California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested his ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle, became the right-wing figure she is today because she fell prey to the culture at Fox News .

Newsom was asked about his first marriage during a recent interview on CNNs The Axe Files podcast with David Axelrod.

She was a different person, Newsom said of the Guilfoyle he was married to from 2001 to 2006. Guilfoyle was working as a prosecutor in San Francisco when they tied the knot.

Newsom suggested Guilfoyles ambition and pride influenced how she responded to the environment at Fox News, where she worked from 2006 to 2018.

Shes whip smart, and she fell prey, I think, to the culture at Fox in a deep way, he said. She would disagree with that assessment. Shed perhaps suggest she found the light.