Peter Cook's Interview With Barbara Walters Makes Him Look Like More Of An Idiot Than We Already Thought He Was

I'm hoping that a lot of people have heard of Peter Cook, the estranged husband of model, Christie Brinkley. Their divorce over the summer has become one of the nastiest divorces between celebrities in a long time and that's saying something.

Christie decided to divorce Peter when it came out that he was spending over 3 grand a month for porno tapes and was having an affair with an 18 year old girl. Cook then ended up paying the 18 years old girl $300,000.00 to stay quiet about said affair.

And as if all that weren't bad enough, Cook went on 20/20 with Barbara Walters to plead his case. A case that has as many lame excuses as a sieve has holes. His reasoning for having the affair with an 18 year old girl when he was married to one of the most beautiful women in the world? "I was searching for a connection that was missing in my marriage." Please. Couldn't Peter have thought of anything a little more original that that?

Cook even goes so far as to try to blame Christie for his affair. He says that he wasn't given enough attention in the marriage. That he should have been thanked for all the things he did for Christie and the family. That's your duty as a husband, nimrod! To be there for your wife and kids. Cook knew that Brinkley was a huge celebrity and that he would be in the shadows but he married her anyway. Now, he's whining about being Mrs. Brinkley. Give me a break! There are plenty of men out there that would love to switch places with Cook and would not complain.

Cooper Lawrence, a psychiatrist who was on Showbiz Tonight, offered an explanation for Cook's reaction, stating that a lot of prominent men who marry prominent men feel they need more attention the longer the marriage goes on. However, she also started her comment with, "Either he's (Peter Cook) dumber than we thought he was or he thinks we're dumb."

Personally, I'm not falling for the sob story. The man had everything he could want. A beautiful model/wife, wonderful kids and tons of money yet he threw that all away because his ego is the size of California. Nope, I don't feel sorry for Peter Cook. He feels sorry enough for himself for everybody.

You can see the interview on Friday night's 20/20.