Chris Evert to Norman’s ex: Get a job!
Tags: 60 Minutes, Andy Mill, chris evert, divorce, Greg Norman, Laura Andrassy
| Friday 6 March 2009 3:15 pm
Greg Norman and Chris Evert in Perth, Australia, last month
Boca Raton-based golf great Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert went verbally medieval on Norman’s ex-wife on Australia’s 60 Minutes.
In a stunning interview, newlyweds Norman and Evert fired yet another salvo in the war of words that Norman and his ex-wife, Laura Andrassy, have been conducting for nearly three years.
“Everybody’s moved on, except for one person,” Evert told a national television audience in a 15-minute segment. Of course, she meant Andrassy. “Maybe she should go to work, or find a charity. There’s a void in her life. If you have too much time on your hands to criticize people . . . you need to find something you love to do.”
The interview came in the wake of a TV appearance by Andrassy in Australia late last year. Looking tanned-and-relaxed, and sipping bubbly, Andrassy calmly accused her former pal Evert of being a “predator” bent on stealing her man. At one point during the interview, Andrassy raised a glass and said: “Here’s to me!”
“Well, am I a predator?” Evert asked Norman on the recent program. Answer from the Great White Shark: “No!”
The story of how Norman and Evert hooked up while they were married to other people seems to be the one that won’t die, even eight months after Norman and Evert were married in The Bahamas.
News leaked in late 2006 that Evert was leaving her longtime spouse, former Olympic skier Andy Mill, for Norman. The latter had been married to Andrassy for nearly 25 years. The two couples often vacationed together, but what followed turned particularly poisonous.
But while Evert got a quiet quickie divorce before a Fort Lauderdale judge after she paid Mill $7 million. But the Normans were bogged down in a Martin County court – they lived in Jupiter Island at the time – for more than two years. In the end, Andrassy got $103 million to go away.
Yet, despite confidentiality agreements that should have prevented Norman and Andrassy from dissing one another, they’ve been going at it with a vengeance.
On the Aussie 60 Minutes last week, Norman, too, took a shot at the mother of his two children: “Her (Andrassy’s) interview was a deliberate attempt to make my life miserable,” Norman said. “When I see her smiling, and her phoniness, and the chuckling. ‘Oh, I’m OK. I’m sweetie, sweetie.’ She put both of us (he and Evert) in an incorrect and untruthful light.”
Norman even intimated that his golf rebirth at the British Open last summer, where he nearly won, came as a result of his divorce and marriage to Evert.
“There’s a certain amount of burden taken off your back,” he said, “and it reflects on everything.”
Norman and Evert, meanwhile, continue to deny allegations they were doing the deed while each was still married.
“There wasn’t any physical relationship taking place between us,” Norman said. “I can put my hand on my heart and swear on my mom and dad’s lives and on my kids’ lives.”
While Norman and Andrassy, and Evert and Mill were, separately, in marriage counseling, Norman and Evert grew closer.
“From my perspective, I started feeling: ‘Wow, Greg’s great,’” Evert said. “So I went to Andy and said: ‘We’ve got problems.’”
Norman said he, too, went to Mill.
“I even had a conversation with her husband,” Norman told 60 Minutes. “I said to him: ‘Look, Crissie’s in this state of mind . . . You’ve got to work on it.”
But, said Evert, there came a point between her and Norman where “there was no turning back.”
“You’re aware of the hurt it’s causing,” she said, “but love’s a funny thing. You can’t control full-blast falling in love.”
That falling in love, Norman said, evolved during his 30-year friendship with Evert. When he first met her, he said, he wanted to talk about her tennis prowess.
“She was a cute girl,” he said, “but I didn’t think I’d fall in love with her.”
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Dear Chris and Greg,
Sorry, guys … I’ve been a fan of both your sports careers for a long time, but it would better if you stopped taking the bait and responding to the ex’s provocations. This interview just makes you both look bad.
Even if it is true that you were not having a physical relationship, it sounds like you were still committing emotional adultery. If either of you were really serious about saving your marriage, you should have avoided each other so that your relationship did not effect what was going on the marriages you claim you were trying to save.
Sorry, but that is how I see it. Best wishes to all involved.
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Statistically, people who have strayed before will stray again. I wonder how long these 2 will be together before one or the other takes off for new horizons again.
