The Tiki Barber scandal grows and grows. Earlier this month, Tiki and his wife Ginny split up, even though she was 8 months pregnant with twins. The rumors started immediately, and it was pretty much confirmed within days: Tiki had dumped his wife for a 23-year-old NBC intern, whom he had been screwing for nearly two years. Tiki has been getting slammed in the press, especially in the New York media, and it’s easy to see why. Now comes the news that not only is Tiki shacked up with his mistress, but he’s not even trying to financially support his pregnant wife. Ugh:
Tiki Barber, onetime NFL hero is facing a divorce suit after heartlessly leaving his 8 months-pregnant wife, Ginny, hospital-ridden while he wined and dined his 23 three year-old mistress, for a week!
Tiki Barber — have you no shame or any concern at all for your estranged wife of 11 years, who used to be your best friend and biggest supporter? Obviously not. You were spotted all over New York City, reports the New York Post, with 23 year-old Traci Lynn Johnson, the former college student turned NBC intern who you preferred over your wife, two little boys and the twins on the way.
Not only that, you’ve been lowballing Ginny in out-of-court negotiations over financial support, a family friend told the NYPost. “Tiki refused to give her anything close to what she needs,” the friend told the paper. Guess it’s more important to buy expensive gifts, clothing and take her out to dinner, than take care of sons AJ, 7, Chasen, 6 and your new babies, Tiki. No wonder our Hollywoodlife.com readers voted you THE WORST Dad of 2010 by a wide margin with 55 per cent of the vote. You easily beat out Jon Gosselin and Tiger Woods.
The divorce papers were filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court Apr. 26 citing “adultery.” Tiki surprised his wife with news about his affair when he told her he was moving out last fall and into a midtown lovenest. Until, he dropped that bomb on pregnant Ginny, the former football star, who had spoken out about his own father’s philandering, had never dropped a hint to Ginny, that he was unhappy with their marriage, a source told Hollywoodlife.com.
It’s not surprising that NBC has suspended Tiki from his two jobs as a Sports and Today show correspondent after news about his scandalous behavior broke. Reports are surfacing that the Today show has fired Tiki but NBC and Tiki both will not comment.
Ginny is now home at her Upper East Side apartment and according to sources close to her, she’s very upset – no surprise.
“It’s been an emotional time for her,” says the source. “She is, of course, worried about the health of her unborn twins. It’s a lot to deal with and she is still being closely monitored by her doctors.”
We wish you well Ginny. Hopefully your louse of an ex will PAY bigtime!
[From Hollywood Life]
Yeah, Hollywood Life poured it on a bit thick, but you get the point. Tiki is a douche, and we thought he was a better man. It takes a particular kind of slimy douche to leave your pregnant wife for a 23-year-old intern, and then not even concern yourself about supporting said pregnant wife. It’s like he’s had a personality overhaul… maybe it’s a brain tumor or something. Ugh.
maybe he was always a douche and was just really good at hiding it from the public
(Said in that passive-agressive way I love)
Here’s hoping it’s an brain tumor, always easier to make him a hero to his children once he is gone!
Just kidding,I know I know…
WTF is wrong with all these men?!?!
“maybe he was always a douche and was just really good at hiding it from the public”
seems that applies more and more these days, huh?
I’m no saint, I make mistakes, etc. but honestly this stuff really…depresses me. Is it the media uncovers more now or is this sort of blatant moral disregard really that rampant? I know this has happened since the beginning of time but it seems so common place now.. almost making me wonder if most of us are already de-sensitized to this as a result.
The emotional stress could truly harm the babies, only 8 months. Twins are born smaller as it is when they are full term0 if her blood pressure rises and she needs to be induced, what have you from this stress they could be in trouble. What a vile person this guy is. I hope the crash and burn is hard and sudden for this ‘mistress’. he *will* leave her, too, the women always like to think they are the exception not the rule.
I;m married and mid 30s now and oh, so glad my mom taught me well. When I was a lil 23 year old a charming man pursued me, seemed nice.. then he said ‘I recently separated from my wife’ before he asked me out. I never accepted and ran far and fast. Found out later it was indeed a line and he went through some interns in our office (oof)and he was still married. One girl was really emotionally damaged from the whole thing. Agh. Just nasty all around. Glad my mom had the sit down and sweetly explained the things some ahem, gentlemen do or say and to use my instincts.
I agree with Bite Me . . . nobody becomes this big of a douche bag overnight. It was always there. I wonder how many little ladies he has had during his 11 year marriage? I’m just guessing this 23 year old is not the first one; she’s just the first one he actually fell in love with.
I really hope NBC fires him. I just don’t want to see him on television anymore. And that intern’s family should be very upset over what she has done.
