Tiki Barber Left His Pregnant Wife Ginny for a Young NBC Intern Named Traci Johnson?

Thursday, April 8th 2010 | Leave a Comment

Here we go again: another famous athlete was caught creeping on his wife. This time, NFL star and Today show contributor Tiki Barber is on the forefront following his announcement that he and his wife Ginny would be getting a divorce.

And according to the NY Post, the former footballer broke off his 11-year marriage with his wife, who is expecting twins next month, to get with a former 23-year-old NBC intern named Traci Lynn Johnson. The Post also says Ginny found out about her husband’s extra marital affairs late last year, shortly after he moved out of their Upper East Side home.

“We were shocked to find out that he could walk out on his wife of 11 years while she’s pregnant with twins. He was with this girl in Senegal while Ginny was three months pregnant. And we believe she was also with him in Vancouver while he was blogging about the Winter Olympics for Yahoo.com.”

Barber, who is believed to have to have relocated to an Upper West Side bachelor paid, released a statement yesterday in response to a Page Six item announcing the split. “After 11 years of marriage, Ginny and I have decided to separate,” Barber said. “This decision was a painful one, but we are moving forward amicably and will continue to work together to raise our children with the love and dedication they have always known.” A Tiki Barber spokesman declined to comment.

Ginny is a former fashion publicist and full-time mom to the couple’s two sons, A.J., 7, and Chason, 6. She, too, declined to comment. But she’s been known to tout her caretaking role for Tiki. “I’m sort of a traditionalist where I don’t mind taking care of him,” she said in a 2006 interview.

Johnson can be seen posing with a smiling gal pal in a pic on her MySpace page. The two are wearing red short shorts and Giants jerseys emblazoned with Barber’s No. 21.

Tiki and Ginny began dating 16 years ago when both were students at the University of Virginia. Barber, who turns 35 today, was hired by NBC just after he retired in 2007 — when sources say he first met Johnson, who was working there as an intern. In his 10-year NFL career, Barber set nearly every career offensive record for the Giants, and made three Pro Bowls. His end run on Ginny with the much younger Johnson runs counter to the all-American Barber persona that fans and TV viewers know.

During Giants games, Tiki used to blow a kiss to Ginny in the stands every time he scored. In his 2007 memoir, “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond,” Barber described the example he wanted to set for his kids. “I want to be an honorable man, because that’s what I want them both to be,” he wrote, noting, “My family is everything to me.”

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  • smartman

    This guy make Tiger look like a saint. I can’t believe how STUPID some people are in the world and how selfish they are. Too bad his wife could have had these great kids, gifts with a REAL MAN.

  • Jenny

    One selfish and classless idiot!!!! If you want to be with more than one woman why get married? If you are married and what to be with other women why not get a divorce first and do whatever you want? Why cheat on her or him. Show some class and respect for your wife.

  • Chiqui

    No body knows what’s cooking on someone’s else pot!! Things were probably going down hill and wife Ginny decide to get pregnant so he does not leave her… Stop making assumptions it takes two to tango.

  • Jude

    I don’t know the circumstances around the break up. I just know that a wife is part of the family. I don’t trust TiKi anyway. I did not like the way he handled his relationship with the Giants, who by the way won the superbowll after his arrogant behind retired. Traci Lynn should know this, that it seems alright to be a nasty, but it is not alright. You will always be second nature after you turn 35, and another 20 year old woman appears.

  • gsc

    Next thing you know he will be checking in to sex rehab. Getting very popular.

  • Jude

    Let the marriage desolve first , and let the family deal with their situation. then if you still want the old man, instead of a young one then go after him. Traci Lynn is not a marriage consultant.

  • Jude

    @gsc: you are so right. If these men like sex, then they should admit it, stay single and toss their boby in any direction they please. But when the night falls, the lonely heart calls.

  • Denise

    Tiki it is a sad state of affairs when you are willing to walk away from your wife and kids for some young tail! =( Grow up and get some help man!

  • http://gossiponthis.com/2010/04/08/tiki-barber-left-pregnant-wife/#comform JILL

    whats new, all black men leave their pregnant wives why should he be any different

  • Nikki

    Chiqui, you are correct that we do not know what is as you put it “cooking on someone else pot”, but a women does not get pregnant by herself. If he did not want to be with her anymore, then why have sex with her. I think people forget that when you have sex, condom or no condom, there is always a chance that a women could get pregnant.

  • cat woman

    He wanted to be a great roll model and man of honor. he blew that up. cheaters think they are “entitled: to do whatever they want. and that is what he is …..he has no integrity or honor.

  • BC Purshe

    his wife is kind of ugly.

  • Brian

    He is Black????? Why does this surprise anyone all Black Guys cheat.

  • http://www.Cash4YourAssets.com LD

    U R A SMARTMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.Cash4YourAssets.com LD

    Jill,

    What color is the SC Governor, The previous NY Governor, and recently congressmen from CA to NJ.