EVERETT NEEDS TO BE CONCENTRATING ON HER KIDS THE BOYS ARE POT SMOKING ALCOHOLIC PERVERTS THEY ARE SHORT AND THEY HAVE SERIOUS NAPOLEON COMPLEXES. THEY ARE FUTURE DRUNKS WHO WILL BE GETTING DWI LIKE HER SORRYFULL BROTHER ITS VERY SAD THAT A MOTHER IS MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING LAID AND IS IN DENIAL ABOUT HER KIDS! IT IS ALSO VERY DISGUSTING THAT SHE ENDS UP DUMPING HER HUSBAND WHO BY THE WAY WAS-IS A GREAT GUY AND SCREWS AND THEM ENDS UP GETTING MARRIED TO HIS BEST FRIEND!!!! WOW WHAT THE KIDS MUST THINK???WHAT DAMAGE!!! THATS UNCLE GREGG DADS BEST FRIEND NOW PORKING OUR MOM HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM CHRISSIE GET A LIFE YOUR A VEY BAD EXAMPLE FOR THE BOYS
grew up in the Bayview area of Ft. Lauderdale and played tennis at Holiday Park with the Evert’s. Chris was always a trouble maker and slut. Even thru Jr. high school she was always dating her friends former boyfriends within days of them breaking up. This is her pattern of life. She’s just a low-class skank - although a great tennis player in her day. Why Norman would even want her now when he could get someone much better looking and smarter tells me he’s an idiot too.
Yes. This looks bad and from what I have heard is bad.
I have been told that N is a totally arrogant Jack-A…don’t know about her…but who the heck leaves a guy like Andy Mills….for his best friend?
The wicked shall punish the wicked.
Come on people. Really. Greg and Chrissie were both married with children and responsibilities to them. How hurtful their relationship has been to both families. Laura has every right to feel hurt. This so called friend moved in on Greg. He is just as cheesy for allowing it. This is definitely low class. Love, shmove. You were both having your mid life crisis and have egos that need constant feeding. I’ll bet Laura and Andy both feel alot of relief not to have to tell you how great you are everyday now. You can look at each other everyday and fill each others ego tanks. How exhausting it must have been to live with either one of them. Good on ya mates, Laura and Andy. Find yourselves someone who is in love with you more than in love with themselves. Losers. You should be ashamed, really. p.s. looks like if Greg were going to leave someone as sweet and kind as Laura, he would have at least traded up. My, what the sun can do to a body after years of it. Chrissy is certainly not a looker. But then again, he isn’t aging very well himself.
Shame on both sides for discussing personal matters.
The proper thing to do is ignore what one side says.
Don’t stoop to their level.
Both parties are at fault.
Grow up, juvenile behavior.
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laura has every right to be hurt!!I feel very sorry for her.
They should all just shut the heck up… that’s the smart and classy thing to do. No one is winning any poihts airing private matters in public.
Evert and Norman,
what type of “job” or “charity” would you suggest for the former Mrs Norman?
Have an emotional or physical affair and destroy two marriages?
Hypocrates !
Laura Andrassy and I have been friends for over twenty three years. We have watched as our children have grown into beautiful young men and women. We have seen each other through good times and bad, always there to lend an ear or a shoulder. She has been my confidant, my advisor, my dearest friend. Laura and Greg are Godparents to my youngest daughter.
Although Laura has chosen not to comment on Greg and Chris’ latest interview on 60 Minutes, I felt compelled to share what I have personally experienced by my friend’s side through this very difficult time in her life.
I could list for you all of the untruths that I believe were said in this interview, but then this fiasco might never end. The “he said”, “she said”s would go on indefinitely. What is really important is to know that Laura loved Greg with all of her heart and never wanted this divorce. In our circle of friends, we were envious of their loving relationship. She stood by his side supporting him, encouraging him, defending him; she was his biggest admirer. And, when given a chance, Greg always mentioned to all, especially the media, just how much Laura had helped him along the way and how very happy his life was with her and the children. When she called me one day to tell me that Greg had asked her for a divorce, I was flabbergasted. To say she was devastated would be an understatement.
