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Groom regrets scandalous NYT wedding feature
AP via Yahoo ^ | 21 December 2010 | Joe Pompeo

Posted on 12/21/2010 1:01:16 PM PST by Fractal Trader

Carol Anne Riddell, the former TV reporter and one-half of the newlyweds who have been widely criticized for participating in a Sunday New York Times wedding feature that detailed how the couple had broken up their previous marriages in order to be together, said she regrets nothing. Riddell told Forbes on Tuesday: "We did this because we just wanted one honest account of how this happened for our sakes and for our kids' sakes. ... There was nothing in the story we were ashamed of." But now it seems like her groom, advertising executive John Partilla, has some misgivings -- about agreeing to let the Times profile him, that is. "I think if we had had an indication afterwards of the nerve it would have struck," he told Page Six, "we obviously would not have shared our life in any way publicly."

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So he didn't mind sharing his lovely story at all. He felt so sure about the correctness of his value system. It was only after the feedback told him he was such a bozo that he changes his mind.
1 posted on 12/21/2010 1:01:18 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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Repulsive. I’m sure their kids appreciate their honesty /s


2 posted on 12/21/2010 1:03:29 PM PST by Persevero (Merry Christmas!)
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Amazing that they thought other people would think that what they did was just fine..


3 posted on 12/21/2010 1:04:45 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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"We did this because we just wanted one honest account...

Because, when I think of honesty, adultery is the first thing that comes to mind.

Unbelievable

4 posted on 12/21/2010 1:04:58 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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The self-absorbed breakup to end all breakups was Jessica Seinfeld’s.

She was married for three weeks-—had just returned from her honeymoon——when she met Jerry.

She then divorced her new husband to marry Jerry.


5 posted on 12/21/2010 1:07:40 PM PST by Liz
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...detailed how the couple had broken up their previous marriages in order to be together, said she regrets nothing. Riddell told Forbes on Tuesday: "We did this because we just wanted one honest account of how this happened for our sakes and for our kids' sakes. ... There was nothing in the story we were ashamed of."

How does this square withe the headline?

6 posted on 12/21/2010 1:08:50 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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There was nothing in the story we were ashamed of. I absolutely believe both of you.
7 posted on 12/21/2010 1:09:06 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Nothing new. Suzanne Sommers wrote an autobiography that became a TV movie detailing how she landed her hubby by busting up his prior marriage. Ex-Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier did the same to land his then-spouse for that matter, which also became a book and a movie. And Cybil Shepherd actually made a documentary recounting her affair with director Peter Bogdanovich during the making of The Last Picture Show. People have become very brazen and have absolutely no shame anymore.


8 posted on 12/21/2010 1:10:53 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Seinfeld (paraphrasing): “Now some people will cheat on the people they originally cheated with. That’s like two bank robbers and one turns his gun on the other and says, ‘OK, now give me your money too.’”


9 posted on 12/21/2010 1:11:12 PM PST by torchthemummy (The Audacity Of Truth Trumps All)
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10 posted on 12/21/2010 1:13:16 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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The self-absorbed breakup to end all breakups was Jessica Seinfeld’s.

Wow! That's so ironic that you posted that while I was typing mine so the quote of Seinfeld's I posted is almost a confession.

11 posted on 12/21/2010 1:13:21 PM PST by torchthemummy (The Audacity Of Truth Trumps All)
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Summer Search, a high-impact program that gives low-income students the opportunities
and support they need to transform their lives, honored Chancellor of New York City’s
Public Schools Joel I. Klein at their Leadership Gala at Cipriani's. (newyorksocialdiary.com)


Rich Bressler, Charlotte Van Doren, John Parilla, and Carol Anne Riddell.

12 posted on 12/21/2010 1:13:39 PM PST by Liz
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Oops! Wrong thread!


13 posted on 12/21/2010 1:13:55 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Right. It’s a further indication of just how self-absorbed these two are, that they expected the general public to sympathize with their “we had to be together at any cost” hook up story. They got quite the wake up call.


14 posted on 12/21/2010 1:14:15 PM PST by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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Look at it this way; he realized - better late than never - that he was a jerk. Her - not so much...


15 posted on 12/21/2010 1:15:25 PM PST by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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But now it seems like her groom, advertising executive John Partilla, has some misgivings -- about agreeing to let the Times profile him, that is. "I think if we had had an indication afterwards of the nerve it would have struck," he told Page Six, "we obviously would not have shared our life in any way publicly."

Probably because he found out his employer was none too thrilled about it.

16 posted on 12/21/2010 1:16:24 PM PST by dfwgator (Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
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17 posted on 12/21/2010 1:17:53 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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Had one of those couples here at the office - the woman ran around telling everyone about their adultery, looking for validation. She didn’t find any, and they both ended up leaving.


18 posted on 12/21/2010 1:19:47 PM PST by nina0113
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I’m sure their kids appreciate their honesty

As is usual with the children of such people, they have probably come to realize at an early age that their parents' love is conditioned on whether or not they enthusiastically approve of everything their parents do.

It will be years, if ever, before they come to the sinking realization that these two individuals are horrible, horrible human beings.

19 posted on 12/21/2010 1:20:04 PM PST by wideawake
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They are obviously a fairly well matched pair:

She doesn’t give a toot in a windstorm what others think about their self centered lives and doesn’t care who knows it.

He doesn’t give a toot in a windstorm what others think about their self centered lives but regrets not faking concern.


20 posted on 12/21/2010 1:22:10 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor not a race relations Czar in the Obama administration.")
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