Christie Brinkley Fooled Herself Into Thinking the Tabloid Media Would Be Her Friend

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That Christie Brinkley is a publicity whore is one way to explain why she demanded her divorce proceedings be open to the media, despite protests from soon-to-be ex-husband Peter Cook and the attorney representing her children Sailer, 10, and Jack, 13. Or, you know, she finds so egregious Cook's violations of their marriage — the $3k/month on porn; the posting of his own nude photos on websites for swingers; his sleeping with Diana Bianchi, an 18-year-old employee at his architecture firm, then paying her $300k to keep quiet — that she wants them made a matter of public record, where Cook can be humiliated for all to see. Including her kids' Google searches.

Nevermind that Brinkley is being described in open court by her husband's attorney as a woman who, "for goodness sake," is "on her fourth husband" and that everybody's time is being wasted because of the "the self-indulgent wrath of a woman scorned."

It could be argued Brinkley is going for the sympathy vote, hoping the tabloid press — and even CNN and Fox News, who will of course be breathlessly reporting from the trial — will be nice to her so she can win the trial, at least in the court of public opinion. Except what are the chances of that happening?

The press loves to paint a woman as a vindictive wench, even if her husband may epitomize true scum. Need evidence?

Just look at what People magazine, the most likely of the tabloids to treat Brinkley with a modicum of respect, chose to headline their article — filed under "Nasty Breakups and Divorces: — as: "Peter Cook on Brinkley: 'Shrek Was More Believable.'"

And with that, it's clear which way the tide is already turning … and what type of shape Brinkley will be in by the time the dollar figure for alimony is set.

On that note, we're done for the day, taking off a smidge early to get our Independence Day celebration going.

Jul 3, 2008 · Link · 14 Responses
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    No. 1 onemoregawker says:

    Just a gigolo everywhere I go people know the part
    I'm playing paid for every dance selling each romance every night some heart betraying………

    Posted: Jul 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm
    No. 2 CharcoalHeart says:

    This Christy Brinkley is an 80's Whore!!

    She married fugly Billy Joel for his money then dumped him on National TV when it was exposed that she was having an affair with some ski dude that she got into a helicopter accident with.

    Joel watched on TV as she was kissing another man.. Ummm… She's a piece of trash!!

    Then when her marriage to this ski loser ended after 2 years, she had a baby by him, the boy that Peter Cook adopted as his.

    By the way Christy made the biological ski dude sign an agreement to give up the boy for a couple of millions. Apparently the man owed a lot of debt.

    This whore was shacking up with Peter Cook before the ink dried on that agreement. Hey, maybe the boy wasn't the ski ude's after all.. What scoundrel would sign away rights to his kid?

    The funny thing is how time makes old whores sophisticated. Now she is looking for sympathy and her popping eye daughter, Alexa is all over her mother's business which she should stay out of.

    Brinkley has no class and as much as Cook is a louse, she is as much to blame as he is.. Hey she has been married 4 times, perhaps she should take some responsibility. Maybe she gives Bad BJ's

    That is Karma for using Billy Joel..

    Posted: Jul 3, 2008 at 9:13 pm
    No. 3 HOT CHOLITA says:

    Charcoal Heart,

    You hit the nail on the coffin. Billy Joel must be laughing his arse off.

    This woman acts like she is a moral entrepreneur, but just scan her past and even Peter Cook will look like a saint. Christie is a tramp from way back when.

    Puleazzzzzzzzzzzze!! She should shut her mug and get a quickie divorce and keep her kids from the embarrassment of their father's PERSONAL business from airing.

    Watching porn and freqenting swinger sites is not such a big crime. Sorry, wooooooo he's a demon..

    Posted: Jul 4, 2008 at 3:27 am
    No. 4 Lawla says:

    I'm surprised at all this vitrol towards Brinkley considering that she would still be on her third marriage if Mr. Cook had been faithful to her. Porn addicts are never going to be "satisfied" with one woman - even beautiful Christie Brinkley - and that is certainly not her fault. As for the publicity, it was obviously legal maneuvering suggested by her attorneys in the hopes that he would withdraw his claim to sole custody of the children to prevent all this embarrassing media attention. Once the judge found in her favor on the media issue, he could also just as easily spared his children this drama by agreeing to her custody demand. He is clearly trying to leverage more money out of her by demanding sole custody of the kids - men who have no real desire to get full custody of the kids do this all the time knowing that women will give up any amount of money to keep their kids. I'm glad that she's fighting him on it. Good for her. He has spent enough of her hard earned money on his porn, she shouldn't have to subsidize his sex addiction once they're divorced too. Hopefully the jury will find that he'll have to pay his teenaged prostitutes with his own money from now on.

    Posted: Jul 6, 2008 at 4:02 am
    No. 5 Coco-Cocks-Arquette says:

    lawla,

    She would be on her 4th marriage if he hadn't cheated. But she would also be on her 2nd if she hadn't cheated on BILLY JOEL..

    She would also be on her 3rd marriage if she hadn't cheated on her 3rd husband with Peter Cook.

    So I guess what goes around comes around.

    I am angry at Brinkley because making this public makes her look like a bitter ignoramus.

    AGain, if she want sympathy, she should do this privately. The Post used 3 pages for this garbage while we have a war going on.. This egomaniac needs to get a life.. No wonder her huisband was busy with everyone else but her!!

    She's a B*TCH…

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 12:40 am
    No. 6 Coco-Cocks-Arquette says:

    "I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome."
    Christie Brinkley

    ~~~~~~~~~~

    Ummmm, she was cheating with this guy and Apparently, Billy J. saw the sparks when they were hugging on National Television..

    Peter Cook had sex with a 19 year old and he loved porn and internet sex… Is that a reason to embarrass your kids?

