George Santos plans to name his unborn children Donald and Marjorie after prison stint

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former Republican Congressman George Santos has made yet another headline-grabbing promise after he decided to name his future children after President Donald Trump and Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, following what he described as a life-changing and “dark” prison ordeal.

In a new interview with New York Magazine published in early October, Santos, 37, said he plans to honor those who saved him after Trump commuted his seven-year fraud sentence last week.

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Santos told NY Mag that his time behind bars left lasting emotional scars. Roughly a month into his sentence, he was placed in protective custody, allowing him just one 15-minute call every 30 days and cutting off his email access.

“I was denied my ADHD meds and only given antidepressants,” Santos said, describing how isolation pushed him toward suicidal thoughts. “Prison is not somewhere anybody wants to go.”

George Santos plans to ‘honor’ Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene through baby names

Santos credited his husband, Matt Gerard, whom he met on Grindr in 2021, and Greene for lobbying tirelessly for his release.

Gerard personally contacted House Speaker Mike Johnson, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and Greene. Greene's staff were in regular contact with Santos and Gerard, NYMag reports, and the couple was quick to thank the Republican for her help. 

“Call Marjorie now,” Gerard reportedly told Santos the moment he was freed.

Santos said his first child will be named “Donald” after Trump, and his second “Marjorie” after Greene. “Other Republicans who vouched for me might get name shout-outs too,” he joked, adding, “I’ll probably have to double up names because I don’t want to have 12, 15 kids.”

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Now free, Santos is plotting his next act, a memoir and a stint on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’

“Sean Spicer had a good time, and Anna Delvey did it in an ankle monitor. Why can’t I do it?” he quipped.

Santos concluded with a rare note of reflection: “The largest lesson I’ve learned in my life is to always keep it above board. Don’t play loose and fast and keep it 100 percent honest."

George Santos's sentence

Santos was sentenced earlier this year to seven years in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and theft of public funds - crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress in December 2023, just months after he took office.

However, after serving just 84 days of his sentence, Trump announced a surprise commutation on Truth Social, calling Santos’s punishment “horribly unfair.”

“George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated,” Trump wrote. “Therefore, I just signed a commutation releasing George Santos from prison immediately. Good luck, George, have a great life!”