Peter Cook Slams Christie Brinkley: She Lied, Dredged Up ‘Crocodile Tears’
March 28 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
The real-life War of the the Roses continues between Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook.
On Wednesday, the businessman told the Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie the one-time Uptown Girl -- whom he was married to for 12 years before one of the nastiest celebrity breakups in history -- claims Brinkley lied continuously through her emotional interview Tuesday, where she called him a bully, a narcissist and an attention-seeker before breaking into tears by the interview’s end.
“I thought it was horrible she could sit and shamelessly lie to our children again on national TV about the events surrounding this current issue," said Cook, referring to a pair of court filings and accusations from each side of violating the confidentiality agreements in their 2009 divorce.
Cook -- calling Brinkley’s cries mere "crocodile tears" -- said the "interview was a lie where she claims that I am harassing and bullying her on a daily basis; so this perception that I am harassing and bullying her is nonsense."
Cook, 53, said he hasn't spoken to Brinkley, 58, in more than four years, or emailed her in two years, so he’s unsure how he could have bullied her.
As for the attention-seeking, Cook says it’s Brinkley who likes making their dirty laundry public fodder in hopes of resurrecting her fading fame.
“There is no Peter Cook press machine,” he said. “I have no interest in the press. I'm not a celebrity. You don't hear about Peter Cook until Christie Brinkley dredges something up from the past to make herself relevant in the media again."