“That’s too bad.”

Donald Trump reacts to report that Kristi Noem’s husband cross-dressed, spent $25K on fetish sites

"That's too bad."

By Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman is a news writer for with previous work in MUBI Notebook, Slant, and the LA Review of Books.

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March 31, 2026 10:35 p.m. ET

Donald Trump and Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C. in 2025. Credit:

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Donald Trump has weighed in on a bombshell report alleging detailing shocking behavior on the part of Bryon Noem, the husband of his recently fired Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem.

*The Daily Mail** *published the exposé on Bryon on Tuesday. It contains several images of the insurance agent dressed in women's clothes, posing for the camera with cartoonishly large objects stuffed under his shirt to resemble breasts. Bryon's face is clearly visible in three of them.

The outlet cited "hundreds of messages" to allege that Bryon was an active participant in a so-called "bimbofication" community online, where individuals modify their appearances to resemble brainless dolls. Bryon also made several alleged off-color remarks about Noem, and paid out thousands of dollars to his online acquaintances.

When reached for comment by *The Daily Mail*, Trump offered both a non reaction and his general condolences. "They confirmed it? Wow, well, I feel badly for the family if that's the case, that's too bad," he told the outlet over the phone. "I haven't seen anything... I don't know anything about it. That's too bad, but I just know nothing about it."

Kristi Noem and Bryon Noem in Sioux Falls, S.D., in 2020.

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EW has reached out to representatives for Bryon Noem, the White House, and the State Department, which oversees Kristi's new role as a special envoy to the Shield of the Americas.

In the wake of the scandalous report, a spokesperson for Kristi told *New York Post** *that the former Trump appointee "is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time."

Kristi and Byron were married in 1992 after meeting in high school. They share three children — Kassidy, 31, Kennedy, 29, and Booker, 23. When reached by the *Mail*, Bryon reportedly did not comment on the photos or allegations of explicit messages, but did respond to the charge that he made disparaging remarks about Kristi that could be compromising on the national security front.

"Yeah, I made no comments like that, that would lead to that," he told the outlet. "I deny the second part of that."

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Among those alleged explicit messages traded with adult performers and other members of online fetish communities, Bryon voiced his enthusiasm for "huge, huge ridiculous boobs," *The Daily Mail *found.

The conversations conducted over text and the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp allegedly show a volume of payment requests that Bryon was fulfilling. He paid out at least $25,000 to his associates via Cash App and PayPal, the report claimed.

Trump announced Noem's reassignment in a post to his Truth Social platform on March 5. He congratulated newly elected Oklahoman senator Markwayne Mullin's ascension to the head of DHS, while saying Noem, "who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere."

The first major shake-up to the Trump 2.0 cabinet came amid cascading scandal around Noem's tenure at DHS, including allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a top aide, which she denied, a report finding that Noem had been directing DHS funds to close associates, and Noem's aggressive conduct in Congress when pressed about controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployments.

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