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THEIR BODIES BETRAY ANGER AND SHAME, EXPERT SAYS

Mayor Giuliani showed shame, and Donna Hanover anger when they each announced their 16-year marriage is on the brink, a top body-language expert says.

“The mayor carried his head low through the entire interview,” said Raymond McGraime, a non-verbal-communication consultant who works with business people and politicians.

“That is very unusual because he usually keeps his chin higher than the line of his jaw, which expresses confidence.

“He had his eyes and jaw down and that is usually an indication of shame. When a person tries to avoid eye contact, they are feeling like a punished child.”

McGraime said Giuliani’s mouth was tight, an indication “he was saying things he didn’t want to say.

“At one point, he pulled his mouth to one side, a sign of disgust, a sign that his public life had been thrust into the mainstream.

“He looked like he was disgusted that he had to bring this out and discuss it.”

The Long Island-based expert said he didn’t believe, as some are saying, that Giuliani had orchestrated his bombshell announcement.

“You don’t get that feeling by looking at him,” McGraime told The Post.

“He was very emotional and his emotion was sincere. He lost the rhythm of his speech. He has an aggressive syncopation and it is disrupted here – it was very sporadic.”

He said Giuliani’s head movements when he mentioned he was thinking of his family indicated he may have had additional thoughts he was keeping to himself.

When Hanover made her brief statement later in the day, she was under “severe strain,” McGraime said.

But there was also fury when she hinted at an infidelity by her husband within City Hall.

“There was a tightening of the mouth, which showed anger, when she talked about Rudy taking another path. There was definitely anger there,” McGraime said.

“And her face, her neck, her mouth, were all pulled very tightly. When you become very stressed, one of the first places to show it is the neck.

“She was under tremendous pressure. She was very sincere, despite the fact she didn’t break down.

“And she was working hard not to break down. She had lots and lots of quick eyebrow movements which indicate nervousness.”