In the latest chapter of an increasingly ugly divorce battle, the British playwright and former actress Tricia Walsh-Smith has taken to trashing her soon to be ex-husband Philip Smith (president of American theatre company The Shubert Organization) on YouTube. She claims it's for her fans.
In round one, which happened about two weeks ago, she explains the state of play from the Manhattan apartment she had been sharing with her husband...
On Saturday she posted a new video; this time from a hotel room after her husband evicted Tricia from his home:
I can see why online vengeance could be tempting: she's feeling alone and vulnerable, maybe had a few drinks, and with the click of a button she can dump her hurt and angry feelings on the world. But Tricia needs to realise that while her exes flaws are made public, so is her act of craziness.
Personally, I prefer to keep any bunny boiler rants and/or obsessive speeches about exes between myself, my therapist and my good friend Jack Daniels.
I disagree. She's taking the guy on in the only way she knows how - and it might end up being effective. If I were him, I'd want her to stop doing this right now and I'd sort things out fast. Good on her.
Posted by: Carin | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 12:03 PM
oh what is wrong these men and their goddam money? Ok, so they weren't meant for eachother long term, but he married her for what ever reason. If he is worth all that money what is the problem in giving her a lousy appartment and few hundred thousand to live on for her life? She feels vulnerable, she is to be pitied; she probably is a bimbo...but she needs to live and she probably has got used to a certain lifestyle that she can't maintain on her own....he sounds nasty and bet his daughter is behind it...reminds me a certain other couple in the news lately
Posted by: lorrie | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 12:40 PM
She's a cynical, manipulative gold-digger who only wanted him for his wallet. Note the sanctimonious mention of a pre-nup in the first video. He's well shot of her. By all means give her enough to live on, but to keep her in "a certain lifestyle", as stated in the post above? Give me a break. Let her earn her own money, instead of trading on her looks to get hands on somebody else's.
Posted by: Matthew | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 04:36 PM
she is earning her own money - she probably had to have sex with a smelly bloke with dangly balls and a massive ego in order to get a few bob out of him.....it's time you guys realise that some of you are a job that deserves a high salary.
Posted by: Brigitta | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 04:46 PM
She had to be outrageous to get attention. As a playwright, Phillip Smith blackballed her from her profession. As a multimillionaire, he threw her out of his life which she's shared for 13 years, and doesn't want to give her any money. He holds all the cards, so her tarot cards may seem silly, and her YouTube rant may amuse, but, her plight is serious. There is much misogynism, especially from women.
Posted by: jersey | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 05:43 PM
Guys only want bimbos for sex, but they never did it, so that doesn't exoplain it. In my opinion she has a point, but humiliating tha man who is in control of her future really isn't the way to do it.
Posted by: jordan | Monday, 28 April 2008 at 10:48 PM
If the guy is a job that deserves a high salary then she should opt for a more commercial relationship with that man and charge by the hour accordingly.
Posted by: James | Tuesday, 29 April 2008 at 10:32 AM
I admire Tricia for having the ingenuity and guts to tackle a powerful man who has the advantage of high priced lawyers and wants her to leave with virtually nothing. She was married to him for 10 years, and I think she did adore him. She was faithful to him, and the reason he is getting rid of her is to appease his daughters who do not want her to inherit any part his fortune. Her method of using YouTube was effective and got her plight broadcast. People criticize her for marrying an old man, but, don't find it odd that he picked a lady his children's ages. People compare her to Heather Mills, which is so unfair. Heather came out of her marriage an extremely wealthy woman, and Tricia is fighting to get out of debt and not be homeless! It's shocking to me that there is such overwhelming misogyny and cynicism towards a woman of 50, with degrading comments and derision, but, none towards this cheapskate and rotten man who threw her out using an eviction summons. I am cheering Tricia on, and I hope people come around to recognizing an unusual and clever woman who used what she could to get justice and her situation ameliorated. She deserves kudos not condemnation. Where's people's sympathy for the underdog?
Posted by: michele | Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 04:43 AM
Given just 30 days to get out of your own home after a decade or so of marriage seems vindictive in the extreme. Her husband might have right on his side, but I can understand his wife's anger in being treated like a mere tenant who can be chucked out by the landlord on a whim. But, having dated some extremely wealthy men in recent years, I know some of them think their money justifies any bad behaviour such as jealousy, possessiveness and parsimony. Frankly, I would rather live modestly and maintain my independence than lead a precarious lifestyle, wholly dependent on maintaining the good will of some rich egoist. Oh and I am older than Tricia, so it is hard for me to drum up much sympathy for her "plight." The moment she saw the 30 day eviction clause in the pre-nuptial is the day she should have walked away from the relationship with her self respect and her sanity intact. Still, I dare say, even if Tricia gets nothing substantial from the divorce, she ought to be able to make a tidy sum from her notoriety on the American talk show circuits.
Posted by: Sophia | Thursday, 01 May 2008 at 04:07 AM
Given just 30 days to get out of your own home after a decade or so of marriage seems vindictive in the extreme. Her husband might have right on his side, but I can understand his wife's anger in being treated like a mere tenant who can be chucked out by the landlord on a whim. But, having dated some extremely wealthy men in recent years, I know some of them think their money justifies any bad behaviour such as jealousy, possessiveness and parsimony. Frankly, I would rather live modestly and maintain my independence than lead a precarious lifestyle, wholly dependent on maintaining the good will of some rich egoist. Oh and I am older than Tricia, so it is hard for me to drum up much sympathy for her "plight." The moment she saw the 30 day eviction clause in the pre-nuptial is the day she should have walked away from the relationship with her self respect and her sanity intact. Still, I dare say, even if Tricia gets nothing substantial from the divorce, she ought to be able to make a tidy sum from her notoriety on the American talk show circuits.
Posted by: Sophia | Thursday, 01 May 2008 at 04:08 AM
I would push down a disused mine shaft and be finished with her.
What an absolute skank.
Posted by: Mick | Tuesday, 20 May 2008 at 01:05 AM
you go girl hold you head high and screw him for everything most men suck and need a good women to give them a asskicking
Posted by: aleesha | Friday, 24 July 2009 at 10:47 AM