After first attempting to deny he knew who the lady in question was, Anti-abortion Republican senate candidate and former NFL Star, Herschel Walker is accused of advising the mother of his child to have an abortion during a different pregnancy.
Walker’s child’s mother, who has not yet been identified out of respect for her privacy and safety, said he fully supported her having an abortion when the child from another pregnancy was his, according to a shocking story by The Daily Beast.
In an interview with Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday, Herschel Walker made an attempt to unequivocally refute the accusation and claimed he had no idea who was making the claim. Kilmeade had questioned Herschel Walker about if he had identified the woman from the information in the initial complaint.
“Not at all,” Herschel Walker replied. “And that’s what I hope everyone can see. It’s sort of like everyone is anonymous, or everyone is leaking, and they want you to confess to something you have no clue about.”
Herschel Walker says claims are politically motivated attacks
The 60-year-old then tried to spin the report as a politically-motivated attack from “desperate” Democrats, intent on maintaining control of the crucial Georgia Senate seat he’s currently vying for.
He added he was “energized” by the report, which portrays him as hypocritical, and remains undeterred in his quest for candidacy.
“They see me as a big threat, and I know that and I knew it when I got into this race. But they don’t realize that I think they came for the wrong one. They energized me,” Walker said. “They energized me, because I know how they really want to try to keep this seat.”
The woman in question called Herschel’s defense ridiculous and said she was “stunned” at his response, but also not totally shocked, adding he may have “really forget about it,” but “that says something (about him), too.”
“Sure, I was stunned, but I guess it also doesn’t shock me, that maybe there are just so many of us that he truly doesn’t remember,” she said. “But then again, if he really forgot about it, that says something, too.”
The Daily Beast reports that the woman is a registered Democrat who continued a years-long relationship with Herschel Walker even after the abortion.
She told the outlet that her main concerns with revealing her identity was that she is the mother to one of Walker’s children, and intended on protecting her family’s privacy while at the same time speaking her truth.