Susan Estrich reports that Arianna Huffington’s kids have moved in with their father, out of disgust at her insincere run for the governor’s office. When parents are divorced, kids move all the time, but for the Waffle Queen, this is a serious thing, threatening to interrupt her sole source of income, the massive child support order, estimated between $250,000 and $1,000,000, that covers her massive expenses:
In Huffington’s case, of course, it may be a bit more complicated than that, financially speaking, since it’s slightly more difficult to live off your children’s child support when your children aren’t living with you. But don’t bet against her. This is, after all, the woman who runs against oil interests and lives in a mansion financed by oil money, rails against pigs at the trough and pays no taxes, runs as an independent and supports a guru. She’s even got a documentary crew following her for the campaign. I wonder if they filmed the children moving out.
If the kids stay with dad, he can take her to court for child support himself, although under California’s wacky system a custodial parent has to pay the non-custodial parent if he has income and she doesn’t. But still, he should be able to get a reduction, which might help her become an honest woman who works for a living and pays her taxes instead of living off the kids.
Link via Matt Welch, Arianna’s worst nightmare.