Tabloid: Miss California Shocker: Mom’s Gay Affair
May 20, 2009 24 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Beauty queen Carrie Prejean has become the poster girl for opponents of gay marriage. But in a shocking exclusive, Star has learned that the reigning Miss California USA’s own mother, Francine Coppola, was entangled in a steamy lesbian love affair right up until the night Carrie placed second in the Miss USA contest!
During the April 19 pageant, Carrie told the judges and a TV audience of millions, “You know what… in my country, in my family, I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there.”
That statement didn’t sit so well with her mom’s new girlfriend. Openly gay sales rep Valerie Vetrano tells Star exclusively, “Yes, Francine and I dated.”
However, the affair was doomed, says a source. “Francine explained how she was a Christian and that her loved ones would never accept her if she were gay,” the friend says. When Valerie asked her what would happen if she told her daughter Carrie about the two of them, Francine responded, “Carrie would never believe it!â€
According to the friend, Francine’s family knew nothing of her affair, although during her 1996 divorce from Carrie’s father, Wil Prejean, both parties made gay allegations against the other.
Adds the friend, “Valerie feels that if Francine had just been open about her sexuality with her family, Carrie would have a better understanding of what gay people have to go through. They just want equal rights.â€
