Christie Brinkley’s most recent former husband, architect Peter Cook, has things to say about the ugly and oh-so- public divorce trial that unfolded before our very eyes earlier this summer.

And he has chosen to share his opinions with none other than ABC’s Barbara Walters in an interview which is scheduled to air Friday at 10 p.m.

The former Sports Illustrated model and the Hamptons architect married in 1996 and were the picture of perfection for a good while. They welcomed daughter Sailor Lee in 1998 and Cook adopted Brinkley’s son Jack, born 1995, from a previous marriage.

In 2006, the apparent happiness came down like a castle made of cards suddenly caught in the draft, as Cook’s extramarital affair became tabloid material.

Brinkley filed for divorce. Her fourth marriage had ended.

This summer, the two fought over custody of the two young children and Cook’s inappropriate behavior during the marriage was exposed. His affair with a then-teenage assistant, his extravagant gifts to her, his addiction to online porn.

The trial unfolded in a Central Islip, N. J. court and both estranged spouses tried to portray themselves as good parents and the other as inadequate. A court-appointed psychiatrist had scathing things to say about both.

Dr. Stephen Herman of Manhattan, appointed by the court to analyze Christie Brinkley, Peter Cook and their two young children, described Cook as a “narcissist” who needs “constant reassurance that he is a terrific guy,” while of Brinkley he said she needs therapy as “an outlet for her anger and feeling of betrayal” by her unfaithful husband.

The two children would benefit from therapy as well after going through the breakup of their family, he added.

The psychiatrist’s conclusion was that Jack and Sailor should stay with their mother, while the father remained amply involved in their lives. A settlement was ultimately reached between the two sides and the scandalous trial ended in early July.

Cook now tells Barbara Walters that the reason the marriage broke was that he no longer had that certain “connection” with his wife so he sought it elsewhere.

“I think the emotional aspect of our lives had changed. I think we were both feeling more like we were living with a brother and sister than a life partner,” the 49-year-old architect says.

Perhaps having forgotten the court-appointed psychiatrist’s evaluation of him, and the fact that it was all over the media, Cook added that he longed for “a little acknowledgment, a little attention, a little thank you every now and then for my efforts, for the amount of time I took to care for her and my family, for the wealth I was building.”

Cook’s motivation for the interview is to clear his name. He wants the world to know that he is not “the scumbag pervert” he was portrayed as this summer.

Brinkley received custody of the kids while Cook was awarded parenting time and received $2.1 million and half of the price for which the former couple’s boat, ‘Sweet Freedom,’ would sell.