Mr. Weiner, in a news conference at a Brooklyn soup kitchen, said that in total, he had traded lewd messages with six to 10 women, including during the time he was a United States representative. But, he added, “I can't tell you absolutely what someone else is going to consider inappropriate or not."
The remarks were his most detailed yet on his actions in the months after he resigned from office in June 2011. Mr. Weiner had left many voters with the impression that his lewd behavior had ceased after his resignation, but after another episode became public on Tuesday, he acknowledged that his habit of sending messages to young women he met online had continued.
Mr. Weiner said he was still seeking professional help for his online behavior, which he did not believe was an addiction.
Mr. Weiner’s campaign appeared to be under siege on Thursday after another report by the blog that on Tuesday revealed his post-resignation relationship with a young woman from Indiana. The blog, called The Dirty, posted what it said were uncensored photographs of his penis, taken from various angles, and said Mr. Weiner had sent the pictures to the woman. The images quickly zoomed across social media sites.
A few hours later the woman, Sydney Leathers, publicly identified herself for the first time in an interview with “Inside Edition,'’ a tabloid television show, which released excerpts from the conversation. “I’m disgusted by him,'’ she told the show. “He’s not who I thought he was.'’
During the interview, Ms. Leathers was asked whether she told Mr. Weiner that she loved him. “Yes,'’ she replied. Asked if Mr. Weiner had said he loved her, she replied, “Yes.'’
Asked what advice she would now give Mr. Weiner, she said, “Stop lying, stop embarrassing his wife and get help.'’
The latest unflattering developments came as the city’s political and media establishment openly turned on Mr. Weiner. Over the past 48 hours, high-profile leaders of his party have called on him to drop out of the mayor’s race, joined by the editorial boards of The New York Times, The Daily News and The Wall Street Journal.
Even Mr. Weiner’s donors now appear to be worn down by the drip-drip of revelations.
"This kind of behavior is very bad," said Kishore Belani, the owner of a video company in Queens who recently donated to Mr. Weiner’s campaign after attending a fund-raiser for him. “I don’t think that he deserves another chance.”
“I have children,” he added. “For children, this is not a good politician to learn from. A politician has to be clean, no matter what.”
Mr. Weiner said Thursday that he was determined to continue his bid for mayor. “I’m waging this campaign on a bet that citizens care more about their own future than my past with my wife,” he said.
Responding to questions about his qualifications for office, Mr. Weiner took a shot at one of his rivals, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, whom he accused of lying when she changed her position on term limits, to allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to seek a third term.
“You can question my judgment but I didn’t lie to the people of the City of New York and say I wasn’t going to overturn term limits,” he said.
The remarks were his most detailed yet on his actions in the months after he resigned from office in June 2011. Mr. Weiner had left many voters with the impression that his lewd behavior had ceased after his resignation, but after another episode became public on Tuesday, he acknowledged that his habit of sending messages to young women he met online had continued.
Mr. Weiner said he was still seeking professional help for his online behavior, which he did not believe was an addiction.
Mr. Weiner’s campaign appeared to be under siege on Thursday after another report by the blog that on Tuesday revealed his post-resignation relationship with a young woman from Indiana. The blog, called The Dirty, posted what it said were uncensored photographs of his penis, taken from various angles, and said Mr. Weiner had sent the pictures to the woman. The images quickly zoomed across social media sites.
A few hours later the woman, Sydney Leathers, publicly identified herself for the first time in an interview with “Inside Edition,'’ a tabloid television show, which released excerpts from the conversation. “I’m disgusted by him,'’ she told the show. “He’s not who I thought he was.'’
During the interview, Ms. Leathers was asked whether she told Mr. Weiner that she loved him. “Yes,'’ she replied. Asked if Mr. Weiner had said he loved her, she replied, “Yes.'’
Asked what advice she would now give Mr. Weiner, she said, “Stop lying, stop embarrassing his wife and get help.'’
The latest unflattering developments came as the city’s political and media establishment openly turned on Mr. Weiner. Over the past 48 hours, high-profile leaders of his party have called on him to drop out of the mayor’s race, joined by the editorial boards of The New York Times, The Daily News and The Wall Street Journal.
Even Mr. Weiner’s donors now appear to be worn down by the drip-drip of revelations.
"This kind of behavior is very bad," said Kishore Belani, the owner of a video company in Queens who recently donated to Mr. Weiner’s campaign after attending a fund-raiser for him. “I don’t think that he deserves another chance.”
“I have children,” he added. “For children, this is not a good politician to learn from. A politician has to be clean, no matter what.”
Mr. Weiner said Thursday that he was determined to continue his bid for mayor. “I’m waging this campaign on a bet that citizens care more about their own future than my past with my wife,” he said.
Responding to questions about his qualifications for office, Mr. Weiner took a shot at one of his rivals, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, whom he accused of lying when she changed her position on term limits, to allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to seek a third term.
“You can question my judgment but I didn’t lie to the people of the City of New York and say I wasn’t going to overturn term limits,” he said.