    This is NOT a color issue, rather a “woody” issue, and we know trees come in all colors…lol

  • Ms.Luckey

    @ Brian and Jill you are both PATHETIC … yep I said it and I don’t even know you, just like you both had the audacity to say ALL BLACK MEN CHEAT … Please tell me when in your simple lives have either of you had the time to meet ALL BLACK MEN … Stick to the facts not the stupid

  • Brian

    Jill,

    Fair enough but when it comes to pro athletes all black ones cheat. Not all white ones do. I.E. Magic Johnson, Tiger, Jordan, Kobe, Tiki, Soon to come out Odom (like he is faithful to cloe..hahaha.). I am around a fair amount of pro athletes all black pros cheat period. And lets be honest the black community has a problem with sleeping around as it is. Note a recent study released by the center for disease control. 48% of Black women between the ages of 14 and 40 have herpes…..ewwww. That is disguisting. And think about who is giving it to them…Not white men. The rest of American women in that category is 1 in 6. Ouch why didn’t we hear much about this in the media. Because the media is biased. That is why they don’t report on all the black athletes that cheat how bad would that look.

  • Brian

    Mrs. Lucky

    You are right. Not all do….but 99% do. Sorry. Griffey Jr. is the most standup black athlete ever he is nice very family oriented and honest. So I apalogize. But the overwhelming majority do. And the cdc stat isn’t made up. Think about how disturbing that is and even more so think about how bad it is that the media doesn’t report on it to warn people about sleeping with black women and men.

  • Ms.Luckey

    Brian,

    Who are all of these BLACK men CHEATING with … ummmmmm could it be White women ? Help me out here, I’m confused … Are they cheating with these “women” because it’s easier? I’m just asking since you seem to have all of the facts … Talk to me Brian we’re waiting :)

  • Brian

    Mrs. Lucky,

    Yes they are sleeping with white women. Why because television has made interacial relationships the new “in thing” I havent seen tikis girl but I bet she is white. It has become the “thing” to have a white girl and vice versus. You can thank MTV and reality TV for that one. Ask any Black Woman they hate it. They see Black men with white women as men that betray the black community. And white women like the attention. There have been a few studies done check them out. On a side note….I love that they take the fat white women I think that is histarical those fat women are hideous but it is the “thing” to have a white woman with a booty so they do it. And they strut around all proud like. And Fat white women love it because someone will actually screw them. All I got to say is ewwww.

  • Brian

    Seriously though what about the kids. I feel bad for his wife he is a huge duesch. Now his kids will have to deal with his failure to control his urges. And I would bet 50 bucks she is white. Better be careful Mcnairs white girl girlfreind killed him……

  • Ms.Luckey

    Brian,

    You’re funny. I’m black and I don’t have a problem with interracial dating ( to each is own ) I don’t think it’s the new “in” thing though because it’s been going on for quite some time. Any whoo it was good to hear your point of view

  • kimmy

    THIS IS NOT A BLACK OR WHITE ISSUE SOME PEOPLE NEVER GROW UP .NO NONE OF US KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES,BUT WE DO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG THIS IS A VERY SELFISH ACT, BUT MAYBE IF WE WERE NOT SO FORGIVING WHEN IT COMES TO ADULTRY MAYBE PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE SO CARELESS WITH THEIR SPOUSES LIVES BEFORE PLAY THIS GAME READ UP ON ALL THE SH– THAT MIGHT COME WITH IT LIKE HIV AND AIDS .SOME MEN (BLACK AND WHITE YELLOW GREEN) JUST CAN”T TURN IT DOWN AFRAID THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A PONK THEY SEE AND HERE THE FREAKY STORIES THAT SINGLE FREINDS HAVE AND HAVE TO PROVE TO THEMSELVES THEY STILL GOT IT AND YOU CAN COUNT ON SOME WHORE LIKE TIKI’S GIRLFRIEND WHO’S RIGHT THERE READY TO SUCK HIM DRY IN EVERY SENCE OF THE WORD BECAUSE SHE HAS NO MORALS OR RESPECT FOR HERSELF OR HIS WIFE I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR WHEN HE DOES THE SAME TO HER BECAUSE HE WILL.

  • http://jeby.avonrepresentative.com/ Jason

    He is so boring on TV anyway. I hope it rots and falls off Tiki.

  • Danielle

    @JILL:
    your ignorance is showing…..any man no matter his color, race or religion can stray. There is no need for stupid racial/prejudiced comments…this is a pregnant woman we are talking about, and I am sure she is not concerned about his race right now.

  • charlie

    another rich dumb moron thinking with the wrong head!

  • big d

    all i have to say is he has done this before he quit on the giants and so he quits on his wife

  • Danielle

    @Brian:
    Brian if you could spell your arguments would be more compelling. I like that 99% black athletes cheat…. I am sure you have been around all 99% of them right? Think about the logic of your arguments….if the media is biased as you claim….wouldn’t it be possible that they only report on the transgressions of black athletes……let me see, how many white athletes are there really not many when I look on TV, bet you can’t wait for the all white pro basketball league(boring, no one would watch)!!
    Stupidity never ceases to amaze me… I have a saying…all stupid people should stop breathing they are depleting the air from those of us with working brain cells..you should be first in line!!

  • http://www.helium.com/users/54181 J. Lee Kenser

    I think we are beginning to see why some of his former team mates on the Giants called him out after he left.

