{"id":2367736,"date":"2026-04-10T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2367736"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:37:07","slug":"bryon-noem-allegedly-sent-text-about-leaving-wife-kristi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bryon-noem-allegedly-sent-text-about-leaving-wife-kristi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryon Noem Allegedly Sent Text About &#8216;Leaving&#8217; Wife Kristi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security <strong>Kristi Noem<\/strong>\u2018s husband, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/who-is-kristi-noems-husband-bryon-noem-what-to-know\/\"><strong>Bryon Noem<\/strong><\/a>, allegedly told a dominatrix that he was willing to leave his wife for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really liked a confident woman,\u201d Bryon\u2019s alleged dominatrix, <strong>Shy Sotomayor<\/strong>, told the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15710733\/kristi-noem-husband-bryon-audio-transition-bimbo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a> in an interview published on Friday, April 10. \u201cI don\u2019t embrace the airhead, ditzy personality that a lot of bimbos do. I expect to be worshipped, not degraded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late March, reports emerged that Bryon, 56, participated in online fetish forums while occasionally wearing pink hot pants and fake breasts. He allegedly paid $25,000 to chat with online models in the \u201cbimbofication\u201d scene, where models use silicone injections and surgical enhancements to look like dolls.<\/p>\n<p>OnlyFans model <strong>Nicole Raccagno<\/strong> subsequently claimed that Bryon offered to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/model-claims-bryon-noem-offered-to-pay-for-breast-surgery\/\">pay for her breast augmentation surgery<\/a> and told her he \u201cwould love to marry\u201d her. A spokesperson for Kristi reacted to the mounting allegations by saying the former Trump administration official was \u201cdevastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/andy-cohen-jokes-about-kristi-noems-husband-bryon-amid-scandal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/andy-cohen-jokes-about-kristi-noems-husband-bryon-amid-scandal\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Andy Cohen Makes &#8216;Tig-Bitted Married MAGA Bros&#8217; Joke Amid Bryon Noem Scandal<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBravo host Andy Cohen is entering the seemingly never-ending chat surrounding former secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem and her husband, Bryon Noem. \u201cWishing of all my tig-bitted married MAGA bro\u2019s a Happy Easter!\u201d Cohen, 57, wrote via Threads on Friday, April 3. The Watch What Happens Live host was seemingly referencing the scandal surrounding [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,\u201d a spokesperson told the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/31\/us-news\/kristi-noem-weighs-in-on-report-husband-bryon-lives-cross-dressing-double-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>celebrity.land<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> published alleged text messages and audio of Bryon\u2019s reported fetish sessions with Sotomayor \u2014 a dominatrix who goes by Raelynn Riley online. Per Sotomayor, the two originally connected online in 2016 and got back in touch late last year.<\/p>\n<p>After they reconnected in 2025, Bryon allegedly told Sotomayor that he could see them both \u201cleaving our spouses for each other\u201d and expressed other desires, allegedly asking to be called \u201cCrystal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dominatrix admitted she was stunned that Bryon chose a name that was so close to his wife\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just jaw to the floor, thrown for a loop that he wanted to be called that, so close to her name, when he could have gone with Stephanie or something,\u201d Sotomayor told the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4306281\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:75.428571428571%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4306281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kristi Noems Husband Bryon Noem Allegedly Told Dominatrix He Thought About Leaving Wife for Her 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kristi-Noems-Husband-Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Told-Dominatrix-He-Thought-About-Leaving-Wife-for-Her-1-e1775846382605.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kristi Noem and her husband, Bryon.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Instagram \/ Bryon Noem<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Bryon allegedly went by the alias \u201cJason Jackson\u201d in early interactions, Sotomayor said that she eventually discovered his true identity. In subsequent text messages, Sotomayor routinely insulted Kristi for her anti-immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no female compared to me. Especially your wife,\u201d Sotomayor insisted in one message, to which Bryon allegedly replied, \u201cTrue!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one stage, Sotomayor said that Bryon agreed to pay $20,000 to meet her in person, though she clarified that neither the payment nor the meeting ever actually came to pass. (She did allege that Bryon paid her $7,600 in November 2025 alone for her services.)<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor told the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> that she ultimately cut off communication with Bryon in March, three weeks after Kristi was fired by President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> as secretary of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed to set some boundaries and just take care of myself,\u201d she explained. \u201cI\u2019ve had moments when I\u2019m wondering how did this become my life? I just never thought I would be the mistress to ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/diane-warren-slams-puppy-killer-barbie-kristi-noem\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diane-Warren-Takes-Shots-at-Puppy-Killer-Barbie-Kristi-Noem-After-Homeland-Security-Firing.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Diane Warren Takes Shots at 'Puppy Killer Barbie' Kristi Noem After Homeland Security Firing\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Diane-Warren-Takes-Shots-at-Puppy-Killer-Barbie-Kristi-Noem-After-Homeland-Security-Firing.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/diane-warren-slams-puppy-killer-barbie-kristi-noem\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Diane Warren Takes Shots at &#8216;Puppy Killer Barbie&#8217; Kristi Noem After Firing<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tDiane Warren has no love lost for Kristi Noem after news broke that President Donald Trump is replacing her as the Secretary of Homeland Security. \u201cBye bitch,\u201d Warren, 69, wrote via X on Thursday, March 5. Hours after sharing her cryptic post, the songwriter provided some context for her previous message. \u201cTo clarify, the bye [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to the Noems for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>While President Trump has not responded to these latest allegations, he did react to initial reports that Bryon was allegedly involved in festish communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that\u2019s the case, that\u2019s too bad,\u201d he told the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> on March 31. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen anything. I don\u2019t know anything about it. That\u2019s too bad, but I just know nothing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Noems are the parents of three children: daughters Kassidy and Kennedy and son Booker. They tied the knot in Watertown, South Dakota, in 1992.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem\u2018s husband, Bryon Noem, allegedly told a dominatrix that he was willing to leave his wife for her. \u201cHe really liked a confident woman,\u201d Bryon\u2019s alleged dominatrix, Shy Sotomayor, told the Daily Mail in an interview published on Friday, April 10. \u201cI don\u2019t embrace the airhead, ditzy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,22048,30252],"class_list":["post-2367736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-politics","tag-scandals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bryon-Noem-Allegedly-Sent-Text-About-Leaving-Wife-Kristi.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367738,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367736\/revisions\/2367738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}