Awkward!

A Former Alabama gubernatorial candidate (and alleged member of MENSA) was found in New Zealand recently, giving out sperm to lesbian couples under an assumed name. Reports the New Zealand Herald:

In his political life, Johnson campaigned on a conservative Christian platform which opposed gay marriage.

He said he did not know the "relationship status" of the women he donated to: "I just know they want to have children." Asked if it mattered, he said: "I'm not going to answer that question."

Johnson had been in New Zeland doing post-hurricane humanitarian work, while his wife, Kathy, a former Ms. Alabama remained in America. Johnson placed fifth among seven Republican candidates in a 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary in 2010.

According to Johnson he had discussed becoming a sperm-donor with his wife, but he had not yet informed her that three women in New Zealand were now pregnant with his biological children.

It made for an awkward scene when the Herald ambushed him at dinner.

The Herald on Sunday approached Johnson on Thursday at a restaurant in Christchurch where he had just finished dining with one of the women he had successfully impregnated.

He said the urge to become a biological father was "a need that I have".

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Asked if his wife knew he was donating sperm, he said: "She does now."

So, take comfort reader, you're not the only one having awkward dinner conversation this holiday season.