  • honest

    This player sounds like Ralph Sampson. I bet in 20 years from now, his broke ass will be hiding in a closet, in his moms house, as the child-support deputies are knocking on the door.

  • Ann

    My prayers are wih you Ginny. Tiki you are a DISGRACE to MANKIND and the HUMAN RACE ! ! !

  • deedee wagaman

    you reap what u sow tiki.

  • joe

    His brother must be ashamed and i think griffey did cheat at one point.

  • gloria

    i agree with Ann and Deedee

  • angel

    @JILL:

    Jesse James is white in case you did not know.

  • Billy

    Why do all topics seem to end with race. Very silly…. I’m black and white and live in a very diverse community…. all races and sexes cheat….as far as I know there is nothing in an indivduals DNA that leads them to cheating.

  • scSC

    Nothing says “I”m a nasty wh*re” like a white chick who sleeps with n*ggers.

  • sammy Adebayo

    Bastard cracker, I suppose Governor Mark Sanford of confederate and moralist South Carolina is Black also.

    I suppose Senator John Ensign of Nevada who not only cheated on his wife, but was having an affair with the wife of an aide, is also black

    Asshole, I suppose former John Edwards who fathered a child with a young girl while still married to his wife whose battling cancer, is also black?

    I suppose former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia who cheated and then left his sick and hospitalized wife for another woman is Black.

    I suppose former President Clinton who was doing Monica Lewinsky in the White house while married to Hilary Clinton was black?

    See, I have put your WHITE leaders, the LEADERS of AMERICA, to the same test, and they all failed woefully.

    You are a BASTARD for insulting black people. Even your founding fathers, who were married, were sleeping with their black servants and fathering biracial children. Hypocrites. I hope you suffer a massive cadiac arrest and die like the dog you are.

  • nancy

    another scumbag……..how could he leave his kids, and pregnant wife. Miss little 22 year old will leave him when the next loaded powerhouse, with fame and money comes by.

    And would any honorable woman let a man leave his family, let along pregnant wife of twins? Disgusting! They deserve each other..

  • Bob

    All Im saying is watch out Tiki! McNair’s white hoe killed him……..and most black people suck and they smell bad. Quit saying white people smell like wet dogs because you idiots smell like dog shit. Its funny I see gun crimes happening all the time. 99% of them are black on black. Most of the social programs in this country benefit black people. Black people need to quit playing the blame game. So what your great great great granddad was my great great grandads slave. Who gives a shit. Step up you have more oppurtunity in this country than you would have in Africa. Shit your own people sold you into slavery. And if you dont think black chicks hate black dudes that screw whtie women search the internet. This is a great site from a black guy that basically says the same thing.

    http://www.blacknla.com/news/Articles/DJBlkMenWhtWo.asp

    Take that you stupid shit heads.

  • Samuel

    Dear Everyone,

    Remember Henry Louis Gates Jr. The black harvard proffesor that got bent out of shape when a cop questioned him for breaking into his own home. Well he goes on a quest to learn about how great Abe Lincoln was for freeing the slaves. Along the way Mr. Gates learns that everything he knew about Lincoln was incorrect (big suprise a harvard proffesor that is uneducated). Watch this video and you will soon find out that Lincoln was not the great emancipator that everyone believes he was. Infact Lincoln was a racist and the only reason he freed the slaves was to win the civil war and keep the union in tact. Dont believe me……listen to Mr. Gates as he goes on a quest to discover Lincoln. Spoiler alert……Mr. Gates is dissapointed when he learns the truth.

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/watch-looking-for-lincoln/290/

  • Samuel

    Oops check this segment out if you wish to skip most of the documentary.

    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/watch-looking-for-lincoln/290/

  • Pearce

    I thought Tiki was gay. He is very feminine!

  • honest

    I can’t believe any television station would want him to announce their game. In 20 years from now, he’ll be like Ralph Sampson. Running from the authorities, trying to dodge child-support. He’ll be hiding in a closet, in his mother’s apartment.

  • CarlaJAykay

    I think thats horrible of him too leave his wife !!!!!! who has his kids and is finna have twins . LIke wtf is wrong with guys today ? Thats why im anti getting married because of stuff like this . And after 11 years hes going to leave her for a 23 yrs old . He needs to learn about the 80/20 rules . HEs leaving his 80 for 20 . I feel empathy for because thats really painful im sure . I hope he comes to his senses before its all done with .

  • Nikki

    @JILL:

    So have white, asian, hispanic, etc. done the same thing. You can’t be that naive. People who believe that what they see in the media to be true for all black men are not very smart. You can get yourself in a lot trouble, but making generalized comments like that.

  • Soldier

    It is amazing to read all this racism on this site. I thought we were getting past these crazy outlooks on blacks, whites and all other races. I can’t believe I’m in the army to serve this type of country. I am a black woman with a interracial child. I hate that my child will still have to go through what I went through in school for the color of her skin and not the person she is.

    This blog isn’t about color it should be about a man cheating on his wife while she is 8 months pregnant. It isn’t the color of the skin that make men or women cheat. We need to get past this color blindness.

    Soldier

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