Christie Brinkley - Concerned mom or interfering ex?
Categories: Divorce & custody, Celeb parenting, Behaving badly
Knowing that his recent 20/20 interview discussing his divorce would hurt their kids, Peter Cook and Christie Brinkley did the smart thing and got their kids out of town the night it aired. (Though one could argue that it isn't smart to air your dirty laundry in public in the first place). But before he could leave, his method of transportation caused an even bigger ruckus.As Peter was planning to put his children on a single engine airplane, his daughter Sailor, 10, reportedly called mom Christie Brinkley in tears, because she was afraid to board the plane. Christie survived a 1994 helicopter crash and now always flies her family in bigger aircraft. Christie allegedly called the police, attempting to stop the plane from taking off with the kids on board, even offering to pay for a flight on a larger plane.
Because Peter wasn't doing anything technically illegal, the family was allowed to continue on with their trip. According to a source from the Cook camp, "They left and had a wonderful flight." Peter is trying to spin the incident as just another opportunity for Christie to interfere with his time with the kids. But sources close to Christie say that this has always been a family rule, and that as sole custodial parent, she has the right to make that decision.
Just another celebrity couple reminding us that divorce is never easy, but that a Hollywood divorce comes with it's own set of problems. What do you think?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Donna 10-13-2008 @ 6:03PM
I totally believe in what the Mom did is right. And the Dad, have a little common sense. The child has every reason to be afraid and if he is to dumb to remember , I do not think his child will ever forget. They cannot get along , but the children have never asked for this crap. Keep the kids first and sometimes for the child you must eat a little ----. It is well worth it in the long run, they end up loving both parents.
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Les52 10-13-2008 @ 6:53PM
I have had the very good fortune to know Christie for many years and I can say without equivocation that she is the most loving, generous person and the most wonderful mother as well. Peter has an admittedly addictive personality and his vices also include an insatiable need to remain in the media, no matter how he is coming across. Notice that Christie has not given any interviews...
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clair 10-14-2008 @ 3:57PM
I was the child of a divorce where my mother hated my father. Children want and “need” to have permission to love their parents. Especially boys need permission to love their fathers. The reason: children are a combination of both parents. To make one of their parents a monster is to make part of themselves a “suspect monster.” That is more abusive than anything someone might do in privacy due to their own personal flaw. It should not be made public for the good of the children.
I appreciate Peter Cook’s courage in sharing his story. I believe it will help many to understand that hatred, unforgiveness and estrangement are never good for children of divorce … no matter how upset a parent may be at the other. Christie is the abuser here.
sourceclosetopeter 10-15-2008 @ 10:30AM
Hi LES. If you only knew what Christi's opinion of you was when you worked for her, you might be singing a different tune. And given the fact that you dated the married father of your teenage daughter's best friend I don't think you should be judging anyone else's character...
FYI- Sailor was not upset about the flight and Jack was only bc his (paralyzed with fear and anxiety) mother got on the phone and made him so.You know Pete. Do you really think he would endanger the children!?
Furthermore it is clear who engaged the press (yet again) in their private family matters- Christie! She is the one who has the "insatiable need to remain in the media". Do you think it was Peter that feigned "calling the police" and fed lies to the media. And, most absurd of all, how can you say she hasn't done any interviews!? Do you own research. She has done a number of them but since you are buddy buddy with Christie now you have taken to participating in her reprehensible child abusive schemes. BTW- Kim, Jane and Jills- if any of you knew how Christie mocked you pre-separation you would not waste a breath on her today.
ame s 10-13-2008 @ 8:55PM
Um, yeah, Hollywood divorces with their whole other set of problems, such as what kind of plane to wisk the kids off onto after Dadday goes spouting his mouth off on national television after a divorce that was caused by him boffing a barely legal skank. Way to go, Hollywood. It's bad enough to look like an ass without the whole world watching.
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Karen 10-14-2008 @ 8:19AM
I think moms in general tend to me more in tune with the emotional needs of their children, and having suffered through the crash herself, she could relate.
But it is really an irrational fear, and men tend to put those types of emotions aside to make decisions. I'm being VERY VERY general here and of course there are exceptions to every example, but it is the reason why I think children need both a mother and a father in their lives.
I thik it was acceptable to have the child fly even though she was scared. I make my children do things they are scared to do all the time and they LEARN to trust me and to make good decision in their own life at the same time.
But I also think it was normal and reasonable for Christie to want to interfere and protect her child.
It is just a shame the kids have to go through all of this.
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Carol 10-15-2008 @ 12:13PM
Whether Christie crashed or not, I completely agree with her decision that the child should fly on a larger plane, which is probably better serviced, and better air controlled. She has sole custody; the decision should be hers. Peter Cook, after being outed as an adulterer, pornophile, web browser masterbater, nacissist will do anything to annoy Christie, even at the risk of his child's safety.
Veda 10-14-2008 @ 3:52PM
Lets not forget that Christy only left POOR(now) Peter with about 1 million after his legal fees from the divorce, so a larger leer jet was probably way to costly, and accepting Christy's possible offe for a bigger plane would have been brought up to the kids later in a "I had to pay for you to go to ______with your dad" story
Did he screw up- heck yeah, should you give up on a marriage when you have kids? Only if there is a danger to the children.
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