Blowback to Vow-Breaking Lovebirds.

Apparently, the ex-husband of the spouse who found love at the wrong time was interviewed....by a different publication.  His comments were about as supportive as anyone outside of the bubble of self-indulgent narcissists at the New York Times would expect:

Bob Ennis, whose ex-wife, Carol Anne Ridell, left him to marry a family friend, ripped as "revisionist history" and a "choreographed puff piece" the new couple's version of their romantic history as recounted in a splashy Sunday New York Times wedding story.


In a phone interview with Politics Daily, Ennis also blasted the Times for "providing a megaphone" for Riddell and John Partilla III to "whitewash" the account of how they met and fell in love at Manhattan's private St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's Episcopal Day School attended by both couples' children. The Times piece chronicled the bride's detailed account of the duo's epic struggle against falling in love before they ultimately chose to break up two marriages involving five youngsters.

And:

Worse yet, he said, "I had no idea my 7-year-old daughter's picture would be in the paper. My lawyer thinks there should be a family court action." If there were no children involved, he added, "all of this would be 'Who cares?' It's evident that it's a story about two sad, narcissistic people who want to justify themselves to the world."

Public opinion was reassuringly outraged:

A firestorm of criticism and some expressions of support quickly ignited across the Internet, in print and broadcast media since Sunday. The Times took the unusual step of adding a comments section to the story, which provided an immediate venue for venting.

On Tuesday, the groom said if he had known how virulent the reaction would be -- some accused the couple and the Times of promoting "homewrecking"-- they would have not have offered themselves up as the featured nuptials of the week.


Indeed, on Tuesday Ridell also had taken down photos of herself and Partilla from her Facebook page.

 So, why did the Times run this lame exercise in self-aggrandizement on behalf of two, sad narcissistic people.

Because Partilla has spent years in the advertising business, and Ridell was a well-known Manhattan TV personality, Ennis said it was easy for them to pitch the idea for a Times story to yet another well-connected parent at their kids' school -- New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller: "You have a bunch of insiders doing one another a favor."