Did Tiki Barber dump his 8-months pregnant wife for an NBC intern?

Damn, bitches. This douchebaggery is getting serious, yo. A few days ago, Page Six had what seemed like a very sad, but not that scandalous item about NBC correspondent (and former football star) Tiki Barber splitting from his wife Ginny. I had never really paid attention to Tiki until he and Ginny guested on Project Runway a few seasons ago. At the time, Tiki came across as very intelligent, charismatic, and very much in love with college sweetheart-wife, who seemed like a strong, ballbusting lady who adored her husband. But this sh-t just got mega-scandalous, because now the New York Post, Fox News, Star Magazine and Bossip are reporting that Tiki dumped Ginny – who also happens to be 8 months pregnant WITH TWINS – for an NBC intern. Oh, DAMN. First, here’s Star’s version:

Today show correspondent Tiki Barber is splitting with his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, following cheating allegations.

The Giants football alum has left Ginny after 11 years of marriage to be with former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, 23, The New York Post reports. Tiki and Traci have been seen traveling together and sources say Traci accompanied Tiki to Vancouver where he was covering the Olympic games in February.

Ginny, who is expecting twins, reportedly found out about Tiki’s relationship with Traci late last year.

Tiki said in a statement, “After 11 years of marriage, Ginny and I have decided to separate. 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.”

[From Star Magazine]

I think this whole drama might have begun with the NY Post, actually. Now that I’m comparing the stories, it seems like everyone is citing this report from the NYP. Basically, this Traci girl is 23-years-old, blonde, and basically a hot mess of a mistress. Here’s her photo (courtesy of HuffPo):

Yeah, I can see why Ginny left.

Ex-Giants superstar Tiki Barber has dumped his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, for sexy former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, sources told The Post last night. The football star-turned-“Today” show-correspondent left his wife of 11 years, Ginny, for the 23-year-old blonde, who also worked at 30 Rock, the sources said.

Ginny, who is expecting twins, found out about the relationship late last year, after the run-around running back moved out of their Upper East Side home.

Johnson, a model-thin bombshell, was photographed sitting next to Tiki last month at a Washington, DC, screening of a documentary on Senegal that he hosted for the Travel Channel. Sources believe Johnson also accompanied Tiki to Senegal for the filming late last year, when Ginny was three months pregnant.

The affair is particularly stunning in light of Barber’s long-standing disdain for his philandering father.

“I don’t give a [bleep] that the relationship didn’t work,” he said of his parents’ split in a 2004 Post interview. “Not only did he abandon her, I felt like he abandoned us for a lot of our lives. I have a hard time forgiving that.”

Barber’s confidants were shocked.

“He was always the nice guy with a million-dollar smile,” a Barber family friend told The Post. “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.”

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.”

[From The New York Post]

Dude. This sucks if it’s true, and it’s looking like it’s true. I just don’t get men who cheat on their pregnant wives. Sure, I think it’s douchey to cheat on your wife in general, but to do it when your wife’s pregnant? That takes a particular type of crusty a-hole. Do you think somebody at NBC is going to get fired over this? Like, Traci the Intern? Or even Tiki? That would be interesting. I wonder if there’s an NBC rule against bangin’ the interns?