Talk about a man running away from growing up. I loved when Tina Fey called him out on SNL during her Weekend Update rant.
Don’t get married if you aren’t prepared to be a big boy.
Yes, Hollywood Life laid it on thick. The other thing they laid on thick? The commas. For, fuck’s, sake.
bingo, bite me. That sort of callous behavior doesn’t develop overnight.
She has clear grounds for divorce and I’m sure hefty alimony and child support. It’s just sad for her and the kids. Hopefully those kids have some good male role models in their life, since their dad is clearly not being one. He will regret that someday.
sorry, tiki barber was always a douche. he was a whiny baby when he retired because the coach made him practice to hard. he was a bitch when he complained about his teammates contracts. i was so happy when the giants won a super bowl without him. he deserved it. i’ve never liked him. ronde is the nice twin.
Ok just re-read what I wrote, I was really wrong to write that.
What I might have said was. wow if his fathers’ infidelity really hurt him and his brother what is he doing/saying to his children by making this a family thing. How selfish! Being a parent is a lot of work, not just getting up for a two am feeding and cleaning vomit.
Each and everything we do as parents is closely watched by our children. What a heavy load he is placing on those kids, when the google their famous football dad.
I apologize for suggesting that his family might be better off is was no more.
MOTHER F’ER!
I’m tired of ALL this crap.
FURTHERMORE, WTH is wrong w/ these HOMEWRECKERS??? HAVE WE NO CONSCIENCE?
Just goes to show you that a handsome man with a pretty smile can still be evil deep down.
For me, this is yet another example why women should know how to take care of themselves and have their OWN money going into a marriage. Doesn’t matter if your future hubby is banking like Bill Gates, have SOMETHING going on for yourself.
I feel bad for his wife, but not surprised. This stuff is more common than a cold and a sneeze. Marriage vows aren’t really held in that high of regard anymore. Not even to the ones who actually make them. Hope the unborn twins will remain okay.
Tiki and his mistress have no shame and should be publicly shunned.
There used to be clauses in the law about adultery and its been tweaked so over the years to allow for quickie divorces that people who take the institution of marriage seriously and get burned by an unfaithful spouse have no recourse in some instances. IF your kids have grown and you divorce over adultery in some states like the one I live in..its a “no fault” state meaning it doesnt really make rip who did what just the division of assests. These people can legally get away with murder…its really sad..when I split with my husband of infidelity it was like someone died. I grieved for a year. There should be a penalty for this type of behavior because as you can see it is a epidemic.
and……….this is surprising why?
Just f’n unbelieveable how many guys turn out to be douchebags! I feel for his wife and kids! He’ll get his!
Here’s to a brain hemorrhage Tiki and I ain’t kidding. A man who doesn’t take care of his kids deserves the worst that can happen to him.
The only thing I know about him is from the episode of Project Runway he was on with his wife. I remember it cause it was weird that she was there too and they kept talking about how ‘they’ dress him.
This leads me to one of 2 conclusions:
1. Jon and Kate syndrome where she is over controlling and he is a douchey baby who finally breaks free and makes a total ass of himself
2. She did everything for him and he didn’t appreciate it because she is not as hot as a 23 year old
This douche most likely has been an asshole all along. I don’t know why women so often turn a blind eye to their husband’s shitty behavior.
Having said that – I’ve always told any married man chasing me to fuck off.
Married men cheating on their wives are lying to everyone involved & are just ridiculous excuses for a what a man should be. Any woman with enough self esteem should know better that to enable that kind of behavior.
What an bastard. Hope he gets shunned. This type of shit is wrong.
What the fuck is wrong with that man. I hope she’s able to take him the court and get everything he’s got.
Ya, I hope both he and his mistress really learn a hard, hard, HARD lesson from causing other people this kind of pain.
And I hope his wife and children get through this and find a better life without him.
HEARTLESS PERSON!!!!!!!!!!
@Lady Nightshade: I remember that episode too and thought their dynamic was a bit weird. Willing to bed that she “managed” his life while he was working his way up the foot chain (a job that lot’s of wives take on) and he’s dumped her now that she’s not 20.
And they say that gays will ruin marriage.
Wow, 2009 was the year of celeb deaths, 2010 seems like the year for breakups.
The sad thing about this is that the own father cheated and it hurt his family, and he does the same. What’s also sad is that repeating parents mistakes seem to happen more often than breaking the cycle.
Now his own children will grow up to despise him. I hope THEY break the cycle.
I think the lowballing her for support for the kids etc., has got to be the lowest. Suspended from his jobs for his callous behavior and now everyone can go suck it, because he’s got to lavish his gf with stuff? Really? Wow.
