Christie Brinkley speaks up about tragic moment that ‘broke’ her

Christie Brinkley sat down for an interview with Social Life Magazine for a cover issue where she recalled the moment she found out her husband had cheated on her.

The veteran Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model is celebrating the release of her memoir, Uptown Girl which came out earlier this year.

Discussing how it felt to share her story and read it out loud, she remarked, "There were parts where I thought, ‘Please don’t cry.’”

She added, "I tried to keep [my voice] level, but [the publisher] let me be. Let my voice crack. Let it show."

One of the moments she discusses in the book is when it was revealed that her 4th husband, architect Peter Cook, had cheated on her after being married for eight years.

The model recalled how she had been giving a commencement speech at a graduation ceremony when a man came to her with a secret that was the "weight of a wrecking ball, delivered in barely a whisper."

"I asked him to repeat it," Brinkley explained, “And then I looked at Jack. Jack’s face was frozen in panic. He felt it instantly. He knew something was very wrong."

"I know from Peter’s face that he was guilty," she wrote. "When your whole world falls apart, and you realize in a heartbeat you’ve suddenly become the cliché middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?"

"I was good at guessing passwords, and soon enough, a panoply of frightening email exchanges, incriminating photos, and p*** accounts populated the screen like fireworks," she continued. "It was so insane that it was almost funny, and soon enough, the three of us were doubled over in laughter, as printouts of girls in X-rated poses began piling up on the floor faster than trash outside a greasy takeaway."

Their separation ended up leading to a court battle that lasted for six years.

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