Sure drug binges and booze-soaked car accidents are sort of interesting, but when else but during a divorce do you hear the really deliciously sordid details about a celebrity or their beleaguered spouse. Today we learn of former model Christie Brinkley and her sleazebucket husband Peter Cook. Various nasty accusations have been made as they've muddled through the separation ordeal, but today's is so far the most fun. It seems that Mr. Cook posted nude photos of himself online while trolling for young ladies on swingers websites. Terrific! Perfectly debauched and embarrassing. If that's not enough for you, after the jump we'll take a look at a few other recent juicy bits of gossip that slopped out of messy celebrity divorces.
David Gest and Liza Minnelli
Liza (with a Z), daughter of be-drugged and bewigged actress Judy Garland, has married many men. But most exciting of all was David Gest, a curiously ovoid producer who was dogged by gay rumors throughout their short marriage. When the union inevitably crumbled Gest claimed that Liza had been viciously beating him—sometimes hurling vodka bottles at him—and that she was the "strongest woman I've ever met." He later claimed to have suffered head trauma at her hands. (Though she did not give him herpes.)
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards
A classic Hollywood love story. Two sort-of actors meet, marry, have babies and then promptly decided to try to kill each other. Denise waved Charlie's notorious love of hookers in his face, while Charlie called her "a pig. A sad, jobless pig who is sad and talentless and, um, oh yeah, sad and jobless and evil and a bad mom, so go fuck yourself, sad, jobless pig." A pig! Just like Alec Baldwin's daughter!
Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
The two actors have had a blow-out of a divorce and custody battle over the past six years, during which it was learned that Basinger had nervous disorders that prevented her from leaving the house for six months and that Basinger had accused Baldwin of being abusive. During all this their poor daughter Ireland got tossed around, being called an "ungrateful pig" by her father and given candy bars with hidden codes in them by her mother.
Tricia Walsh Smith and Phillip Smith
The infamous YouTube Divorcée, Tricia took to the internet when her theatre mogul husband Phillip decided to end their marriage. She felt she wasn't being given her fair share of sweet, sweet money so she went viral in the hopes of shaming him into acquiescing. During the process she revealed old Phillip's penchant for Viagra and pornography, going so far as to call his office, on camera, and ask his secretary what she should do with the illicit items.