Mr.
Lion Many of us have heard about the cheating scandal and impending divorce of supermodel
Christie Brinkley from her former husband,
Peter Cook. Cook cheated on the supermodel with an
18-year-old girl
he met at a toy shop. Once Brinkley found out, she filed for divorce and
destroyed him in court. He dusted it off and is now blaming the entire
divorce on her, saying she didn't give him enough attention when he was
working hard to provide for the family.
Is the guy for real?
Not only did he cheat on his wife and kids but he also had a $3000 a
month porn addiction. And now he's going to blame everything on his
wife. Wow. He's giving all the men out there a bad name. I can see
now why women end up hating men, because of idiots like him. Dude
needs to just pack his bags, shut the hell up and move on with his life
by hiding in some distant land, never to be heard from again.
I've
never been divorced but blaming your significant other for your own
problem is not a way to move on after a break up. I've had breakups
but not once did I blame everything on my SO. It seems like a childish
thing to do.
Could Peter Cook be right in saying he cheated because he didn't get enough attention from his wife?
Have you ever blamed a breakup on your significant other?
Comments (55)
it's always easier to have someone else take the fall for your mistakes.
@eternal_dreaming@xanga - I totally agree their languages could have been different, from what he says maybe his was physical touch...I guess you read the five love language book? I did I loved it.
I think he is wrong from blaming things on her. I mean my b/f who is divorced says the problem was both of them not just her. and I thikn that is a healthy way of thinking. I admit I have blamed my breakup on my ex, but I mean who doesn't when they first breakup?
this guy is a complete idiot in every sense of the word...why would you want to cheap when you have a such a beautiful wife and children? what? just for a one time fling? idiot I tell you.
I've seen women do this all the time, especially to my friends when we're deployed. "You were never there," "I was so lonely," or "I didn't mean for it to happen - it just did." So it would seem to me that yes this is a ridiculous excuse mostly because the "attention" thing is generally a womans excuse for being a poor mate. Is it forgivable? No, of course not. Is it understandable? Sure why not.
@SeiGe_Jet@xanga - I actually agree with you.
Your post suggests that Peter Cook is fully to blame. I think in any breakup, there is fault on both sides.
And no...I haven't ever blamed my SO for my shortcomings.
What a douche.
even if the wife is hot, it's also a power trip to be able to do what you shouldn't do, it's not about how hot your woman/man is. look at hugh grant, same crap. it's all psychological in my opinion.
Bullshit. Another high profile attention whoring case. I feel bad for the kids.
I agree with many of the commenters. I get so heated when it comes to these things. Although he may have had reason to stray (so maybe his wife didn't pay him enough attention), that NEVER gives a person the right to cheat. Obviously, there may be exceptions, who even knows? But I believe even if she were to be a terrible person, the right thing to do would be to leave the relationship first and then move on with your life. I don't believe that he should have stayed in the marriage merely for the sake of his children, but now he's trying to justify his actions by bringing up what she did wrong, and that's not correct at all. After all, adultery is adultery.
On a related note, it's tragic how many people think so little of their marriage vows. When or if I get married, I am really going to mean it when I say I'll grow old with my significant other.
i don't know how the hell you can leave THAT at home for a measly 18 year old, barely-legal chick.
if she were my wife.. i'd have no time or energy for another girl lol
all i gotta say is, that guy only got 1 testicle. cuz apparently he had the ball to do it, but didnt have the ball to own up to it. whatever, she's better off.
he's an idiot too. how long does he think the 18 y/o is gonna stick around for?! lol wait till SHE gets more attn from people her age.... he'll get his fair share.
Even if she didn't give him enough attention, a real man would bring it up and talk about it to his SO rather than doing something stupid like cheating. You know, it's called, "If you see a problem, say it." Ignoring it will not be the problem ,let alone, adultery. What a douchebag.
Yeah, really, it is not his wife's fault.
But I've blamed every breakup on myself (so far, haha), because .. well, I do believe that it's my fault. :|
Meh.
