Did Tiki Barber dump his 8-months pregnant wife for an NBC intern?

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Damn, bitches. This douchebaggery is getting serious, yo. A few days ago, Page Six had what seemed like a very sad, but not that scandalous item about NBC correspondent (and former football star) Tiki Barber splitting from his wife Ginny. I had never really paid attention to Tiki until he and Ginny guested on Project Runway a few seasons ago. At the time, Tiki came across as very intelligent, charismatic, and very much in love with college sweetheart-wife, who seemed like a strong, ballbusting lady who adored her husband. But this sh-t just got mega-scandalous, because now the New York Post, Fox News, Star Magazine and Bossip are reporting that Tiki dumped Ginny – who also happens to be 8 months pregnant WITH TWINS – for an NBC intern. Oh, DAMN. First, here’s Star’s version:

Today show correspondent Tiki Barber is splitting with his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, following cheating allegations.

The Giants football alum has left Ginny after 11 years of marriage to be with former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, 23, The New York Post reports. Tiki and Traci have been seen traveling together and sources say Traci accompanied Tiki to Vancouver where he was covering the Olympic games in February.

Ginny, who is expecting twins, reportedly found out about Tiki’s relationship with Traci late last year.

Tiki said in a statement, “After 11 years of marriage, Ginny and I have decided to separate. This decision was a painful one, but we are moving forward amicably and will continue to work together to raise our children with the love and dedication they have always known.”

[From Star Magazine]

I think this whole drama might have begun with the NY Post, actually. Now that I’m comparing the stories, it seems like everyone is citing this report from the NYP. Basically, this Traci girl is 23-years-old, blonde, and basically a hot mess of a mistress. Here’s her photo (courtesy of HuffPo):

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Yeah, I can see why Ginny left.

Ex-Giants superstar Tiki Barber has dumped his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, for sexy former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, sources told The Post last night. The football star-turned-“Today” show-correspondent left his wife of 11 years, Ginny, for the 23-year-old blonde, who also worked at 30 Rock, the sources said.

Ginny, who is expecting twins, found out about the relationship late last year, after the run-around running back moved out of their Upper East Side home.

Johnson, a model-thin bombshell, was photographed sitting next to Tiki last month at a Washington, DC, screening of a documentary on Senegal that he hosted for the Travel Channel. Sources believe Johnson also accompanied Tiki to Senegal for the filming late last year, when Ginny was three months pregnant.

The affair is particularly stunning in light of Barber’s long-standing disdain for his philandering father.

“I don’t give a [bleep] that the relationship didn’t work,” he said of his parents’ split in a 2004 Post interview. “Not only did he abandon her, I felt like he abandoned us for a lot of our lives. I have a hard time forgiving that.”

Barber’s confidants were shocked.

“He was always the nice guy with a million-dollar smile,” a Barber family friend told The Post. “We were shocked to find out that he could walk out on his wife of 11 years while she’s pregnant with twins. He was with this girl in Senegal while Ginny was three months pregnant. And we believe she was also with him in Vancouver while he was blogging about the Winter Olympics for Yahoo.com.”

A Tiki Barber spokesman declined to comment.

Ginny is a former fashion publicist and full-time mom to the couple’s two sons, A.J., 7, and Chason, 6. She, too, declined to comment. But she’s been known to tout her caretaking role for Tiki.

“I’m sort of a traditionalist where I don’t mind taking care of him,” she said in a 2006 interview.

Johnson can be seen posing with a smiling gal pal in a pic on her MySpace page. The two are wearing red short shorts and Giants jerseys emblazoned with Barber’s No. 21.

Tiki and Ginny began dating 16 years ago when both were students at the University of Virginia. Barber, who turns 35 today, was hired by NBC just after he retired in 2007 — when sources say he first met Johnson, who was working there as an intern. In his 10-year NFL career, Barber set nearly every career offensive record for the Giants, and made three Pro Bowls. His end run on Ginny with the much younger Johnson runs counter to the all-American Barber persona that fans and TV viewers know. During Giants games, Tiki used to blow a kiss to Ginny in the stands every time he scored.

