Here's the tale of the tape. Oops. I mean the tale of the digital recording.

How many times did Gov. Robert Bentley say I love you in 45 minutes of recorded conversations with political advisor Rebekah Caldwell Mason?

14

"Well, I love you, I do. And ah, you know I just -- I worry sometimes I love so you much. I worry about loving you so much."

He used the word "love" another seven times, in reference to things he loved about Mason, or things he loved to do.

Bentley calls her "baby" 12 times and "sweetheart" twice. He talks of kissing four times, including a "left ear," a "sweet ear" and a "plain old ear."

"Let me kiss your ear. Oh shoot. Let me kiss that left ear, OK? Can I whisper something in that sweet ear?"

Bentley mentions her breasts one time.

Oh, that's the same number of times he mentioned his wife, Dianne.

Gov. Bentley apologized this week for the things he said on the recordings, saying they were a mistake. He denied he had a sexual relationship with Mason. The recordings were spread across the state and country and became part of the national conversation.

Hear as yet unheard portions of the recording above and previously released excerpts below.