In an advance copy of the Philadelphia magazine article obtained by The Associated Press, the governor and the former beauty queen who works for him say in interviews that they are not romantically involved.

Forty-year-old Kirstin Snow says she's surprised that it took months for the whispers to develop into full-fledged rumors. She says she worries about the gossip hurting the governor's wife, Midge Rendell, and insists that the two have a purely professional relationship.

Rendell tells the magazine that he's never said he's perfect, but he doesn't have extramarital affairs.

The magazine hits newsstands Friday.

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