In his 2007 memoir, “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond,” Barber described the example he wanted to set for his kids: “I want to be an honorable man, because that’s what I want them both to be,” he wrote, noting, “My family is everything to me.”

[From The New York Post]

Dude. This sucks if it’s true, and it’s looking like it’s true. I just don’t get men who cheat on their pregnant wives. Sure, I think it’s douchey to cheat on your wife in general, but to do it when your wife’s pregnant? That takes a particular type of crusty a-hole. Do you think somebody at NBC is going to get fired over this? Like, Traci the Intern? Or even Tiki? That would be interesting. I wonder if there’s an NBC rule against bangin’ the interns?

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  1. Sumodo1 says:

    WTF? WTF? A 23-year-old intern? Honey, I need my smelling salts, I’m gonna faint!

  2. bite me says:

    asshole… hope Ginny takes him to the cleaners

  3. Hum says:

    Wow..My prayers go out to those children first of all. Secondly, as for Tiki -he despised his father so much that he eventually became just like him.He has some deep psychological issues he needs to address. Marriage just seems not be taken serious in these days I guess? Everyday its a different couple.

  4. Chelly says:

    What a fkn drag….

  5. namerequired says:

    What a piece of crap! His wife of 11 years and pregnant with twins! He deserves to be taken to the damn cleaners by his wife and used by the bimbo he screwed his wife and children over for!!! Dirtbag!!!

  6. RobN says:

    Classic case of ex-athlete who still needs the groupies to tell him how great he is. He’s going to regret this douchebaggery and by then the wife will have moved on and the girlfriend will have a kid just to solidify her place on the gravy train. Pathetic.

  7. padiddle says:

    Not surprised. He was a HUGE douche his last year on the Giants, badmouthing both the coach and the QB to the press and basically pissing and moaning his way to retirement. He thought he was gonna have this killer broadcasting career and half the time he doesn’t even get to do sideline interviews, let alone announce the game. He seemed like the type of jerk who would leave his wife for a side piece.

  8. Tia C says:

    Wow, that’s too bad. I really like(d) him. He’s not on very often, but every time I’ve seen him I’ve been very impressed with him. He’s intelligent, interesting and smokin’ HOT. He and his wife look like a great couple in those photos! What a shame.

  9. Jackson says:

    Wow. Can no one keep their d!ck in their pants any more? Geez. Nice going Tiki. As others have already said, I hope she takes him to the cleaners.

  10. Wisteria says:

    How sad. At least now maybe he can forgive and understand what his father must have been thinking-If you don’t enjoy someone’s company and don’t want to be with someone, you don’t want to be with them. Many people don’t want to sacrifice their lives and happiness just “for the kids.”

  11. girl says:

    Cheated on her is bad enough. Cheated while she is pregnant? That is just seriously stupid. Even if you didn’t factor in the obvious like hurting your wife emotionally, what about having to have STDs treated while pregnant?

    I don’t care if he used protection or not, condoms aren’t 100%. Can you imagine trying to treat crabs while pregnant? There is evidence to suggest that HPV transmission isn’t thwarted by condom use. How about the herp? If a lesion isn’t on an area covered by a condom all bets are off. And babies born during vaginally during a herpes outbreak are at serious risk for death.

    What an a$$hole.

  12. princess pea says:

    Wisteria, getting out of a relationship that doesn’t work for you is a fine choice. But why not get out of it BEFORE you start sleeping around?

    I hope his sons can remind him of the man he wanted to be. And then he can remember that his penis wasn’t the only one in that family with feelings.

  13. Hautie says:

    If there is one thing that is not a healthy accessory for a aging ball player… it is a female under the age of 25. Things never end well.

    But I am going to reserve judgment about him leaving. I would be willing to suspect, that the pregnancy was meant to keep him from leaving. More than it was a planned one he had input about.

    Men will not stay in a marriage/relationship when they want out of… baby or not.

