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Kenneth Starr's Wife Diane Passage Not Waiting Around for Imprisoned Hubby

By DNAinfo staff
October 15, 2010 2:16pm | Updated October 15, 2010 2:16pm
Diane Passage, seen here running errands outside of her apartment last month, is living her life while her husband is in jail.
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By Jennifer Glickel

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Diane Passage, the wife of convicted Ponzi schemer Kenneth Starr, isn't putting her life on hold while her husband is in prison, according to the New York Post.

"He plays 20 questions with me from, 'What's your favorite color?' to, 'How many men have you hooked up with?'" she told the Post over dinner at MPD, a trendy downtown restaurant.

"I always tell him, none of your business. ... But if I did hook up with another guy I think it would be OK — he owes me, he's in jail."

Passage said she isn't planning on returning to her former profession as a stripper at Scores, but instead spends her time hanging out with Andrew Madoff's fiancée, Catherine Hopper, who lives in her building, she told Page Six.

"She's selling disaster insurance. I was thinking of getting it. It's helpful if your husband is a Ponzi schemer," Passage told the paper.

Passage's husband Kenneth Starr pleaded guilty last month to running a scam that was estimated to have earned him between $20 million and $50 million.

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