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How TMZ Got the Shot of the Week!

The mayor of Los Angeles isn't the biggest star in Hollywood, but being embroiled in a politically fueled adultery scandal with a TV reporter helps boost your TMZ cred -- big time! Say cheesy!
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hasn't been filmed with his "other woman," suspended Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas, until Ivan, a TMZ staffer, encountered the tabloid twosome at a San Fernando Valley mall -- and got the video on his cell phone! Ya nevah know what you'll find at the mall!

Check out how it all went down ... behind the scenes at TMZ in our morning meeting.

Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, AntonioVillaraigosa, Mirthala Salinas, MirthalaSalinas

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1. The mayor is classless. He made a fool out of himself by humiliating his wife. And, I presume he is a legal citizen.... too bad. We'd like to send him somewhere .. anywhere .. as for his chickie poo... well, go figure how she gets her stories... her history is well known now ... this is not the first time .. nor the last. Ugh... that guy is a freak!!

Posted at 3:51AM on Aug 11th 2007 by VAL

2. NEWS FLASH MR MAYOR
YOU JUST KISSED YOUR PROMISING POLITICAL CAREER AWAY OVER A PIECE OF ASS

SHAME OF YOU FOR FOOLING THE VOTING PUBLIC BY TOTING YOUR WIFE AROUND FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK YOU HAD FAMILY VALUES . KEY WORD HAD ** YOU NEVER DID , YOU NEVER WILL .

HOPE THAT ASS WAS WORTH IT ! LOL

I SEE YOU WORKING HARD FOR THE PEOPLE BY SHOPPING DURING WORK HOURS .,.,,.YOU ARE SO FIRED AS DONALD WOULD SAY .,.,

Posted at 4:00AM on Aug 11th 2007 by SICK OF THIS LOSER

3. Mr Major, Arent you suspose to be married, and the lady wasn't she fired from a Puerto Rican tv station for being with you?? shame shame..cant wait till LA COMAY hears about this..QUE BOCHINCHE

Posted at 4:09AM on Aug 11th 2007 by ay virgen

4. Where is the outrage? Are Los Angeles taxpayers so brain dead that no one is booting this devil out of the mayoral office?

Thanks for exposing Antonio Villar and Mirthala Salinas. Good job, Ivan @TMZ.com!

Posted at 4:13AM on Aug 11th 2007 by Gail Stella

5. Time for a new mayor. Seriously. Some family values Antonio Villaraigosa has. Sickening....

Posted at 4:13AM on Aug 11th 2007 by Kristina

6. Walking around in public with the "other women" is bad enough -- but shopping in THE VALLEY! Now THAT'S CHEEZY!

Posted at 4:13AM on Aug 11th 2007 by victoria's secret

7. #1. Yanno it ticks me off about the Major and his shamless affair. But it ticks ME off more when a IGNORANT person like yourself has to make this RACISIT..First off..PUERTO RICANS ARE AMERICANS. in case you didnt know , for the next time your ask one if he is legal. Now are you legal.??

Posted at 4:15AM on Aug 11th 2007 by ay virgen

8. IS EVERYBODY IN L.A. NUTS?

Posted at 5:47AM on Aug 11th 2007 by RACHEL! THE ONE AND ONLY.

9. tmz calling this guy the king of sleazy cheesey! Now THATS news! and somebody get virgen ( yeah right) something to untwist his panties...nothing I see is racist....I think thats what he is TRYING to spell....about this whole thing....and you better study up about that one smarty panties....

Posted at 11:20AM on Aug 11th 2007 by simon birch

10. Apparently the Mayor isn't trying to hide this affair otherwise he'd be hidden away in a hotel, NOT walking out in the open, IN A MALL......
While he's having an affair and totally disrespecting his wife, I'm betting that it won't cost him his political career. In fact he'll probably not only be re-elected, but one day he'll win the race for Govenor and the go on to one day be the President. Don't say it can't happen, it's happened before......and not only that but, his wife will probably forgive him and then one day she'll run for office and probably win.
That's just how truly backward we've become.

Posted at 6:25AM on Aug 11th 2007 by KizthatU

11. #7 You are so right!! When I was reading through I thought what a racist nasty thing to say.
Good for you and well said.

Posted at 6:39AM on Aug 11th 2007 by JD

12. The mayor will continue to be mayor; however, his chances of being Gov or beyond is ZILCH. The issue is he lacks good judgement and trust which is badly needed in these times. Unfortunately, the slime will not wash off easily and to many, he's the poster boy of bad politics

Posted at 7:22AM on Aug 11th 2007 by TBA

13. Lust ruins many promising careers. People can get help if they want it. The first step is "wanting it". I think many people enjoy their lust but keep it wraps, the ones that don't need help. This is a mental disorder when a person will give up everything for the sake of acting out on their lust. It's a terrible illness. I empathize for people who suffer from it.

Posted at 7:55AM on Aug 11th 2007 by dungal1

14. to the guy who took the footage... no need to call her a "ho".... she is in love. You're such a jerk.

Posted at 1:09PM on Aug 11th 2007 by Appletarte

15. Ya know, at first I thought that the only thing Pap's did was stick their camera's into celebrity's faces. But ya know, if the pap's started following the politicians with camera's 24/7 maybe, just maybe, we would have HONEST politicians. That would be a good thing!

Posted at 8:16AM on Aug 11th 2007 by zeldacanuck

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