Splitsville News

This story is a short update on the Smith and Walsh-Smith divorce and, despite the title, YouTube has a minor role in the update.  The news is that, on Wednesday, New York’s Appellate Division upheld a lower court ruling that granted the couple’s divorce and found their pre-nup valid.

If you’re an internet regular, you probably already know who these folks are.  Philip Smith is CEO of the Shubert Organization, which is Broadway’s largest theater owner.  Ms. Tricia Walsh-Smith is an Englishwoman with an affinity for YouTube.  Her original video has garnered 3,741,839 views (if you count mine).  Here is the original video.

Needless to say, Ms. Walsh-Smith’s YouTube post show that she did not take the divorce news well.  Unfortunately, making a record of her response backfired, because the YouTube post actually helped the original judge to justify a divorce based on her cruel and inhuman treatment of him.  I don’t think it helps that she actually produced a number of videos… (This one even has music!).

Not had your fill yet?  There’s a video here of Ms. Walsh-Smith’s response to Wednesday’s appeals court decision.  I randomly clicked forward, and the sound bite I caught was “It’s not just about money…”.  What would George Orwell say?