Kinky NY Dem House candidate doubles down on explicit bondage ads he did as young man

A Long Island Democratic congressional hopeful has made it clear in a recent interview that he is not ashamed of his past bondage modelling photos uncovered by The Post last month.Chris Gallant, 37, the Democratic nominee running against Rep.Nick LaLota (R-NY) in the NY-01 district says he chose to pose for the racy photos almost 17 years ago because he was into it — not because he was manipulated — and he bragged that he though he looked great, he told The New York Times.

“I mean, all my friends know I’m kinky” as hell, he told the newspaper — “except he used a much spicier word than ‘hell,'” the Times noted.“I make Christian Grey look like amateur hour,” he quipped to the outlet, referencing the erotic billionaire entrepreneur in the bondage romance book and film series “50 Shades of Grey.”In an explosive report last month, The Post uncovered Gallant posed for photos for “Mr.S Leather,” a San Francisco-based purveyor of leather-daddy supplies, modelling collars, leather straps and bondage gear among other things.Other images of Gallant in Mr.

S Leather gear appear to have shown up on gay porn sites that do not appear to be affiliated with “Mr.S Leather.” The congress hopeful’s Los Angeles and New York-based attorney Sara Azari told The Post in September that Gallant’s limited understanding with “Mr.

S Leather” was “never intended to authorize unrestricted publication” by third parties.The images of Gallant are no longer featured on the stores’ site but are still accessible in internet archives, which show they were online between 2011 and 2020.“The photographs are authentic and were taken during a private, consensual photo session involving Chris and his then-partner, with whom he was in a committed four-year relationship,” Azari noted.“Chris was also friends with the owner of Mr.S Leather, and the shoot was intended to be fun and personal, with the understanding that Mr.

S could use select images in conn...