Posted on 01/23/2008 7:31:09 AM PST by mnehrling
Conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh's got a new sweetheart - and she's nearly half his age.
Limbaugh, who turned 57 Jan. 12, told Page Two he's been dating West Palm Beach resident Kathryn Rogers for the past six months.
Driver license records show she is 31.
"So much for me being a recluse," Limbaugh said, mocking news reports claiming he rarely leaves his Palm Beach compound. "We met four years ago when Kathryn worked for (golf great) Gary Player. There was a charity tournament. She was rounding up the celebrities to participate in the event. She called me and I played. It was at The Floridian (Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga's private course near Stuart).
"We've stayed in touch since and started dating in the summer."
Limbaugh introduced the blue-eyed blonde to the world Saturday night with a red carpet walk before dozens of paparazzi at Miami Beach's Ritz-Carlton. The occasion: high-profile lawyer Roy Black's yearly charity dinner that benefits Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez's good deed, the AROD Family Foundation.
Black, who's representing billionaire sex offense suspect Jeffrey Epstein in PBC, helped get Limbaugh out of a bind in 2003 when he was accused of doctor shopping to feed an addiction to pain pills. Now off the 18-month probation he plea-bargained, Limbaugh returned the favor.
Other notables at the dinner included former Baywatch babe Pam Anderson, comedian Tommy Davidson, platinum-voiced Patti LaBelle, A-Rod and his pregnant wife, Cynthia, and rocker Scott Weiland, frontman of Velvet Revolver.
So who's this new woman? Rogers is director of VIP relations for the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee. Her job involves showing visiting NFL owners and the Tom Cruises of the world a good time when the next Dolphin Stadium Super Bowl rolls around in early 2010.
Ms. Rogers' neighborhood?
CityPlace!
"Rush, can I say we're dating," Rogers asked the often outrageous radioman before talking about her upbringing in fine institutions in London and embassies worldwide. Mom was a diplomat and dad a Naval Academy grad schooled with presidential hopeful John McCain.
As a teen, Rogers raised money for what Limbaugh talks about with disdain: the United Nations.
"It was for UNICEF (the UN's children's fund)," Rogers said. "I'm not sure he'd think it's evil. Rush is an incredibly great guy. Very different from what people think."
His life experience, Rogers says, is what attracted her.
"I grew up so differently, traveling around the world, that I'm sometimes not able to relate to the average person," the soft-spoken Rogers says. "Rush has such amazing experience."
She confesses they "do talk about politics."
"We don't have arguments, but I have my own opinions."
When it comes to matters of the heart, though, Limbaugh hasn't had such an easy go of it.
He has been married - and divorced - three times. He was legally freed from his latest wife, Marta, once a faceless listener of his show who e-mailed him her admiration, at Christmas 2004.
Don’t hate that playa.
Hate the game.
;)
31 ? I don’t think so. More like 41.
*Sighs, shakes head* Oh, Rush.
Good for Rush, just don’t marry her.
Just go ahead and buy her a house.
Rush has got “issues” with women. He’d do better to take a vow of celibacy.
Ping...
RUSH, nothing wrong with dating, take your time, enjoy.
Kathryn Rogers
Director of VIP Relations/Hospitality Services
Kathryn Rogers serves as the Director of VIP Relations and Hospitality Services for the South Florida Super Bowl XLI Host Committee. Rogers was part of the staff for the Super Bowl XXXV Task Force in Tampa. Most recently she spent five years as the Executive Director of the Gary Player Foundation based out of Palm Beach, Florida. Rogers has run high profile private golf events and galas around the world, co-hosted by icons such as Wayne Huizenga, Nelson Mandela and Prince Albert of Monaco and has done consulting work for the PGA of America. She worked with UNICEF and the American Embassy in the VIP Relations field prior to moving back to the United States. Rogers is originally from New England, but grew up around the world, as the child of United States Diplomats. She attended university in London and developed a passion for sports and community outreach after attending global events such as the World Cup, Ascot, Kentucky Derby, The Olympics and Tour de France.
Agreed, that girl is older than 31 by a quite a bit.
She’s a loooker...I like Rush, but I have to say ewwwwww.....
Lol. Rush, keep the Bob Dole Pills well supplied.
Good basis for a match eh. Similarly Prince Charle's wife likes horses just as much as him.
I imagine Punkin is jealous as heck now!
Rush you stud. come on ppl they’re just dating.
In the pic w Rush she looks like Ann Coulter. I guess Rush has needs too.
Uh-oh...bad news for El Chickenhawken-Cigaro!
Rush, I wish you nothing but happiness.
Follow your heart.
A lot of people think Rush should be the Pope or something.. I say good for him..
“She’s a loooker...I like Rush, but I have to say ewwwwww.....”
Why?
I’m very happy for him.
Who cares what her age is?
That looks like Ann Coulter in the first pic.
“Follow your heart.”
You must be joking.
Seems Rush and Fred have more in common that politics! LOL!
Think of it; Rush with ankle biters...
A real man should have a woman in his life, a woman who admires him for himself. The real question is, “Does Punkin accept her?”
WRONG..the date would be more like 1994.
at least he’s not running after interns or pages. He’s playing the leveled field.
Everybody needs somebody.
Some crumb-crunchers in the future?
better yet... Cigars man! Cigars! Rush loves Cigars.
It was a poorly constructed sentence.
He was “freed from Marta” in 2004.
It must be his smooth charm and genteel sophistication that she appreciates.
Good for Rush. I’m sure the size of his bank account has nothing at all to do with her attraction to him </sarcasm>.
Considering her resume, I’m sure her bank account wasn’t suffering.
THAT's what I'm takin `bout!
going to be an interesting show today for Rush:)
Silverback; alpha male; etc.
Jeez, thats a horrible pic, Rush just needs the big gold universal male symbol necklace to make the 70s porn look complete.
And they talked trash about FRed and Jeri.
That is a cheesy picture...girlfriend (to my trained female eye) looks older than 31...more like late 30s. Rush looks like he has put some weight back on too...its a weird picture.
You're gonna be jealous, Yaelle. ; )
Rush has a new girlfriend. It's gonna be funny listening to the catty commentators and Rush haters. lol.
Two points:
1) Maybe Rush will FINALLY make some babies.2) We might be distant relatives of this chick.
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