Enough Is Enough. In her work with Enough is Enough, Hughes has appeared on a variety of outlets as an Internet safety expert and advocate for children and families. She first became known as a key figure in a widely publicized 1987 political scandal that contributed to end the second campaign of former Senator Gary Hart for the Democratic Party nomination for President...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth7 January 1958
CountryUnited States of America
But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.
Pornography changes the attitudes and lifestyles of those who consume it, no matter how old a person is.
My family didn't like my being in New York without a steady job and encouraged me to come home, but that was the last thing I wanted to do.
Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.
I also had to work through the violation of my date rape, my unhealthy relationships with men, my anger toward the people involved in the scandal, and those who exploited me afterwards.
I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.
Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.
Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night.
Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny.
A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned.
I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.
I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.
At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.
It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.