  14. lennyxa says:

    Wow. That so so so. Wrong. How could. u tikki leave your 8 month pregnant wife from 11years of marriage for a bitch who ruined everything.
    I feel for her.

  15. Sincerity says:

    @Princess Pea:

    You said a mouthful! It’s always sad to see marriages fall apart. You’d think the douche bag would have at least waited until the babies were born and past their newborn stage. Tiki Barber is going to regret his callous selfishness. When his blonde bimbo gets tired of his lack of money due to paying alimony and child support, she’ll be long gone. My prayers are with his wife and children.

  16. andrea says:

    hautie, what the hell? HE is apparently cheating and you’re ready to suspect HER for tricking her *husband* into a pregnancy? also, a lot of *women* won’t stay in relationships they want out of either, but that is not the issue here! gender issues much?

  17. GossipG1rl54 says:

    Grossssss! I thought he was a real man, but apparently he’s one of those stupid ones. We should put him in a room with Tiger and Jesse and let them rot.

  18. carrie says:

    why choose an idiot young woman when you have a pregnant wife? i hope his wife will take all money!

  19. Diva says:

    This makes me sad. Between celebrities and real life ex-husbands, I’m beginning to think there aren’t any decent men available anywhere anymore. Bitter and jaded at 36… don’t remember wanting to be this when I grew up! lol

  20. TG says:

    @RobN – So true! And his wife is really pretty. That other girl might be pretty, but there are a million other girls that look exactly like her completely indistinguishable. Just watch the Hills and you can’t tell anyone apart.

  21. daisyfly says:

    Isn’t 35 a little young to be having a midlife crisis? What next, Tiki – hair plugs, a custom Jesse James bike, and some autographed Tiger Woods 9 irons?

  22. prissa says:

    WOW. Somebody said it first but I truly believe: 2010 is the Year of the Jump-off. Disgraceful!

  23. christina says:

    Thats too bad if true, I always liked him, but not so much anymore

  24. ElizabethM says:

    Tiger did the same thing. He used to be PISSED at his dad for cheating on his mom. And then Tiger turned into the kind of man who makes his dad look like a friggin’ saint.

    And here we are. Yet ANOTHER case of a man giving up the steak at home to go out for a bunch of crappy, fast food hamburgers.

    Ick.

  25. krissy_kitty says:

    My ex an I just split after I found out that he was carrying on with some skank for two months behind my back. It hurts every bit today as it did 4 months ago…

    But just when you start to think that life isn’t always gonna suck like this, and I will find someone who I can trust again, BAM!

    Are there any good men out there that has the staying power to work things out before it is too late? WTF?! 3 kids and he does his wife like that…

    And the little whore bags that see no problem breaking up a family with small children are gonna find out that if they did it with you, they will do it to you… Karma is a bit@h and God NEVER sleeps. Your momma did a good job raising you…

  26. Beth says:

    Why cheat on your college sweetheart with a 20-something bimbo who will probably dump you in a hot second? Tiki always seemed like a nice guy.

  27. jzhz says:

    What a f’ing asshole. Unbelievable. You’d think that the embarrassment would be deterrent enough, even if he hated his current wife. Damn.

  28. LindyLou says:

    He won’t get fired for bangin’ an intern…Letterman didn’t.

  29. Jojo says:

    At least he left his wife rather than cheat on her for 5 years like Tiger. You people sure have alot of opinions on people you don’t know and never will.

  30. anonymous says:

    How many more athletes & past athletes will take a fall this season.. NFL is getting hit hard this off season.. They must have there own mens club.

    Too much money & too many egos.

  31. Cinderella says:

    Wow. Thought he had more class than that.

    Sadly, he won’t regret doing this unless he ends up broke as a joke, which eventually he will.

    As for Blondie, she’s found her way into the baller circle. When he doesn’t make enough cash to please her, she’ll move on to one of his friends.

    And that’s exactly what Tiki deserves.

  32. LolaBella says:

    This is just sad.