On that particular point, Tiki wins the super uber douche award. For all Jesse James’ many many many failings and faults, I would still bet JJ would never lowball his own kids. That being said, how low is Tiki that even JJ and Tiger beat him out for being a better dad. sheesh.
Both he and the mistress should be fired. Equal treatment for equally scuzzy behaviour.
Satan in a Sunday hat; that’s what these little twinkies need to remember before they get all stupid and fall in bed with the first handsome, rich, married liar who pays them any mind.
maybe he should watch this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/15/obamas-fathers-day-speech_n_107220.html
@ Red Folder – Yeah, Tiki’s got to be approaching the little micro-scum that live in the Mariana Trench level as far as how low he is. To beat out TW, JJ, AND JG for worst father of the year? Now that’s a feat!
once a douche always a douche. he’ll screw around on little miss intern too as soon as she pops out a kid or 2.
Granted his wife was/is a serious
b-i-t-c-h HOWEVER he knew of her bitchy ways for as long as they’ve been together and decided to stay w her, get married & start a family with her. What he’s done is beyond disgusting and he should be absolutely ashamed of himself.
Douche.
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hahaha I’ve never seen so many comma splices in my life…the lack of semi colons is disheartening =/
Oh hey, look: an asshole wearing a suit.
Someone needs to tell his wife to STOP with the “out of court” negotiations. Bullshit! Drag his sorry ass to court and see if the little trollop still wants him with what is left of his money.
I doubt it’s a brain tumor. More like a male midlife crisis.
The man is and has always been a total douchebag. Period.
I have never heard of this scumbag before this post, but that type of control of funds is a well-known aspect of domestic abuse.
As for the girlfriend: she’s gotten what she deserves – him!
douche
They’ve been married for 11 years! She is entitled to half. Have we learned nothing from Tom and Nicole’s split. Plus child support, maybe even alimony. Girl take him to the cleaners. I am sure his home-wrecker will leave his skeezy butt if he is broke. lol
Tikki gots hisself another white Ho to knock up.
CREEP. I hope his wife does him in. Normally I would also wish that his career tanks forever. However, I won’t go that far because it will ultimately affect his four children and soon to be ex-wife and they deserve everything they can get from this low life.
Tiki’s wife needs to haul his sorry ass into court and take him for every dime he has.
He looks rough in that top photo. Almost like meth face. He usually looks healthy and well groomed. Wonder if he’s doing drugs and that has something to do with his doucheriffic behavior?
Whatever, you are so right. I settled out of court with my almost-as-douchey-as-Tiki ex husband. He gave me a big sap story about how he was planning on switching jobs and taking a pay cut in order to spend more time with our kids, so I let him off easy on the child support. Worst mistake ever- less than a month after our divorce was finalized, he was driving a new Mercedes, bought a motorcycle and moved his mistress into a half million dollar house. Oh, and he’s STILL at the same job working the same ridiculous hours and only sees the kids every other weekend.
Take it all, Ginny!
Miranda Ann…
I agree with everything you said.
A man does not wake up and become an asshole overnight. He probably has been doing this for the entire marriage.
On a side note..Why do women constantly put up with cheating husbands? Many women know their husbands are cheaters, yet they stay. I am not saying that Ginny knew Tiki was always a cheater, but I have a feeling that she knew of many others and stayed with him anyway.
Do women today have such low self esteem that any man can treat them like shit and they just turn the other cheek?
Congratulations Jesse James. You are no longer the douchiest douchebag alive. Tiki is.
His sons will be so proud of their dad.Asshole.
If he was so unhappy with his wife why did he get her pregnant again? Cheating is one thing but to bring a child into the world and then act the way he is now is just wrong.
Why isn’t NBC firing him? He was inappropriate to carry on an affair with an intern. Why aren’t there any clauses in these TV reporters contracts? That guy from ESPN got canned for carrying on an affair at work, why not this guy.
What an a-hole. It sounds like he is going through some effed up kind of mid-life crisis.
anyone ever consider that the wife has something to do with the collapse of this marriage?
So, I actually “get” wanting to low-ball the wifey. She’s basically been living high on the hog off his money and fame for the last 10+ years, and to me that shouldn’t = 50% of all his net worth and future earnings. Seriously, we women have gotta learn to make our own f&cking incomes and stop expecting men to pay our way for our whole lives.
HOWEVER, refusing to pay for his own kids is another kettle of fish entirely. They didn’t ask to be brought into this world; they aren’t able to get their own jobs and support themselves; they’re half his own blood AND Tiki talked about how wounded he was to have been abandonned by his own dad. If I were his mistress (and I wouldn’t be, ‘cuz I ran far from any guy who wasn’t totally single – even in the middle of divorce proceedings didn’t sit right with me), I’d be telling him, “hell yeah, fight giving the gold-digger wife half of all that’s yours.” But stiffin’ his own children would have me out of there faster than you can say Michael Lohan.
