Giuliani's ex-wife says the former mayor often slept in late and smoked cigars in his bathrobe after ending his 2008 White House campaign: 'He just could not get over it'

• Giuliani lost the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, according to his ex-wife.

• She made the comments in an article that was published in the New York Times.

• Rudy Giuliani was a top White House contender, but his campaign fell apart.

Rudy Giuliani spent most of his time in bed and smoking cigars in his bathrobe after dropping out of the presidential race, according to his ex- wife.

The former New York City mayor supported a senator. Judith Giuliani said that she and her husband went to Florida to escape the cold weather in New York.

The failure of Giuliani's presidential campaign took a toll on his interactions with his family as he was the high-profile US Attorney for the southern district of New York. A critical figure in the president's first impeachment over strong-arming Ukraine for political dirt, Giuliani pushed baseless claims of widespread voter fraud after Trump's election loss.

Kirtzman in the New York Times wrote about a man who began to turn inward despite Rudy Giuliani and his wife staying in a well-off apartment complex in Palm Beach.

"He rarely left the apartment, spending his time sitting listlessly on his in-laws' living room couch, sleeping late in the bedroom or smoking cigars in his bathrobe on the terrace," the essay said.

According to Judith Giuliani, she was worried about her husband because he woke up only if she woke him.

According to the essay, Rudy Giuliani told Judith that she should leave him.

She told him that he had children who loved him, as well as his health, according to the essay.

She said that her husband couldn't get over it.

Rudy Giuliani launched his presidential campaign in February 2007, with many GOP watchers seeing him as a leading contender for the nomination.

He was seen as a candidate who could appeal to a broad segment of Republicans because he was the former mayor of New York who led the city after 9/11.

His campaign didn't take off in the early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Huckabee was the winner of the 2008 Iowa caucus. In the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries, John McCain was the winner.

Rudy Giuliani banked on a strong performance in the Florida primary to save his campaign, but he ended up in third place.

While the native New Yorker never launched another presidential campaign, he became an important player in Donald Trump's presidency as a onetime personal lawyer to the commander-in-chief.

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