Brinkley’s ex-hubby Cook says bitter divorce battle revived his career

American model Christie Brinkley’s ex-husband Peter Cook is said to have benefited from the publicity surrounding their divorce last year, with the bitter court battle reviving his career.Cook, an architect, and Brinkley endured a lengthy break-up, during which the model accused him of harbouring a porn addiction.

The two, who share two children, had split after the model learned of her husband’s 2004 affair with a teenage assistant, hearing the details from her love rival’s concerned parents.

But Cook insists he has not suffered too badly from the high-profile divorce, because it’s made him a richer man.

“I had the best two years of business during my divorce for some reason, maybe it was because I had some international business as well. After all I went through, not even a ripple in my business,” the Daily Express quoted him as telling the New York Post.

The divorce was finalised in Suffolk County, New York on October 3 last year.