I am so very proud of Laura for the way she has conducted herself throughout this ordeal. After declining countless interview requests for the sake of her children, she agreed to speak with Tracy Grimshaw (Australia) only after the divorced was finalized, to clear up some misconceptions reported in Australia. It had been said that Laura was seeking monies from Greg and Chris’ wedding pictures. Nothing could have been further from the truth and she wanted to set the record straight with the Australian people, who had been so good to her for over two decades. Anybody who saw the entire interview could see that belittling Greg was not her objective. http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/ (Laura Andrassy video)
Laura hopes, as do I, that Greg and Chris have said their final words on the matter as she wishes to continue to enjoy her new life and spare her children any more heartache. She continues to see the glass as half full and her kindness and generosity abound. She is very close with her children and they remain her primary focus. It has been a long and difficult journey, but Laura is happier than I have ever seen her. I am very fortunate indeed to have such a wonderful lady as my friend.
Sherry Frederickson’s comments about Laura are a wonderful testimony. Laura is obviously a lovely woman who suffered a very public, humiliating divorce and betrayal, who truly handled it with grace. It is hard to forget the images of her in court in tears, tears from a broken heart. Obviously, Evert and Norman are attempting to rehabilitate their images in order to attract endorsements to pay for their expense divorces. Having been a fan of Chris Evert for many years, I am disappointed in her insensitive comments, which only really verify Laura’s side of this story. Their need to “set the record straight” backfired…
March 8,2009
Dear Chrissie,
I saw the headline entitled “Get a job”, it caught my eye. That’s what my ex-husband said to me when he started his affair. Of course, I didn’t know that at the time. I was just upset that he seemed to have forgotten all the years I’d worked and supported him while he established his career. Since you were on the team that cheated and you’re having trouble understanding things from the “cheated on” side of the court, maybe I can give you some insight.
You meet a man and you fall in love (that part you get). He convinces you to marry him and build a life with him (that part you get). You spend the next two or three decades of your life loving him and supporting him while he builds a successful career. YOu carefully and with incredible stamina and fortitude raise his children to be fabulous young adults that you both can be proud of. Then, just about the time when all your hard work, your years of effort and sacrifice should be coming to fruition; just when it’s time to sit back and cuddle on the back porch swing and enjoy the harvest of your life together, he pushes you off the swing and invites another woman to sit there with him. You feel the knife pierce your heart. When that other woman was a friend of yours I imagine it feels like two knives piercing your heart.
You knew there were problems. You tried to talk to him. You tried to work things out. You were patient and trusted him to be honest and sincere. You didn’t know he was lying and cheating. You may never know how long he was lying and cheating.
You know you have to get divorced. He doesn’t want you, he doesn’t love you anymore, he has already left the marriage. He just hadn’t bothered to tell you. You have gone from being the love of his life to being the burden, the weight on his shoulders, the inconvenient expense. He has had time, maybe years, to adjust to the idea, to prepare for the split, to bulk up for battle. The advantage of the offense. You are in shock.
He is not alone. He is with her. You are replaced, discarded like yesterday’s garbage. No apology(he’s entitled to be happy), without a tear, without sadness or regret for the loss of your love and companionship. All those years together vanished. Your life partner now a stranger.
You cry, you tell everyone the sad story and take in their words of comfort and sympathy hoping it will ease the pain. They tell you it wasn’t your fault. They tell you this happens all the time. You meet so many women who have gone through this. You commiserate. It helps for a few moments. You laugh together at the evil side of you that wishes him and his new partner unmentionable heartache and suffering. You exercise until you can’t breathe, shop, work overtime and go to counseling and healing workshops. Still you wake in the middle of the night with tears streaming down your face. After all the years together he didn’t care enough about you to tell you the truth or feel empathy for your sadness.
You know you’d feel better if you fell in love again. It’s hard to meet a man when you have an invisible “damaged goods” sign on your forehead. You want to heal. You want to get over it. You ask yourself a million times how you could possibly still care for someone who had treated you so badly. You really don’t understand. You want to forgive and be done with it. You don’t want your children to pity you or feel torn between their parents. You want to be happy and get on with your life. You ask your therapist how long it will take. She says she doesn’t know. When you’re ready you’ll get over it.
There’s nothing you want more.
Sincerely and with hope that you (and he) will apologize to his ex and feel some compassion for her suffering.
Sharon MSN, RN
Those who are without sin may cast the first stone.
I am sorry for the hurt and pain that loosing a loved one causes…I have lost a loved one. It is indeed painful…almost unbearable at times. However, I have come to realize the role that I played, (or didn’t play) in losing that loved one.
