It might have taken Mary Jo Buttafuoco 17 years but she finally has realized what all of us had already known. Her ex-husband Joey is a “sociopath and a liar.”
Buttafuoco said so exclusively on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Monday while promoting her new book “Getting It Through My Thick Skull.” The title both refers to the fact that she survived a gun shot to the face and the realization that she was married to the wrong man.
“I stood steadfast next to this man, ferociously defending him for years after the infamous shooting by Amy Fisher turned our last name into a worldwide punch line,” Mary Jo writes in the book. “This same man is also the walking, talking dictionary definition of a clinical sociopath.”
You all remember the incredible soap opera that began in May 1992. Mary Jo answered her door and saw a young woman named Amy Fisher standing there. Fisher had been sleeping with Mary Jo’s husband Joey for some time and decided she wanted him all to herself. So she shot Mary Jo, who then survived. Amy served seven years in prison and Joey got four months for statutory rape. Oh, did we forget to mention that Fisher was underage at the time?
Mary Jo stayed with Joey for another 11 years after the event. In the book she credits that mostly to her Catholic upbringing and children. She also ended up at Betty Ford Center Rehab during that time.
However, now, after realizing that she believes Joey was clinically sick, she says her life has changed for the better.
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Comments
Gerry
July 28th, 2009 - 9:18:19 AM
Give me a break, it's about the $$$ and revenge. Joey is successful, elated, happily remarried and moving on, something she can't do. If she was so happy, why isn't she remarried, career oriented and not up his butt ?!? LOLOLOL
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petula
July 28th, 2009 - 12:42:56 PM
Why write a book, we already know the story. Most of us are old enough to remember. There was also a movie. She could have had a #1 seller if she herself would have gone after her own husband and not make a complete fool of herself by defending him.
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Katie
July 28th, 2009 - 2:00:42 PM
I am happy for Mary Jo, what is wrong with wanting to find some happiness in her life. Joey was a jerk and what comes arounf goes around. His time is coming. I wish Mary Jo the best.
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Allison
July 28th, 2009 - 5:34:40 PM
Excuse me but Joey brought this all on himself, successful my ass. If Mary Jo can profit from what she has had to deal with, more power to her! You go girl! Brainwashing is the only successful thing Joey seems to be able to do.
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Sheila
August 1st, 2009 - 2:14:42 PM
Gerry, who gives a S**T
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Sheila
August 1st, 2009 - 2:19:43 PM
Gerry, who gives a S**T if Joey Butt is HAPPY. And 'successful' is something a loser like him could NEVER be. Why shouldn't MaryJo have some revenge? And how is she supposed to truly move on when that a**hole husband of hers got her maimed for life because he couldn't keep it in his pants and was f**king a kid?!!!
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Breakin' Out
September 24th, 2009 - 9:17:49 AM
Oh give me a freakin' break ! MJo is a greedy, money hungry, lying PIG & so is her boyfriend & family. Drunken monkies and coke-heads still trying to squeeze every last cent out of Joey. Grow up people, get jobs, stop lying & stealing with your useless co-horts. Your sick and have too much time on your hands. Jealous is wicked isn't it ?
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