Sloan Simpson, a lieutenant-colonel in the U.S. Army, served with President Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War.

[7] The 25-minute talk show, which aired on weekday evenings at 9:05 pm, discussed fashion, current events, and celebrity gossip.

Simpson then served as a correspondent for Women's Wear Daily, a fashion magazine, and she worked as a tour representative for Braniff International Airways.

O'Dwyer's aids received 250 telegrams of congratulation on the couple's wedding day, including one from his friend, President Harry Truman.

Sent from Air Force One, Truman's telegram read, "Hearty greetings to you and to the woman of your choice and best wishes for long years of happiness.

"[17] Following his 1949 re-election, O'Dwyer was confronted with a police corruption scandal uncovered by Kings County District Attorney Miles McDonald.

O'Dwyer resigned, and was given a ticker tape parade along Broadway's Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan, and the couple relocated to Acapulco, returning, briefly, in 1951, to appear before the Kefauver Committee.

Following her divorce from O'Dwyer, Simpson had a well-publicized affair with Mario Rivas, the married owner of hotels in Mexico City and Acapulco, which was then publicized by True Magazine.