Peter Cook: I Just Wanted Attention

Christie Brinkley‘s ex-husband Peter Cook sits down to chit chat with Barbara Walters for 20/20 about his tumultuous divorce from the supermodel. He basically tells Babs that he boned an 18-year-old because Christie wasn’t paying attention to him. Peter tells Barbara that he started banging Diana Bianchi, his teenage assistant, because, “I was seeking a connection I could not find in my own marriage. I think the emotional aspect of our lives had changed. I think we were both feeling more like we were living with a brother and sister than a life partner. … I think I just suddenly realized when I was getting attention from someone else that this is something that is missing in my life.”

As for his proclivity for philandering, ie. internet porn and voyeurism, he says, “I wanted a little acknowledgment, a little attention, a little thank you every now and then…”

And why, after humiliating himself in divorce court is he sitting down with 20/20 and airing his dirty laundry again? “My hope is that the world will see that I’m not the scum bag pervert that I’ve been painted to be.”

So what is the proper term for a married guy who pulls a teenager out of a toy store, puts her to work in his office, and then bones her in a home he owns with his wife? [Source:ABC]