I am always happy to see two people in new love and enjoying each other. If you really love someone unconditionally, you want them to be happy also, not miserable. Sometimes, we have to pick our poor miserable selves up and go on and learn to love again and find that new love that will grow and mature into real love.
I will agree, that taking jabs back and playing the game is not necessary. Sounds like there is a lot of pain that only time can ease…
Love,
Barron
Chrissie, if you think anyone on this earth would go to you for relationship advice, you are deluded. You have no morals, no conscience and are an egomaniac. The only person you care about it you. You left so much emotional damage in your wake as you moved from your own husband to someone else’s, you should be ashamed. You didn’t care about Andy or your children -just what you and the Great White Salmon wanted. And if you think anyone believes that you weren’t banging each other’s brains out (wait, that would mean you had a brain - so that won’t work), well think again. That would require restraint and a sound moral compass, both of which you sadly lack. Don’t worry about Laura - she’ll be fine. You, on the other hand, should continue to look over your shoulder to see who is zeroing in on you old man. And he should do the same. Once a cheater, always a cheater. Move on dear, no one cares about you anymore. That goes for your scumbag husband as well.
Love and kisses,
The General Public
Crissie is a known long time hewer!
To Chrissy’s friend who has now taken to beating up Sherry Frederickson, the issue here (try to keep up dear) is not Sherry’s love life, it’s that slut, Chris Evert’s. Chris was married, Greg was married and the two of them only cared about each other, not the horror of what they left behind with their spouses and children. Their moral ship of state only focused on the end and in their minds, justified the means. We don’t care that you are not happy with Sherry. We don’t care about you. We care that a lovely, innocent woman was terribly wronged by two selfish, thoughtless people with the morals of an alley cat. Now move along and go get your nails done or something. You’re making the decent folks who post here a little queasy.
Well, it will be interesting to see if this marriage lasts. I read an online interview with Laura and Greg’s daughter Morgan-Leigh stating that her boyfriend Sergio Garcia is just like her father. Hopefully he has the best of her father.
[...] But the couple remained in the news on several continents as the public relations battle with Andrassy continued. Trying to clean up their image — Evert and Norman were accused to have hooked up while on a boating trip with their respective previous families — the couple went on 60 Minutes in Australia to deny they cheated on their previous spouses. Evert took advantage of the show to take a swipe at Andrassy, telling her to “get a job.” [...]
I am sure somewhere tonight Laura Andrassy is smiling. What goes around comes around Chrissie.
[...] Andrassy — who’s never made a secret that she is not great fan of Evert, calling her a “predator” on TV last year — expect to see Norman crawl back to [...]
It looks like in the end Andy Mill and Laura Andrassey are having the last laugh. “He who laughs last laughs the loudest!” Greg Norman and Chris Evert deserve to have their marriage fall apart. Hey Greg, you don’t go after your best friend’s wife regardless of who she is, how she looks, or even if she is coming after you.
Good Luck to Andy Mill on his new marriage, and I hope Laura Andrassey finds a new person for herself. Who will be husband #4 for Chris Evert? Anybody that wants to take that trip should be questioned by the priest “You do realize this woman’s track record?”
As far as Norman’s comments “My wife didn’t teach me how to swing a golf club!” What a jerk!
Comment #15 (above) is a beautifully written study in empathy. Nicely done, Sharon. I hope many, many couples read it.
Gregg and Chris I hope are finding out that “falling in love” is not love at all.
They were too selfish and self absorbed to do the right thing, work hard on their marriages, yes, it would have been painful but they chose the temporary fix. I’m sure they are still feeling like “something is missing” and unfortuantely they will always be chasing it, professionally, privately, with their relationshsips.
I hope their spouces can let go of the anger and biotterness caused by these two selfish peoples mistake and I hope their children don’t repeat the mistake, especially Gregg’s children, who have suffered a great loss not only of their parents divorce, but a loss inside from the hatered of the divorce. That takes a toll.
But at least they did it in the name of happiness.
I used to emulate your tennis strokes. My tennis coach thought you were the greatest tennis player walking on the face of the earth. I used to think so too. But then I discovered that I shouldn’t place you so high on a pedestal because people who are placed that high will often disappoint you. Guess what? You disappointed me. I’m beginning to see the real you. I have a marriage and a child and I definitely wouldn’t do what you did. My parents brought me up to do what is right and just. They never let me forget that. Also, marriage is a sacred vow. Nobody practices that anymore, not even famous sport legends.