The woman who sprung to the defense of Rupert Murdoch during an attempted assault at a Parliamentary committee hearing was his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.A man with a pie covered in either whipped cream or shaving cream attacked News International head Rupert Murdoch Tuesday at a parliamentary hearing over the News of the World hacking scandal.
Murdoch's wife Wendi stood up and tried to block the attacker, and appeared to punch him defense of her husband.
TV host and former News of the World editor Piers Morgan tweeted:
Go Wendi....what a punch! #ChineseSuperpower and Wendi just stole all the headlines. That idiot protestor, allowed in by MPs, has single-handedly won the day's PR for the Murdochs.
A man has been apprehended by British police. Apparently, the man shouted the word greedy before he stood up and moved toward the News Corp. chairman.
Wendi, born in 1968 in China, met Murdoch in 1997 in Hong Kong. They married two years later, soon after he divorced Anna Maria Torv Murdoch.
It was also the second marriage for Wendi.
Wendi and Rupert have two children: Grace Helen Murdoch and Chloe Murdoch.
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng arrive at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 16, 2011.REUTERSNews Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch (L) and his wife Wendi Deng Murdoch arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film "The Tree of Life" by director Terrence Malick, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 16, 2011. Twenty films compete at the May 11 to 22 cinema showcase with an impressive roll call of major screen stars, revered "auteur" directors and relative newcomers.REUTERSNews Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng arrive at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 16, 2011.REUTERSA series of images from television show Wendi Deng (3rd L) lunging towards a man trying to attack her husband, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011.REUTERS/Parbul TV via ReutersA man (L) tries to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011.REUTERS/Parbul TV via ReutersRupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng (C) looks on as BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch and News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch (R) appear before a parliamentary committee on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011. Rupert Murdoch told the British parliament on Tuesday that giving evidence on the phone-hacking and corruption scandal that is engulfing his global media empire was "the most humble day of my life".REUTERS/Parbul TV via ReutersWendi Deng (2nd L) lunges towards a man trying to attack her husband, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011.Reuters
