Exclusive | Why Bruce Blakeman once got roasted by ex-wifes husband Paul McCartney

They can work it out!Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman was once “teased” by his ex-wife’s husband Paul McCartney — who roasted him for turning down his repeated invites, he told The Post. The legendary Beatle, who is now married to Blakeman’s ex-wife, Nancy Shevell, playfully razzed Nassau County Executive Blakeman for not coming to his concerts, he said.“Paul then performed at the Nassau Coliseum.He invited me to come and said, ‘You have no excuse,'” Blakeman said of the easy-to-get-to venue.“I went to the show.

I was a fan before he met Nancy.”Blakeman, who said scheduling conflicts kept him from taking McCartney up on his invites, is on good terms with the 84-year-old rock icon, who married his ex in 2011.“Paul is a very nice guy who is a good stepfather to my son, Arlen,” Blakeman, 71, said.Blakeman has said that he and McCartney — who is famously left-leaning in his political beliefs —  simply don’t talk politics.McCartney is a climate change activist and critic of President Trump, while Blakeman is a Trump supporter and was endorsed by the president, who called him “100% MAGA.”The longtime public servant and Long Island native is running to unseat incumbent Democrat Gov.Kathy Hochul in the Nov.

3 election, where she is seeking a second, four-year term.Blakeman met Shevell when he was attending Arizona State University before he went to law school and later returned to New York.“I was introduced by a friend to this very good-looking girl from New Jersey.We hit it off and we stayed together,” he recalled.The couple stayed together for 23 years and divorced amicably in 2009.

Shevell later married McCartney.Blakeman has said “Obla-Di Obla-Da” is his favorite Beatles tune.About a decade ago, he met Segal Magori, now a Nassau County Family Court judge, at a political event, and they hit it off immediately.Early in their relationship, Blakeman took Segal — who is Jewish, like him — to Israel as ...