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YouTube Divorcee Hubby Goes to Court

NY Theater mogul 'mortified' to see 'whole life' on Web

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 28, 2008 8:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – "I felt absolutely awful, I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, I was hurt," the husband of YouTube sensation Patricia Walsh-Smith said yesterday in a New York divorce court. "I felt violated in every sense of the word." Philip Smith was telling his side of the story—to a judge—after his wife's series of angry videos spilled endless details about their stormy and apparently sexless marriage of 9 years to millions.

The 76-year-old theater mogul kept his cool in court, the NY Daily News writes, unlike his wife, whose testimony "was soaked in tears and peppered with profanity." A self-made millionaire, Philip Smith filed for divorce last year, citing cruelty and inhumane treatment by his 52-year-old actress and playwright wife. The marriage crumbled over angry and profane demands that he agree to changes in their prenup, he said.

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Tricia Walsh Smith embarrassed her ex husband in a YouTube video after a messy divorce. (YouTube)

The 76-year-old theater mogul kept his cool in court, the NY Daily News writes, unlike his wife, whose testimony "was soaked in tears and peppered with profanity." (malaysianuncensored)

Tricia Walsh Smith is marching onwards. (goodtolove199)

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"I felt absolutely awful, I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, I was hurt," Smith said of his wife's series of angry YouTube videos. "I felt violated in every sense of the word." (xXPunkDudeXx)

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YouTube Divorcee Hubby Goes to Court