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Eliot Spitzer: My marriage is over

Disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer has finally gotten the heave-ho from his long-suffering wife Silda.

The couple — on the rocks since the 2008 hooker scandal that forced Spitzer from office — said Tuesday night that their 26-year marriage was kaput.

The announcement came only one day after The Post’s bombshell report — complete with exclusive photos — that Spitzer, 54, was shacking up with former campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith, 31, who’s now flacking for Bill de Blasio.

“We regret that our marital relationship has come to an end and we have agreed not to make any other public statement on this subject,” Eliot and Silda said in a joint statement released by spokeswoman Lisa Linden.

Smith is currently Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio’s chief spokeswoman, but de Blasio has refused to say if he’ll keep her on since disclosure of her bombshell May-December romance with Spitzer.

Details of the Spitzers’ impending divorce were unclear, but a source close to Silda, 55, said the couple — who reported a combined $4.2 million in adjusted gross income last year — had been trying to negotiate a settlement that wouldn’t force the sale of any of the prime Manhattan real estate owned by Eliot’s ailing dad, Bernard.

Eliot currently manages those holdings, which include the swanky apartment building at 200 Central Park South and a sizable stake in the landmark Crown Building at 730 Fifth Ave.

The portfolio, which also includes property in Washington, DC, is worth an estimated $1 billion.

The Spitzers married in 1987 and have three daughters, Elyssa, 24, Sarabeth, 21, and Jenna, 19.

In July, The Post’s Page Six reported that Silda planned to divorce Spitzer after what turned out to be his failed bid for city comptroller.

Earlier, Page Six reported that Spitzer had moved out of the couple’s Park Avenue apartment.

Eliot Spitzer announcing his resignation in 2008 alongside then-wife Silda.AP

Silda infamously stood grim-faced by Spitzer’s side when he stepped down in 2008, in an example of spousal loyalty that inspired the TV series “The Good Wife.”

But she never joined her cheating hubby on the campaign trail for his ill-fated political comeback.

Meanwhile, other sources told The Post that Spitzer had to mount a charm offensive to win over Smith’s family and convince them that his days of patronizing prostitutes were over.

He sat down with Smith’s parents and siblings during a series of meetings in October and November to assure them his intentions were honorable.

Her father and brothers — including her twin, Angus — were the most skeptical about the notorious “Love Gov,” but eventually gave him their blessing to pursue the relationship.

Spitzer also introduced Smith to his older brother and sister, as well as his parents, the sources said.

Spitzer and Smith met briefly at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner, but sparks didn’t fly until after Smith — a “rapid-response” specialist for President Obama’s re-election campaign — was recruited to work on the ex-governor’s comptroller campaign, the sources said.

After Spitzer lost the Democratic primary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Smith became the chief spokesman for Democrat Bill de Blasio’s general-election campaign for mayor.

A source close to de Blasio’s team said Tuesday that the mayor-elect appeared blind-sided by the news of Smith’s affair with Spitzer.

“You really rely on press people for their judgment, and this incident — while private — speaks to her judgment. It doesn’t speak well of her judgment,” the source said of Smith.

Smith declined to comment on the Spitzers’ announcement.

Earlier in the day, Spitzer was tight-lipped after leaving his Park Avenue apartment for a 20-minute run, clad in paint-splattered pants and the same gray hoodie he wore to and from an overnight visit to Smith’s SoHo walk-up last week.

The sweatshirt bears the insignia of the state Attorney General’s Office, which Spitzer ran before his brief tenure as governor.

Additional reporting by Yoav Gonen and Georgett Roberts