Norman and Evert
Golfing great Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert were married last month, not long after each split with their previous spouses. Evert now tells Vogue magazine that the relationship started before the two couples split.
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The couple, seen here in April, tied the knot in the Bahamas. The two exchanged vows in front of 140 family and friends, according to People magazine. They spent up to $2 million for their lavish nuptials, according to media reports.
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Evert won 18 Grand Slam singles titles between 1974 and 1986. She was the world's top-ranked female singles player for seven years and her career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history.
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Norman won the British Open twice (1986 and 1993) and spent 331 weeks as the world's top-ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. The Aussie, however, is regarded as a career underachiever with several heart-breaking performances in golf's majors and 7 second-place finishes.
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Evert has had many high-profile relationships. She and tennis great Jimmy Connors were engaged in 1974, the same year that the two players won their first Grand Slam titles. The romance did not last though and their wedding was called off.
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Evert married British tennis player John Lloyd in 1979 and went by the name Chris Evert-Lloyd until the marriage ended in divorce in 1987.
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Evert divorced former husband Andy Mill, a World Cup and Olympic skier, last December after 18 years of marriage.
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"The Shark" recently reached a divorce settlement with his wife of 26 years, Laura Andrassy. The couple, seen here in 1993, had three children, including son Gregory Jr., who served as best man in his father's second wedding.
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The tennis legend revealed that she and Norman had tried to fight their desire for each other and had undergone couples-counseling with their longtime spouses, Andy Mill and Laura Andrassy, in an effort to overcome their mutual attraction.Far be it for me to stand on a pedestal and chastise Evert and Norman. In fact, I'm more of the opinion that the affair, while possibly detrimental to other relationships, is at least (now) the most honest part of the whole situation.
But Evert, who married the Great White Shark in a lavish ceremony in the Bahamas last month, said counselling did not work and the pair dissolved their marriages to be together.
"It was like an irresistible force," she said. "How do you explain something like that?"
It is the first time the sporting power couple have publicly admitted they had embarked on an illicit romantic relationship while they were still with their spouses.
Seriously, their relationship with each other was to an irreconcilable point regarding their marriages, so to continue on seems like somewhat of a sham.
And Evert's willingness to come clean certainly goes a long way in my book, because admitting publicly that you cheated on your spouse, especially when the option to disappear in the Badlands is out there, is not exactly the easiest thing to do.
Besides, we can judge all we want, but what's done is done, and public scrutiny certainly doesn't seem like something that will bother either of them at this point. Except on Sundays. Norman can't handle it then.
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Messy Divorces
Greg Norman and Laura Andrassy: The golf legend, who is on a honeymoon with his current wife, tennis great Chris Evert, was married to Andrassy for 26 years. Click through to see some nasty public divorces.
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Alex Rodriguez and Cynthia Rodriguez: It appears that A-Rod's marriage is over. Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce Monday, alleging infidelity and that the Yankees star "has emotionally abandoned his wife and children."
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Tricia Walsh Smith & Philip Smith: A British actress who became an Internet star by trashing her estranged husband on YouTube defended her video rants in a New York court. Broadway producer Philip Smith, here with Tricia Walsh Smith in happier times, is suing for divorce, claiming the videos constitute spousal abuse.
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Heather Mills and Paul McCartney: The rock icon and former model split up in 2006 after a four-year marriage. In court papers, Mills accused McCartney of being physically violent and abusive. He denied the claims. In March, she was awarded a $48.6 million settlement. At the hearing, she doused McCartney's attorney with water.
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James and Dina Matos McGreevey: Matos McGreevey was at her husband's side when he announced in 2004 that he was gay and resigned as New Jersey governor over an affair with a man. In a memoir, she said he hid his homosexuality; he denied it. He said they had trysts with a man; she denied that. A judge is currently deciding how much alimony and support she should receive.
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Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook: They reached an out-of-court settlement, but only after several days of trial testimony exposed lurid details of Cook's affair with a teenage assistant and his predilection for Internet porn. The 54-year-old former supermodel agreed to pay Cook $2.1 million. She gets to keep 18 properties in the Hamptons and custody of the kids.
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Ellen Barkin and Ron Perelman: Their seven-year marriage came to a sudden end when the billionaire's lawyers served the actress divorce papers in their Manhattan townhouse in January 2006, ordering her to move out pronto. In August 2007, Barkin announced she was suing Perelman for $3.4 million, saying he had failed to keep an agreement to fund the company they created. He later sued her back.
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Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover: The New York mayor held a press conference in May of 2000 announcing that he intended to separate from his second wife, Donna Hanover. Giuliani cited cruel and inhuman treatment when he filed to divorce her, while Hanover cited adultery in her filing a year and a half later. Judith Nathan, who would become Giuliani's third wife, began appearing with him at official functions in the final months of his term.
