“The black cloud of Christie Brinkley’s hate” has driven Peter Cook’s new wife, Suzanne Shaw, to flee the US, she’s dramatically revealed.
Amid rumors that Shaw fled to Bali because she and Cook are splitting, Shaw told The Post’s Selim Algar that she’s actually left the US to escape Brinkley and what she calls her “obsession” with Cook.
“There has been a lot of gossip circling around the reasons I have left the country for such an extended period,” Shaw wrote yesterday from Indonesia. “Mainly that I found evidence of infidelity, and I am filing for divorce.”
But she says the truth is, “The black cloud of Christie Brinkley’s hate [that] has hung over our lives for the five years I have been with Peter, and has taken an unhappy toll on me and my daughter’s life — on all our lives. I needed a break.”
In June, Shaw and Brinkley squared off after a court date over an ongoing bitter child support dispute between Cook and Brinkley — when Brinkley told Shaw, “When you find out he’s been cheating on you, I’ll be here.”
But Shaw claims Brinkley is keeping the drama going, saying, “To this day she has not stopped with her Peter Cook obsession. They parted ways more than six years ago, but she can’t let go . . . finding more ways to interfere with Peter’s life — continuing what can only aptly be named the sad battles of Christie Brinkley. I left the country to get away from Christie, not my husband.”
Shaw’s become increasingly vocal in the fracas between Cook and his ex, whom she describes as “vengeful.” In June she posted a list of “lies” she accused Brinkley of propagating on the model’s Facebook page. “I posted it early,” Shaw said. “Peter told me she is a late sleeper so I got a good hour or so out of it . . . ha ha.”
Brinkley had no comment. But a source countered: “Christie’s been occupied all summer by her parents who were ill. She recently buried both of them. She has been in mourning . . . and is starting rehearsals for the tour of ‘Chicago.’ ” The source added, “Suzanne has been the vengeful one by posting on Christie’s Facebook page.”