She was on the Brink.<\/p>\n
Christie Brinkley almost broke down in tears while recounting how she found out about her ex-husband Peter Cook\u2019s affair<\/a> for the audiobook of her harrowing memoir, \u201cUptown Girl.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThere were parts where I thought, \u2018Please don\u2019t cry,’\u201d Brinkley told Social Life Magazine<\/a> in an interview published last week.<\/p>\n The model, 71, explained that she tried to keep her voice \u201clevel\u201d but that the publisher had her record her raw emotions. <\/p>\n Christie Brinkley nearly broke down in tears while recalling the memory of when she found out Peter Cook was having an affair. christiebrinkley\/Instagram<\/p>\n She was re-telling the story while recording the audiobook for her memoir, \u201cUptown Girl.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201c[The publisher] let me be. Let my voice crack. Let it show,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n One of the most difficult stories for Brinkley to record for the project was when she recalled finding out about Cook\u2019s infidelity right after delivering a commencement speech at a high school graduation ceremony in 2006.<\/p>\n The \u201cParks and Recreation\u201d alum was sitting on stage when a man tapped her on the shoulder through the curtain and informed her that his teenage daughter and Brinkley\u2019s \u201carrogant husband\u201d were having an affair. <\/p>\n \u201cThere were parts where I thought, \u2018Please don\u2019t cry,’\u201d Brinkley told Social Life Magazine in an interview published last week. Getty Images<\/p>\n She could barely get through telling the story of when she found out about Cook\u2019s affair. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI asked him to repeat it and then I looked back at Jack,\u201d Brinkley told the magazine of her now-30-year-old son \u2014 who Peter adopted \u2014 with third husband Richard Taubman.<\/p>\n \u201cJack\u2019s face was frozen in panic. He felt it instantly. He knew something was very wrong,\u201d Brinkley continued. <\/p>\n The man would not reveal his name but told Brinkley that he was a Hamptons cop.<\/p>\n The shattering moment \u201cnearly broke\u201d her, according to the interview.<\/p>\n Recounting the heartbreaking moment \u201cnearly broke\u201d her. Getty Images<\/p>\n She and Cook share two kids: Sailor and Jack. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cWhen your whole world falls apart and you realize in a heartbeat you\u2019ve suddenly become the clich\u00e9 middle-aged woman whose husband is having an affair with a much (much) younger woman, what do you do?\u201d the actress wrote in her book, which was released on April 29.<\/p>\n Brinkley and Peter \u2014 who also share daughter Sailor, 26 \u2014 announced that they were divorcing after 10 years of marriage that July. They subsequently went through a contentious custody battle before settling four years later for the sake of their children. <\/p>\n The Sports Illustrated\u00a0Swimsuit cover girl has been divorced three other times. She was married to Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Allaux from 1973 to 1981, Billy Joel from 1985 to 1994 and Taubman from 1994 to 1995.<\/p>\n Brinkley \u2014 who shares daughter Alexa Ray, 39, with Joel \u2014 also addressed the \u201cPiano Man\u201d singer\u2019s drinking problem<\/a> in her memoir. She specifically included a chapter about how Joel was once so drunk that he ate a large portion of spaghetti and then accused his family of eating it before kicking them out of the house. <\/p>\n They got into a heated custody battle after filing for divorce. Getty Images<\/p>\n Brinkley also wrote about ex-husband Billy Joel\u2019s drinking problem and infidelity. Getty Images<\/p>\n She and the singer share daughter Alexa Ray. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI hesitated to put that scene in the book,\u201d she\u00a0told the Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0in an interview published in April. \u201cBut at the same time, it demonstrates what I was up against.\u201d<\/p>\n She fought for their marriage for 11 years before ending things when Joel\u2019s drinking crossed the line and he had multiple affairs.<\/p>\n