You've got to hand it to Peter Cook. Just when you thought he had sunk to his lowest by having an affair with a teenager that broke up his marriage to Christie Brinkley, he tops himself by going on national TV and blaming the affair on...Christie Brinkley.
In an interview with Barbara Walters on 20/20 that will air Friday, Cook says, "I was seeking a connection I could not find in my own marriage. I think the emotional aspect of our lives had changed. I think we were both feeling more like we were living with a brother and sister than a life partner... I think I just suddenly realized when I was getting attention from someone else that this is something that is missing in my life. Nothing like getting sex from your 19-year-old hot assistant to make you realize what is missing in your life!
Unfortunately he continues on trying to gain our sympathy. "Just the tremendous amount of work I was putting into my family... my world became her world," he went on. "It had to be that way... there came a time when I pulled up the driveway to the home that I found, that I built, that I lived in, and I felt like I was a guest in someone else's life."
In a tersely worded statement Brinkley's attorney responded to news of the interview. "It is a measure of Peter Cook's character that he has breached the confidentiality agreement that is in the divorce settlement and has sought to present this distorted one sided view of his marriage.
"Mr. Cook had his days in court, testified on his own behalf and ultimately agreed with the view of the children’s court appointed attorney and psychiatrist that the children should live principally with their mother and that she should be the sole custodial parent."
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