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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline: While the pop singer and her former dancer reached a settlement just five months after separating, their custody battle over their two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, wages on. The matter is due to go to trial in August. Spears lost custody of the boys to Federline last year, but a judge recently afforded her overnight visitation.
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Robin Givens and Mike Tyson: The couple's rocky marriage lasted only one year, with the controversial boxer filing for divorce on Valentine's Day in 1989. Robin's sister, Stephanie, told a newspaper that the actress was hit in the head "with a closed fist." There were also rumors of infidelity.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 13)
7-22-2008 @ 1:30AM
Denny said...
An affair? Nice...."Evert's willingness to come clean publically goes a "long way" in Brinson's "book"?
Wonder what led Evert and Norman to talk about thier extramarital affair in public in the first place?" Gee, all their family, friends, and fans must be proud....
I am not the moral compass for the world and I am not judging Evert or Norman on their affair. I am just wondering what flavor of "Kool Aid" Evert and Norman were drinking when they decided the world had to hear from them about their infidelity.
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7-22-2008 @ 4:50PM
Bradly said...
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7-22-2008 @ 5:13PM
Don said...
It is not an affair, it is adultery.
7-22-2008 @ 6:04PM
Mary Noziglia said...
Bravo!!!!! I LOVED your answer. Glad there are still guys that feel that way out there!
7-23-2008 @ 4:40PM
Michelle said...
Oh please. They made errors in judgment. All you people who are quick to condemn them must certainly be perfect, right? Never any lapses in judgment? They - and we all - are human, with the ability to make mistakes, correct them, and even (OMG!) *change* and become better people. Do you think that everyone who has an affair is a BAD PERSON?
It's not good to hurt others in your quest for happiness, but it sounds like they made efforts to avoid hurting anyone else. Looks like they were unsuccessful but at least everyone is moving on. Hopefully they will live the rest of their lives together.
OH YEAH, has anyone replying to these articles ever made a mistake? Cuz if you have, you're in no position to take other people to task. That's called "hypocritical".
7-23-2008 @ 4:45PM
Bradly said...
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7-25-2008 @ 6:10PM
Sasha said...
Did you ever stop and think that maybe they were forced to reveal their affair after the mindless, yellow journalist, media menagerie dug it up and confronted them?
7-22-2008 @ 11:45AM
grace said...
Chris is certainly becoming the United Nations. 2 Americans (1 she married), 1 Brit and now an Aussie. Who is next?
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7-22-2008 @ 3:47PM
haha said...
LOL you are so wrong for that one
7-22-2008 @ 6:02PM
merlisa said...
Chris is certainly becoming the United Nations. 2 Americans (1 she married), 1 Brit and now an Aussie. Who is next?>>>>>
United Nations? Uh, all White guys who speak English. Hardly the UN.
7-22-2008 @ 3:39PM
scott ray said...
Don't be surprised to be reading in less than five years that this marriage is over because of an affair. Once an adulterer always an adulterer.
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7-22-2008 @ 4:36PM
terri said...
Greg had been cheating on his wife for many years and everyone in Jupiter knew it. Chris Evert is just one of many and when it happens to her the first wife will LOL.
7-22-2008 @ 4:30PM
jp said...
That is utter nonsence. "once a cheater always a cheater"
7-22-2008 @ 5:24PM
Tee said...
Not true. After years of dealing with a cheating spouse, and trying to "wait it out"-after he left me but we didn't divorce, I cheated with someone 2 1/2 years after being separated. I would NEVER do it again because I saw how unfair it was to the guy, how I had trouble processing the guilt, etc. Next time, if I am lied to, cheated on, and left-I will hurriedly divorce and not place myself in the position to try to remain faithful to a vow. You never really know the details of what transpired in a marriage. And nobody's perfect.
7-22-2008 @ 3:43PM
mel said...
i was hoping the pig wd lose--they are both big time pigs.
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7-22-2008 @ 3:47PM
haha said...
who do you think will have the affair first?
7-22-2008 @ 3:53PM
Jenni said...
A marriage born of adultery has an almost next to nothing chance of surviving.....as so it should. I have lost my respect for Chris Evert. Poor ex and poor kids.
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7-22-2008 @ 3:53PM
Butch said...
Even though I am not a Greg Norman fan, he could have done a LOT better than homley Chrissy..
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7-22-2008 @ 4:55PM
Mike said...
I would still shag her in a heart beat... Not bad looking for someone in their 50's...
7-22-2008 @ 3:56PM
ed said...
ELDERLY??!! She is still hot to me.
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