{"id":3841,"date":"2025-04-29T17:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:21:36","slug":"christie-brinkley-recalls-public-moment-she-discovered-husbands-affair-with-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/christie-brinkley-recalls-public-moment-she-discovered-husbands-affair-with-teenager\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie Brinkley recalls public moment she discovered husband\u2019s affair with \u2018teenager\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christie Brinkley revealed the moment she was told of husband’s Peter Cook’s affair (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christie Brinkley<\/a> has opened up about the devastating moment that she was told her husband had been cheating on her with a teenage girl, while at a public event.<\/p>\n

The 71-year-old is one of the most recognizable supermodels<\/a> in the world, having fronted hundreds of magazine covers and posed in campaigns fro Chanel, Max Factor, Cover Girl and so many more.<\/p>\n

She unpacked her career, and decades in the spotlight, in her new memoir, Uptown Girl, where she also spoke candidly about her love life, and her rollercoaster marriage to architect Peter Cook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Their wedding was the fourth time that the fashion<\/a> icon had walked down the aisle – following marriages to artist Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Allaux, musician Billy Joel and real estate mogul Richard Taubman.<\/p>\n

However, she branded their connection the \u2018most tortured relationship\u2019 that she had ever endured.<\/p>\n

They tied the knot in the mid-90s but things took a turn when they attended an event together in 2006, alongside son Jack, where she was informed of her husband\u2019s infidelity with an 18-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

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Christie described their marriage as the ‘most tortured relationship’ (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to People Magazine<\/a>, Christie recalled appearing at a local high school in the Hamptons where she gave a graduation speech for students when she was approached by someone she had never met before.<\/p>\n

She wrote that he said \u2018softly\u2019, via the outlet: \u2018\u201cI need to tell you that arrogant husband of yours has been having an affair with my teenage daughter.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I was so stunned that I froze,\u2019 she continued, before spotting Peter. \u2018As soon as I saw him \u2026 Peter\u2019s eyes were already trained on my face, as he began shaking his head, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018When your whole world falls apart and you realize in a heartbeat you\u2019ve suddenly become the cliche middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018In that moment, I thought I was going to pass out onstage, in front of hundreds of people,\u2019 she penned, via the New York Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The former couple walked down the aisle in the 90s (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018When I stood back up, I asked the man for his card, but he told me he didn\u2019t have one and that he was a police officer in town, so all I had to do was to go into the station if I wanted the full story.\u2019<\/p>\n

Christie explained that her friends immediately rallied around her, offering her love and support, while urging her to look through the family computer to see if there was more information about the affair.<\/p>\n

It was there that she uncovered \u2018a panoply of incriminating photos and porn accounts populated the screen like fireworks, and before I knew it, my printer was shooting [beaver shots] out into the room\u2019.<\/p>\n

The pair had originally met in the late 70s but reconnected decades later by a mutual friend, and they tied the knot in September 1996, having announced their engagement the previous month.<\/p>\n

They went on to welcome daughter Sailor together two years later – while Peter adopted Jack, who Christie had welcomed with Richard years before – but by 2006, Christie\u2019s reps confirmed that they had gone their separate ways, with their divorce finalized in 2008.<\/p>\n

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They welcomed daughter Sailor together, while Peter adopted Christie’s son Jack (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Their separation resulted in a six-year court battle, with the mom-of-three describing the legal issues as \u2018exhausting and scary\u2019, after fearing that she could ever lose her children.<\/p>\n

As well as close friends, she was inundated with messages from other women who were going through similar issues, something that made her realize that she wasn\u2019t \u2018alone\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018There were many times when I wondered if I would ever recover,\u2019 she added, via People. \u2018Whenever I felt this, I stopped, looked inward and counted my blessings, which was a long list that always started with Alexa Ray, Jack, and Sailor.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Christie is currently thought to be single (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christie has since moved on, and briefly dated musician John Mellencamp for a year – but is currently thought to be single.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview last year, she declared herself \u2018open\u2019 to a relationship, but conceded: \u2018There just doesn\u2019t seem to be anybody out there.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018At the same time,\u2019 she added at the time. \u2018I am pretty comfortable with my life the way it is, so, que ser\u00e1, ser\u00e1!<\/p>\n

\u2018I always said my whole life that I think that you have to be happy alone so that you get with a man for the right reasons and you\u2019re not clinging to him because you need to.\u2019<\/p>\n

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