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Man 'embarrassed' by YouTube divorce

Published: June 28, 2008 at 2:55 PM
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NEW YORK, June 28 (UPI) -- New York theater mogul Phillip Smith says he was "embarrassed" when details of his ongoing divorce proceedings ended up on YouTube.

The 76-year-old head of the Shubert Organization said Friday he felt "violated' when his wife, Tricia Walsh-Smith, posted videos on the popular Web site in which she detailed intimate aspects of their marriage and divorce, the New York Daily News reported.

"I felt absolutely awful, I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, I was hurt," Smith said during his Manhattan Supreme Court testimony. "I felt violated in every sense of the word."

The videos posted by Smith's 52-year-old wife drew immediate response on the video-sharing Internet locale, posting millions of views to date.

The Daily New reported that Smith, who is worth an estimated $60 million, said such vocal outbursts by his wife during their marriage helped prompt him to file for divorce last year.

"Whatever I tried to say, I was not sufficiently able to cope with the situation," Smith said. "I sort of buttoned my lip a little bit."

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