    I lost all respect for this woman.

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 12:54 am
    No. 7 hms says:

    She's as much of an ass as the husband is. The fact that she's putting her kids' personal dignity on the media block to milk publicity out of this fiasco divorce is beyond redemption. All this to keep that blonde bimbo face in the press. How many contracts did she get when the whole Brinkley/Cook mess began. I know that she got Covergirl back.
    She sold her kids out, not him. She should have gone private. She's the loser. Hope that they give the kids half the time to him; he sounds like an okay dad to me.

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 12:22 pm
    No. 8 hms says:

    The third husband, Taubman, couldn't afford her extravagant lifestyle. My guess is she threatened him with mind-boggling legal debt if he didn't relinquish custody of his son. I'd love to hear his side of the story. He seemed like a decent guy to me.

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm
    No. 9 hms says:

    LOVE ON THE ROCKIES FOR UPTOWN GIRL
    By GEORGE RUSH

    Thursday, July 27th 1995, 1:13AM

    Uptown Girl Christie Brinkley is splitting with her developer husband Rick Taubman - seven months after their wedding and seven weeks after the birth of their son.

    "After much thought and consideration, I have decided to separate from my husband," Brinkley said in a one-line statement.

    Brinkley, 42, the former wife of singer Billy Joel, was said to have left the family's Telluride, Colo., home last week to stay in Los Angeles.

    Sources said money was the main reason for angry shouting matches that triggered yesterday's announcement.

    In addition, Brinkley and the Rocky Mountain businessman reportedly have found they have different interests since they survived a near-fatal helicopter crash last year.

    The supermodel and Taubman were married Dec. 22, eight months after the crash during a Colorado ski trip.

    They exchanged vows on Telluride Mountain, about 5 miles from the crash site.

    Their son, Jack Paris Brinkley Taubman, was born June 2.

    The 46-year-old Taubman hails from a family that made a fortune in real estate and oil. Yet in the past year, at least one of his companies has filed for bankruptcy.

    According to a source, Brinkley has charged that Taubman borrowed large amounts of money from her.

    But Taubman attorney Jay Levely told the Daily News: "He has not taken money from her. There is no debt."

    Taubman said in a statement: "I'm very saddened by the events of the last couple of days."

    One ally of Brinkley's described her as disillusioned about her husband: "She's pretty shaken. How would you feel?"

    Taubman and Brinkley also are reported to have clashed because he had no patience for her glamorous New York lifestyle.

    Just last week, Taubman told The News there was no truth to reports that Brinkley had stormed out of their Telluride house, giving him an ultimatum that he should "grow up or get lost."

    "Christie and I are absolutely together," said Taubman.

    He acknowledged Brinkley had taken their son to Los Angeles for "a breather." But he said that was only because his model wife was shooting an advertisement.

    Asked if she would return to live with him, Taubman answered, "That's what we're supposed to be doing.

    "I've never been given an ultimatum, by anybody," he said.

    Brinkley has a 9-year-old daughter, Alexa, from her marriage to Joel.

    Taubman has an 8-year-old son from a previous marriage.

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 12:28 pm
    No. 10 MARILYN MONROVIA says:

    Am I the only one that sees a despicable pattern with this depraved woman?

    I think Mrs. Brinkley-Allaux-Joel-Taubman-Cook needs to stay away from men and see a psychologist. The fact that her husband cheated, I feel sorry for her, but her behavior is beyond abnormal. Cook isn't the first man to cheat and not the last. And for a woman who has cheated on her husbands, whay is she acting like Cook's behavior is so out of the ordinary.

    I remember specifically how she treated her then husband, Billy Joel. What a selfish, self obsessed media-whore.

    Posted: Jul 7, 2008 at 3:01 pm
    No. 11 Eileen says:

    What kind of mother would drag her then nine year old child (Alexa) to Colorado and force her to watch her cheat on her father Billy Joel with Taubman. After that disasterous "marriage" (if that is what you can even call these relationships) Brinkley then drags Alexa back to New York, marries Cook and stands by as Cook supposedly abuses Alexa, but still stays with him and gives interviews claiming what a wonderful dad he is. Only when the man cheats on her does Brinkley walk away due to a bruised ego (which is so big I'm surprised she even fits in that $30 million dollar house with anyone else!!) I think it is clear that the only person that matters to Brinkley is Brinkley. She needs serious psychological help.

    Posted: Jul 11, 2008 at 9:59 pm
    No. 12 jane says:

    Brinkley went public because Cook was trying to break the pre-nup he signed. Who would want to pay him money so he could indulge in teen sex & porn. Who would want him to have joint custody. He wanted money. This was the only way to have him honor the pre-nup.

    Posted: Jul 12, 2008 at 4:25 pm
    No. 13 jane says:

    All you holier's then thou would not want to pay millions to a teen, porn loving mate. If he had not tried to take her for millions, she wouldn not have tried to embarrass him publicaly into settling. The kids already know everything. His teen sex toy had interviews with magazines idiots.

    Posted: Jul 12, 2008 at 4:28 pm
    No. 14 Julia says:

    I am someone who has done business with Peter & Christie in the past and I can tell you that I know first-hand that Peter is the one who did 99% of everything associated to the children. I was sickened to see the display last week by Christie carting out science projects and such. He is so involved with those kids, she is the one who isn't. They used to have nannies 70+ hours a week and the nanny always conferred with Peter on everything. Sailor would call her Daddy on his cell phone, not her mom.

    I'm sure some of you won't believe me and that is fine, don't, but I have nothing to hide. I'm not saying Christie isn't a good mother, I really do not know. All I know is that Peter did everything in that house and Christie did well, whatever Christie wanted to do.

    Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 4:04 am
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