    When I lived in NYC I was so into this guy and his equally hot twin brother, but anyone could see how in love Tiki was with his wife. He always came across as such a devoted husband and father.

    It just boggles my mind that men continually blithely disregard their vows, betray their wives and children,risk their wives health (having unprotected sex) to hook up with someone else.

    If you are not happy in your marriage, then be ADULT about it, communicate this to your partner and get divorced.

    Once you are divorced then you are free to have sex with the 23 year-old intern. If she really ‘loves you’ she’ll understand, respect your decision and wait for you to become free.

    One the flipside, why do women knowingly have sexual relationships with married men? I don’t care what sob story he gives about his wife (she doesn’t understand me, she and I are separated, I will leave her for you, we don’t love each other anymore) if he is still married, then he is OFF LIMITS to you.

  33. Ruffian9 says:

    Wisteria: Are you on something?? I read your post twice to be sure I wasn’t misunderstanding it. You support him???

  34. Red Folder says:

    @daisyfly — What next, Tiki – hair plugs, a custom Jesse James bike, and some autographed Tiger Woods 9 irons?

    LOL! Spot on! Best comment!

  35. snappyfish says:

    When Tiki and Ronde were at UVA they did so much for the boys & girls clubs.. just the nicest guys. Tiki was v v loyal to his girlfriend and Ronde was a little bit of a playboy.

    This is just really sad. I truly thought much more of Tiki than the running off with the blonde bimbo type. The girl might be cute but the wife is lovely AND a graduate of the University of Virginia, one of the best schools in the country. So pretty & smart beats pretty & young every time.

    Very sad, I hate when someone I thought highly of, shows themselves to be an arse.

  36. Ana says:

    That’s the first pretty mistress I have seen in a long time.
    Although his wife is prettier.

  37. michelle says:

    That excuses his disgusting behavior? He’s garbage and so is his good for one thing apparently “intern”. Hope they die in a wreck.

  38. Laura says:

    That’s terrible. Irregardless of marital issues, how he played this out was pretty bad.

    All I can say is, Tikki’s going to have a moment of clarity at some point.

    The chase is fun, but men grow tired of new toys fast. I’m sure there will come a point when he has an “oh shit” moment and wonders WHAT THE F^CK he just did.

    Hope she makes him pay out the a-hole.

  39. Aitch says:

    yeah, big deal. Tiki will get sick of the blonde 23 year-old too. Just give it time.

  40. tracy says:

    Sorry man just f’d up big…..had a beautiful family and sacrificed it for an easy piece that could have been attached to any sports “star”. Was it worth it? You just made a mockery of your wife, your kids, and the life you took vows to honor.
    I am sad and pissed at the same time.

  41. Beck says:

    How could he possibly cheat on his wife? Not only is she far classier and far more beautiful than his mistress, she’s also the mother of his children….His cheating is inexcusable.

  42. Johnd doe says:

    What’s he thinking? his wife is smokin hot.

    Tiki’s an ass. Once he left the Giants were able to win a SuperBowl

  43. Pat says:

    Whoa – some of y’all are confusing issues. It doesn’t matter how “pretty” or “hot” or educated or old or anything else that Ginny Barber is – an *sshole who f*cks around on his/her spouse cheats because (in this case) his ego and his d*ck are more important to him than his vows, his family, his sense of decency, responsibility, etc. etc. He’s toxic, and NBC should get rid of him yesterday.

  44. RodneyJ says:

    Hey Sneaky Tiki even though the Grass looks Greener on the other side it still must be mowed. Another trifling, jive-ass joker from the (National Fools League) Doesn’t that make you proud.
    A Brain Dead Butt-Head doesn’t have the guts to be man enough to stand by his wife through her pregnancy to the end, not smart enough or mature enough understand boundaries with a 23 year-old babysitter. Come on now this had to be an undercover set up behind the scenes like a skeleton left in the closet. But sooner or later it all comes out after all. Shame, Shame, Shame, pathetic Bum and a Moron.
    NBC should ditch your sorry ass to like you ditched your wife Idiot!

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