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Do we really need to see Magyar or Orbán have sex?

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Politics and sex scandals have always been uneasy bedfellows.

So when Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar said Fidesz may be in possession of a sex tape of him, I wasn’t particularly shocked.

He said it may have been AI-generated, and that they tried to blackmail him with it.

Although it’s not been released and may not even exist (otherwise surely they would have released it already!?), as the election draws near there’s every chance Fidesz would try every last dirty trick to embarrass him and stop his run.

After all, Fidesz is totally panicked because nothing they do seems to work to reverse Tisza’s lead in the polls. If things don’t change, they might go nuclear.

It’s not like there haven’t been sex scandals in Hungarian politics before. Let’s take a look under the sheets, shall we?

  • Zsolt Borkai, the married Fidesz mayor of Győr, was filmed mid-orgy aboard a yacht in the Adriatic Sea. You can Google it. It’s as gross as it is easy to find.
  • Gergő Bese, a Fidesz-aligned Catholic priest, was dismissed after admitting to taking part in gay orgies and allegedly having long-term relationships with men. He was apparently spotted in gay porn videos due to his distinct bracelets.
  • Former Fidesz European Parliament representative József Szájer was caught at a gay sex party in Brussels. His attempt to flee memorably involved climbing down a drainpipe. It was hugely scandalous because Szájer was instrumental in crafting Fidesz’s anti-LGBTQ+ stance.

 

The Fidesz side clearly has something for orgies, but there’s gossip around the Left as well:

  • Ferenc Gyurcsány, the former Hungarian Prime Minister, was rumoured to have “cheated” on his wife, the prominent DK politician Klára Dobrev. Although it’s not been confirmed, if I saw my husband in flirty pictures like these we would be having words over our goulash.

So, could there be a Péter Magyar sex tape?

It’s perfectly conceivable that there is. But would it matter? If it’s with a hot chick, it could even give him a boost in the polls. After all, a lot of women think Magyar is fit, and a lot of men would love to live vicariously through him.

The impact would all depend on who he’s with, what he’s doing, when it happened, and how flattering the visuals are.

There’s a world in which it helps him a little, and a world in which it damages him a lot.

Is there an Orbán sex scandal?

God, I hope not! I would sincerely like to get through this election campaign without seeing Orbán’s big tummy and teeny weenie (speculative).

What has me wondering, however, is the hugely famous Majka rap song Csurran, Cseppen, which came out earlier this year and currently has 27 million views.

The song details Orbán’s corruption and inadvertently became Tisza’s unofficial campaign anthem. 

The lyrics are filled with legit historical references and so what stood out to me is one particular line where Majka (who is well connected) raps about what Orbán did with all the stolen money, he writes:

“Vettem órát, táskát, őserdőt
Meg egy jó mélytorkú titkárnőt!”

Which translates to:

“I bought a watch, a bag, a forest
And a talented deep-throated secretary!”

Hmmm… Surely it’s not just one fake line amid a sea of accurate historical references?

Given Orbán is married and his core platform is traditional Christian values, if this secretary thing were true… and there’s footage… or someone willing to sit for a tell-all, it would probably ruin him.

God knows, no one wants to see Orbán nude but, equally, who would be all that floored by news of a powerful politician having an affair with a staffer?

Will this election campaign turn nuclear?

In this election campaign, where it feels like everyone’s bringing a machine gun to every little knife fight, I wouldn’t be shocked if either side tried to kick below the belt.

No doubt both sides have dirt on each other that they are waiting to drop at the most opportune time.

But perhaps there’s an element of nuclear deterrence at play as well. Both sides know the other has bombs to drop so they’ll hold back on the most embarrassing materials to prevent their own side’s embarrassment in return.

In any case, please, let us get through to Election Day with everyone’s dignity intact. Haven’t Hungarians been through enough?

(Note: At publication, there is no hard evidence whatsoever of sex tapes or sex scandals relating to either Péter Magyar or Viktor Orbán.)

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