Dude... obviously there were needs not filled for either person. I can't believe everyone is judging the situation as if they're personal friends of these people. They're celebrities...???!? Obviously whenever there's a problem in a relationship, it's of concern to both parties. If one person isn't happy, then it's just as much of a concern for ther other person who thinks it's fine and dandy... lack of communication.
At first I thought this meant cheating on an exam or something on the front page... :p? But yeah, not a good idea. Excuses and torn family now...?
She didn't tell him to drop his pants for some girl he met in a toy store. That's the only way she could be blamed. The only thing that hurts worse than being cheated on is being blamed for it. Whether it was true or not, that was a seriously low move...as though he hadn't caused enough problems already?
After being divorced twice, both times their cheating being a factor, I'm cynical as all get out. I've really started to wonder if men can be monogamous. This just makes me wonder even more. Dude! He had Christie Brinkley at home. I would happily cover her in whipped cream and chocolate every day for the rest of my life! And here he is out having sex with some 18 year old twit and spending $3,000 a month on porn?! Who else remembers that part in 'Legally Blonde' where Paulette says, "If a girl like you can't keep her man, there sure isn't any hope for the rest of us..."??
Further more, I've found that the men that whine about not getting enough attention want excessive amounts of it and don't want to give to get.
I'm sure all of us would love to come home, throw our asses in the Lay-Z-Boy and have someone tend to our every whim. Fortunately, most of us realize we're not King of a small country and get over it.
There is no excuse, blaming is no good. He is wrong.
But I do understand how not getting attention from your significant other could lead to cheating. And I wouldn't have said this six months ago.
No, I have never cheated on anyone in my life.
it's not right for pcook to even use that as a mean to cheat. i'm not sure if i'm right, but at the looks of it, it doesn't seem like there were any sort of communication about the lack of attention on his part. and maybe she wasn't doing something right, but how would she know if she never knew about it. for all she knows, she might think you're happy just to be married with her.
in any relationships, if you're not happy about something, i'm sure you will either: want to resolve it in a conversation or suck it up and live with it. if things don't work out and you can't find a mean (middle ground), i believe you should do something about it (e.g. divorce); not drag things on as well as cheat on your significant other. not only will that break your trust with your significant other, it will hurt your significant other as well as yourself financially, mentally, and physically.
to answer that last question, i have never cheated when i was committed to someone, and nor have i blamed a breakup on my significant other. personally, i just don't think it's right.
I like how you put that he cheated on his 'wife and kids' including the kids in this. As a grown child who had to struggle through a parents infidelity to another, Thank you.
Honestly, according to most people & a lot of professionals, this is why most men cheat in the first place. More traditional professionals would say the woman has to cater to her man's needs for him to feel satisfied. In some ways I can kind of see how this is because biologically & historically, a lot of men have needs that they want to fill, which have changed quite a bit as women have taken on the reverse role of breadwinners & such. At the same time though, they have to not be stupid & be willing to tell their SO that they're unhappy, or better yet just leave. What's the point of even cheating if there's nothing going on with your SO? That, or why would you risk losing your family for a one-time hot fling? He can't just come out & say it's her fault, without even letting her know that he wasn't getting what he needed from her.
hes just pathetic
regardless of his reason to cheat, he should've first talked to his wife about it! if he didn't discuss the issue with her, then it's also his fault for letting it linger for so long.Â
i think that his reasoning would be an acceptable excuse for a break up, but not to cheat.
neither of which is acceptable when you're a FATHER.
when you're a parent, i believe your number one priority has to be your kids. but since his priority seems to be sex or something, he's got it all messed up.
probably better for his kids that he's out of there.
@AllMyNamesAreTaken@xanga - I agree.
And I have placed blame on exes, but I know now I wasn't blameless. For me, a big part of it was a coping mechanism. I just didn't have a way to deal with it, so I lashed out. I'm not saying it's right, but that's what happened.