Report: '60 Minutes' correspondent Steve Kroft had wild 3-year affair

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Report: Steve Kroft had wild affair

CBS’ Steve Kroft reportedly had a raunchy affair

Here’s a story you won’t see on “60 Minutes:”

Veteran TV-news correspondent Steve Kroft enjoyed a string of hotel hookups with a sexy New York City lawyer, getting his kink on with the aid of Viagra and racy text messages, according to a new report from the National Enquirer, which hits newsstands Wednesday.

The married CBS newsman — who once famously confronted Bill Clinton over the then-Arkansas governor’s rumored womanizing — convinced Harvard-educated Lisan Goines that he was trapped in a sexless marriage with his wife, author and fellow journalist Jennet Conant, the Enquirer reports.

The pair then launched into a three-year affair — the details of which would never get past the censors on Kroft’s own award-winning show.

In response to the report, Kroft insisted his dalliance did not reflect on his job.

"This was a personal failure, not a professional one, and had no impact whatsoever on my job as a journalist, he said.

Click here for the graphic details from the New York Post.

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