Fran Drescher For U.S. Senate?

Sen. Sheffield, will you yield to the gentlewoman from Queens? Apparently, she's not kidding.

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Fran Drescher & Her Gay Ex-Husband

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Fran Drescher's Ex-Husband Is Gay

Yesterday actress Fran Drescher revealed that her ex-husband is gay. The pair divorced in 1999 after more than 20 years of marriage.

“Peter and I met when we were 15,” Fran tells In Touch. “We were just kids and didn’t know who we truly were. We went through a lot together.” The couple split for good in 1999, and according to an insider, Peter later came out of the closet to Fran. They continue to collaborate and are still “the best of friends. We love each other dearly,” she says. “We have even fixed each other up! I more successfully than him, by the way.” They’re even working together on a new sitcom based on their relationship. “Peter and I feel so blessed to have met each other and to still have a caring, loving relationship,” Fran says. “Love is what we’re all about.”

Drescher has been a vocal ally for LGBT rights for at least a decade. In 2008 she and her ex-husband hosted an anti-Prop 8 party in Los Angeles.

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Now Fran Drescher says she wants to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate.

"I’ve just been given the appointment of U.S. diplomat,” she said at a party for Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven at that restaurant on December 3. “My title is public diplomacy envoy for women’s health issues, and I just got back from a four-country European tour of duty. I believe next I’ll be sent to the Middle East.” Also an anti-cancer activist, Drescher has been considering a run for office. “I’ve been very successful in getting a bill passed in Washington,” she said. “I was thinking I’d take the next four years to lay some groundwork, but I’m throwing my hat in the ring.” What else makes her a good candidate? “I’m an authentic and honest person,” she said. “And I think Capitol Hill needs more of that.”

Drescher has as much public office experience as Caroline Kennedy (none). Can you imagine her voice going on and on during a Senate filibuster? I think we'd get a surrender from the GOP in under ten minutes.