Christie Brinkley is finally opening up about the details of her marriage to ex-husband Peter Cook. In her new memoir, Uptown Girl, she shares about the moment she learned of Cook’s affair and the emotional toll it took on her. Now, many fans are curious to know what Brinkley said about her ex-husband.
What did Christie Brinkley say about Peter Cook?
Christie Brinkley opened up in her memoir, Uptown Girl, about the emotional toll her marriage to ex-husband Peter Cook took on her. She described it as the “most tortured relationship.”
Although she had remained mostly quiet about their 2006 split for years, she now shares how she first discovered Cook’s affair and the years of legal battles that followed. The turning point came in 2006 while she was giving a graduation speech in the Hamptons. Brinkley was approached by a man who claimed Cook had been having an affair with his teenage daughter. The news left her in shock. As she processed what she had just heard, she looked into the crowd and saw Cook already denying it with a shake of his head.
During this challenging situation, Brinkley leaned on her closest friends. They encouraged her to search their home computer. She found disturbing evidence on the computer, including, “incriminating photos and porn accounts.”
The divorce was far from simple. Despite having a prenuptial agreement, Brinkley spent six years in a custody battle over their children, Sailor and Jack. She wrote, “It was exhausting and scary because I always lived in fear of them taking my kids because that was the constant threat and a terrifying thing to live with.”
For years, Brinkley remained silent. But after one court appearance, she simply told reporters to “Google a narcissist.” From that moment on, women reached out in support and shared their own experiences.
