Christie Brinkley gave her fans a candid glimpse into her personal life in her 2025 book, Uptown Girl. While her most famous former relationship was with ex-husband Billy Joel, the mother of three spotlights her marriage to Peter Cook and his affair in the memoir.
As readers learn more about Christie and Peter’s past marriage, keep reading to learn more about him.
Christie was married four times. Her first marriage was with Jean-François Allaux from 1973 to 1981, and her second was with Billy from 1985 to 1994. Christie then moved on with third husband Richard Taubman, marrying him in 1994 but divorcing him the following year. The model then married Peter in 1996, and they divorced in 2006.
Peter is an architect. He is now married to his wife, Alba Jancou, who is 30 years younger than him.
In Christie’s memoir, Uptown Girl, she recounted the moment when she found out that her then-husband had been cheating on her with a much younger woman.
“I was so stunned that I froze,” she wrote about the moment, which happened when Christie was giving a speech at a high school graduation. “When your whole world falls apart and you realize in a heartbeat you’ve suddenly become the cliche middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?”
After looking into the audience where Peter was sitting, Christie claimed he shook his head “no.”
