Chris Gallant BDSM Photos

NY House Candidate Chris Gallant My BDSM Past Doesn't Make Me Unfit For Congress

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Published October 7, 2026 12:29 PM PDT

IM NOT HIDING

Video: Chris Gallant Shrugs Off BDSM Photo Controversy ... It Has Nothing to Do With Congress

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A Democrat running for Congress on Long Island isn't backing down over his BDSM past ... saying the kinky photos have zero bearing on his ability to serve.

House candidate Chris Gallant joined "TMZ Live" Wednesday and addressed the photos that surfaced last month showing him modeling for San Francisco fetish brand Mr. S Leather.

Gallant says the shoot happened about 15 years ago with his then-partner and was completely consensual ... and he later asked the company to take the photos down.

NY Dem. Congressional Candidate I Make Christian Grey Look Like Amateur Hour!!!

By TMZ Staff

Published October 7, 2026 8:25 AM PDT | Updated October 7, 2026 12:22 PM PDT

New York congressional candidate Chris Gallant isn't exactly running from his kinky past ... in fact, he's leaning all the way in after photos blew the lid off his BDSM secret.

Gallant -- the Democrat running against Republican Rep. Nick LaLota on Long Island -- is speaking out after The New York Post revealed last month he'd appeared in explicit promotional photos for San Francisco fetish brand Mr. S Leather.

His reaction? I'm sexy and I know it!!!

In a new interview with The New York Times, Gallant says his friends have always known he's "kinky as hell" ... adding, "I make Christian Grey look like amateur hour."