REPORT: Kristi Noem’s Husband Allegedly Maintained Secret Cross-Dressing Persona

Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s husband, Byron Noem, allegedly engaged in private chats with online fetish models while donning a secret cross-dressing persona, according to a Tuesday report.

Byron allegedly engaged with three women who participate in “bimbofication,” a fetish where porn actors attempt to resemble Barbie dolls and inject mass amounts of saline into their breasts, according to the Daily Mail, which claimed it analyzed “hundreds of messages.”

Byron allegedly lusted over their “huge, huge ridiculous boobs” and made comments about his marriage to Kristi Noem, according to the Daily Mail. He was repeatedly asked for money and allegedly sent $25,000 to his secret list of internet acquaintances through Cash App and PayPal. When the payments were delayed or did not go through, the chats grew irritated, the outlet reported.

Byron allegedly shared a selfie with one of the women showing himself wearing a flesh-colored crop-top and pink shorts, according to a picture obtained by the outlet. He placed balloons underneath the top to simulate the appearance of breasts and oriented the knots to mimic nipples, the Daily Mail reported.

In another image, he is wearing tight leggings and a white top covering large fake breasts, the outlet reported. His face, clearly visible, makes a pouting expression at the camera.

The Daily Mail contacted Byron in a phone call, claiming he did not deny conducting explicit conversations or sending cross-dressing pictures.

The outlet also asked him about the comments he allegedly made about his wife and the potential for blackmail.

“Yeah, I made no comments like that, that would lead to that,” he said. “I deny the second part of that.”

Secret double life of Kristi Noem’s crossdressing husband Bryon: The pouting ‘busty bimbo’ photos and trove of explicit messages https://t.co/4GvCcfPK9j

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Byron’s online behavior could have left his wife, who oversaw DHS until her dismissal on March 5, vulnerable to blackmail, national security experts told the outlet.

“Damaging information like this can be a tantalizing lead for a hostile intelligence service,” Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) veteran of 26 years Marc Polymeropoulos said.

“They approach the person and say, if you work with us we won’t expose this, and if you don’t, we will. That’s espionage 101,” he told the Daily Mail.

Kristi Noem’s representatives issued a statement to the Daily Mail and the New York Post.

“Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,” a spokesperson told the outlets.

One of the models who allegedly communicated with Byron said that his fetish was “3000cc-plus boobs,” a reference to XXL breast implants, according to the Daily Mail.

“It’s called bimbofication. People who modify their body to look like a doll. The Barbie look,” she told the outlet.

Byron allegedly contacted one model through a pseudonym, “Jason Jackson,” and would share everything from small talk to explicit conversations about her breasts, the Daily Mail reported.

“How are your boobs?” Byron allegedly asked her. “Would you ever go bigger?”

The model alleged that Byron admitted to having a family.

“He’d say, ‘I love my wife, I want to get better.’ Then he’d disappear, come back, and start again,” the woman told the Daily Mail.

A second woman who Byron allegedly conversed with found out his true identity and asked him about accusations that his wife was having an affair with Corey Lewandowski. Kristi Noem has denied the allegations.

“I asked him about it and his response was, ‘I know. There’s nothing I can do about it’,” the second woman told the outlet.