Wife: Herman Cain 'totally respects' women

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential candidate Herman Cain's wife defended him against allegations of sexual harassment, saying he "totally respects women."

"To hear such graphic allegations and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman and I know that's not the person he is," Gloria Cain says in a partial transcript of an interview that airs Monday on Fox News' "On the Record."

"He totally respects women," she said.

Gloria Cain, married for 43 years to the former chief executive officer of Godfather's Pizza, has been out of the public eye during much of her husband's bid to be the party's presidential nominee, The Washington Post said. Her last public appearance was in May when her husband announced his candidacy.

"I'm thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said," Gloria Cain said.

During the last two weeks, Herman Cain has denied allegations he sexually harassed four women when he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. In his denials, he often spoke of his wife, saying that she is "200 percent" supportive of him and "200 percent" still his wife.

The couple's two children also were interviewed for the Fox News show, and said they are "immune" to the controversy at this point, the Post reported.