Kristi Noem expressed shock following the Daily Mail’s report on Tuesday that her husband, Bryon, has a penchant for cross-dressing. However, just like Kristi’s rumored affair, Bryon’s interests were no secret among those in political circles.

The report detailed how 56-year-old Bryon Noem, husband of the former Secretary of Homeland Security, had shared provocative photos with online fetish models. These images showed him with balloons under women’s clothing, mimicking exaggerated feminine features.

A spokesperson for Kristi, aged 54, stated that she was ‘devastated’ and that the revelations had caught her family ‘off guard’ when the publication released images and details about Bryon’s involvement in the ‘bimbofication’ subculture.

“They ask for privacy and prayers at this time,” the spokesperson said on Tuesday, without disputing the claims made in the article.

Despite this, the Daily Mail can now report that even staunch MAGA supporters were aware of Bryon’s interests, and whispers of his behavior had circulated within the White House for months.

“I had heard rumors about Bryon dressing in women’s clothes, but this level of recklessness is surprising,” one administration official remarked. “This certainly wasn’t on my radar.”

It is also understood that what Noem’s husband did behind closed doors never came under scrutiny from the President’s top advisers or even the FBI. 

‘They look into who you are married to, but there are not any questions about whether your husband has any secret fetishes,’ the official said. ‘They’re not digging through online chatrooms to get dirt on a secretary’s husband. That could get sticky.’

But that didn’t stop people inside the administration from talking.

The Daily Mail revealed that Kristi Noem’s husband Bryon is a secret cross-dresser who exchanges photos of himself online wearing giant fake breasts 

The former secretary of homeland security claimed she was ‘blindsided’ by her husband’s sexual fetishes but insiders say she knew 

Multiple Trump insiders say that senior White House officials in the President’s orbit openly speculated about Bryon’s sex life

‘I have been hearing he was a cross-dresser since last year and that she was telling people about it – we assumed to justify her affair,’ a senior Department Homeland Security official said, referring to Kristi’s alleged relationship with her longtime chief aide Corey Lewandowski, who is also married. She has denied the affair.

There was no indication Bryon’s online sexual interactions came up during Kristi’s vetting process for the DHS role back in early 2025. However, administration officials and outside experts say this information almost certainly would have disqualified her from consideration had it been discovered.

‘They’re supposed to be looking for information that could, at the very least, embarrass the White House,’ said Kel McClanahan, executive director of National Security Counselors.

‘If they had gotten wind of this, I guarantee she would have been blacklisted.’

After all, Bryon’s scandalous activity could have left Kristi open to blackmail by foreign entities, top administration insiders acknowledge.

‘I can vouch for the blackmail claim,’ one senior DHS official said. ‘This would have been a disqualification for national security eligibility for anyone else whose spouse was hiding this.’

Trump fired Kristi in early March as the Secretary of Homeland Security following bipartisan backlash over her agency’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics and scrutiny of a controversial $220 million advertising campaign that wasn’t approved by the President. 

Bryon appears to have stuffed two balloons inside his shirt to resemble breasts – positioning the knots to mimic nipples

The photos obtained by the Daily Mail suggest Mr Noem is so infatuated with the bimbo aesthetic he’s tried to replicate it himself

But before that, the Noems’ strange love life was the stuff of office gossip in the White House – and not a national security consideration.

‘It’s very hard for secrets to stay secret in DC,’ a senior Trump insider told the Daily Mail.

Multiple Trump insiders say that senior White House officials in the President’s orbit openly speculated that Bryon was either gay or had a ‘cuck fetish’.

‘I think everyone assumed it was not a normal marriage. He was either cool with her being b***ed by someone else, or he wasn’t into women,’ one source said. The Daily Mail has no evidence that either claim is true.

Other MAGA-world insiders say Kristi herself told some close to her that she believed her husband had sexual issues.

Some of Kristi’s campaign donors also freely discussed how they believed her husband was gay, dating back to her time as governor of South Dakota, and described how their marriage as widely viewed in those circles as ‘fake.’

One source who has known Kristi for years and hunted with her in South Dakota recalled speaking with the politician’s close friends about her marriage after news first surfaced that she was traveling around with Lewandowski.

‘I was like, what? That’s so humiliating to her husband,’ the source told the Daily Mail. 

Kristi and GOP operative Corey Lewandowski have long been rumored to have a romantic relationship despite both being married, which she has denied

‘This was years ago,’ the source continued. ‘As a married man, I can’t imagine anything more humiliating than my wife’s boyfriend being in the Daily Mail. And so [a mutual friend] was like, “Yeah, they’ve got an arrangement.” It was widely known.’

‘We knew Kristi and Bryon had a full breakdown in sexual relations,’ the source added. ‘He’s interested in other stuff. I didn’t know he had fake breasts.’

‘The whole thing is fully a freak show,’ the source said, reacting to Tuesday’s bombshell.

Our sources added that it remains unclear what Bryon’s sexuality is or if any perceptions about him were used by Kristi behind-the-scenes to justify her relationship with Lewandowski.

‘Who knows if he’s gay or he’s just got weird sexual fetishes,’ a White House insider noted. ‘But if people believed he was gay, it would be easier to understand why she was in a serious relationship with Lewandowski.

‘Everyone knew he had problems, especially her. It’s not a secret at all.’

The Daily Mail has contacted the White House for comment. 

When contacting Kristi, Lewandowski replied on her behalf, resharing her previous statement asking for ‘prayers’. 

Sources have exclusively revealed that Lewandowski is now personally managing the PR crisis for Kristi. When pressed for further comment, he responded: ‘I have nothing to do with this so, I’ll pass.’