"Divorcing a Narcissist" : Brinkley and Cook's Bitter Divorce
Former supermodel Christie Brinkley and her ex-husband Peter Cook have been in the middle of a bitter child custody battle. The battle has lead Christie Brinkley to her feelings of "divorcing a narcissist."
I Googled "divorcing a narcissist, as recommended by Brinkley. A flood of information from a variety of sources was available on my screen. I never knew so many people were concerned about "divorcing a narcissist."
Dr. Vaknin wrote a book on narcissism. A portion of the book was published on the Web site drirene.com and discusses divorcing a narcissist. Basically, when divorcing a narcissist you need to use a narcissists fears and flaws against them.
Whether or not Peter Cook is a narcissist is something we can't infer just because his ex-wife feels that she was "divorcing a narcissist." After all, divorces are never easy. When children are involved the fight can get really ugly really fast.
According to the Newsday.com article, Brinkley and Cook split after Cook had an affair with a teenage store clerk. According to Cook, Brinkley refused to hand over their son's passport - causing their 14 year old son to miss a class trip to Egypt.
It's possible that Cook feels like he was "divorcing a narcissist" as well. The whole mess of "he said she said" and the back-and-forth arguments are astounding, although not unexpected.
Peter Cook will get to see his children 50% of the summer. The couple also came to agreements on handling their childrens' passports.
The true victims of "divorcing a narcissist" are the couples two children Jack and Sailor. Jack is 14 and Sailor is 11. Unfortunately the children have been in the middle of the whole ugly divorce for a good chunk of their childhood.
Perhaps Christie Brinkley was divorcing a narcissist. Then again, maybe Peter Cook was divorcing a narcissist as well. Divorce is never easy. When kids are involved, a couple just needs to stick to the relevant facts and not worry about getting one up on the other spouse.
Source:
NewsDay.com "Christie Brinkley Describes Peter Cook as 'Narcissist': http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/christie-brinkley-describes-peter-cook-as-narcissist-1.1519908
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4 Comments
Post a CommentI happen to have known Christie Brinkley for about 25 years and yes, her ex is an extreme narcissist - as their court appointed psychiatrist diagnosed him to be and which this writer might have known with a tiny bit of research. She is the most loving, generous, thoughtful mother, daughter, wife, sister and friend and her preference was to have lived happily ever after. When her ex was "exposed" (bad pun in his case) to have made a variety of horrific choices, ironically it was he who began an ongoing, brutal quest to destroy her. Fortunately, she has a very full life and spends most of it enjoying her children and lending her help to numerous worthy causes. Those of us who know her best wish that this issue would be taken seriously so that she and others (especially the kids) do not have to endure the same abuses.
my recommendation for anyone divorcing a narcissist is to be PATIENT. No matter what he/she says be patient. Do not react to their slanders or backbiting they say about you. They will blame you for everything, including their expensive attorney for their charges. BELIEVE me... One thing that has been to my advantage is my patience and asking God to keep me patient. Patience will keep you focus and help you make clear intelligent decisions. Remember they are protecting an image that is fake. You lived with him/her you know their truth. forget about fighting and letting people know the truth about him it is a waste of time. People will not believe it, so save yourself anguish and do not speak ill about him/her. ONly to your attorney or counselor or your support group. Let your attorney handle your divorce.
Don't rely on Google to find reliable information about the nature of narcissism - you will soon be flooded with the remarkably misleading wall of made up nonsense from the poison pen of psychopath Sam Vaknin. He is not an expert; read the real clinical and scientific literature and you'll find a very different picture of genuine narcissism.
you are not alone. I was married to a medical malpractice attorney in nassau county for 28 years who is a true narcissist. He had many affairs with his clients. It has been 3 long years. even though he has moved in with his asian girlfriend he wont let go. has not spoken to his children in 3 years. has disobeyed every court order, has never been punished. the court system in nassau county is a very slow moving process and detrimental to the family and children of divorce.