Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed his ousting on Rep. Matt Gaetz wanting to stop an ethics complaint about "sleeping with a 17-year-old," RadarOnline.com has learned.

McCarthy offered his two cents on his historic ousting during an hour-long chat at Georgetown University — and the conversation came back to the Florida congressman's sex scandal. ...

"Let me give you the truth about that. And I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker: because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old girl," McCarthy said.