I’m seriously at a loss for words. It seems like as time goes on men (and women) simply have no conscience or morals. It’s as if nobody has loyalty anymore.
Men have a tendency to ogle women besides the one they’re actually involved with. However, many of today’s women don’t seem to turn away from acting overtly flirtatious, dressing provocative, making sexual comments with ease in public, lack of modesty, and an overall lack of ethics. It’s as if someone failed to teach the basics of right and wrong.
I feel for Tiki’s wife. I went through being cheated on during a pregnancy and then he had the nerve to put me out of the house at 8 months pregnant. I guess he decided to make her his new woman and wanted to move her in. Clearly he couldn’t live as he wanted with me there. So, again…I have no idea what our culture has come to, but we are in a sad and sorry state that will only continue to deteriorate unless people as a whole begin to develop a sense of common respect for each other.
– I will now step off my soap box- 🙂
I don’t think it’s fair to blame the wife for any kind of “collapse”. I say this because if there is clearly a right want and a wrong way to go about things.
Firstly, if you have marital problems you deal with it with YOUR PARTNER. You NEVER turn to a friend of the opposite sex as a shoulder to cry on or as a marriage counselor. You never know what that persons intentions are, and almost always ends up in a compromising situation or flat out…bed.
Secondly, If in fact there were issues that they simply could not OR would not resolve, then you separate first, take time to yourself to exhale and figure out where the problems were and take responsibility for your part in them. That way, you can try to correct your behaviors that may negatively affect your next relationship.
Lastly, Once the marriage is over, and both parties have gone their separate ways, only then do you consider getting physically or emotionally involved with someone else. I know – it doesn’t always happen that way, however, it would probably make lives easier if we adhered to some kind of moral conduct.
im sorry i dont mean to get on anyone’s nerves by saying this but to all the people talking about morals and stuff…i think all this adultery starts off w/ people just doing whatever they want sexually before marriage…what makes u think that if u cant wait to have sex before marriage that u can abstain after ure married? u cant just start having self-control automatically as soon as u get married, u have to cultivate it…my 2 cents
What a charmer =( Seriously what a piece of crap not fit to call himself a man. He is a whining, immature childman!
She should have made him put $ in a fund for her and mainly for the kids before getting pregnant. I tell women this alot and people think i am crass but every one of these women whose husbands cheat then leaves them with nothing & doesnt pay a dime in the raising of their children comes back saying I was right.
Is it me, or are sports figures the worst husbands? Even reflecting back on Magic Johnson, when he cheated on Cookie Johnson and got AIDS. Kobe, D-Wade, Pacman Jones,Jayson Williams (murdered his driver) Tiger Woods, and the Steeler’s quarterback now being fined and should be suspended indefinitely to send a message through the sports world.
I honestly think that people should start boycotting the NFL/MLB/NBA and other sports leagues. These men/athletes make an ridiculous amount of money and endorsement of products that our children buy and support.
The sports leagues have a responsibility and should get rid of scum and people like this. It would send a message to these sports figures and hit them where it hurts the most…Their pockets, which means no more whore-mongering, outlandish spending, anti-social issues, sexual harassment, crimes, etc.
NBC please do something right and remove this guy from the network. Or are you as spineless as him?
I don’t know who he is and he is a douche but I’m wondering just how much the wife is asking for. These kinds of women usually make some outlandish demands like Kelis asking for over $10,000/month (in alimony) when most normal people could never hope to make that in half a year. They get accustomed to the finer things in life and don’t realize those things go away when your husband leaves you. I support her wanting to make sure her children’s future is secure, but I have no respect for women who think they don’t have to work a day in their lives because they struck it rich. She still has her fancy Upper East Side apartment so I doubt she’s hurting.
As I said I don’t know these people so maybe I’m wrong and she deserves to take everything he has, I just find that to rarely be the case. Especially considering, didn’t she become famous because of him? I thought she rode his coattails to fame or am I confusing her?
ThatBKChick – all athletes are dogs. Finding a faithful one is like finding bigfoot, it ain’t gonna happen.
SO, ABOUT TEN TO ELEVEN MONTHS AGO, HE WAS STILL SEXING HIS WIFE. HMMMM, WHAT MAKES THE BIMBO HE WITH RIGHT NOW, THINK THAT HE WILL TREAT HER ANY BETTER THAN HE’S TREATING HIS WIFE OF ELEVEN YEARS? HE WON’T. AND, THERE IS A JUDGE WHO WILL MAKE HIS BLACK ASS PAY HIS SOON-TO-BE EX-WIFE MORE THAN SHE’S ASKING FOR. OH YEAH TIKI. TIKI, WTF KIND OF NAME IS THAT!!