Vanna's marriage explodes
Billie
Gorgeous Vanna White's nine-year marriage is blowing apart -- because she's
caught her hot-blooded hubby flagrantly cheating on her with a sexy model.
HANGING BY A THREAD: For years, Vanna has turned a blind eye to hubby George's
womanizing, but not this time. She's furious over his flagrant cheating.
The 52-year-old Lothario is flaunting his flame, 23-year-old Tanya Abayan --
and has even put her up in a swank Beverly Hills hotel and gone on trips with
her.
"Vanna is not going to stand for this!" a shocked friend told The ENQUIRER.
"For years she's ignored her husband George Santo Pietro's womanizing -- but
this time it's different. He's been with Tanya for about six months and he is
not hiding the romance."
In a surprisingly candid statement, Tanya herself told The ENQUIRER, "I know
that since George has been married to Vanna White, he's had lots of
mistresses."
But in her case, Tanya insists it's a platonic friendship.
Others say that George's conduct has been outrageous -- and Vanna is disgusted.
"Just recently he walked into a restaurant holding Tanya's hand," divulged the
friend. "At dinner he was openly snuggling and kissing her. He tells friends
she is 'awesome,' and that Tanya is beautiful and a great lover."
Tanya admitted to The ENQUIRER, "I've been to restaurants with him, but so
what?"
Vanna is suspicious of the roaming Romeo and confronted him one evening after
he returned home.
"I know what is going on here, I am not an idiot!" the "Wheel of Fortune" star
shouted at the father of her two small children.
Vanna "was red with rage," disclosed the friend. "She told George she was
leaving with the kids. But George convinced her he had been out at a business
dinner, not out with Tanya.
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FAST FACT!
Vanna, who grew up in South Carolina, studied to get rid of her accent -- but
it comes back when she visits the South or is really tired.
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"Vanna is a sweetheart -- a hard-working mom who trusts her man too much and
buys his cover stories. But not this time. Vanna is now realizing what is going
on between George and Tanya and she is not going to tolerate it!"
Shaken by Vanna's outburst, "George told Tanya that they've got to stop seeing
each other until things cool down," confided a buddy of Vanna.
Tantalizing Tanya has done fashion modeling but she's also posed topless and
done nude calendars under the name Tanya Bella. The sexpot first met George at
a restaurant he used to own and they began dating.
"George took me to New York and Miami. He's also flown me in a Cessna he owns
to Las Vegas and Arizona -- and he lets me drive a black Mercedes SL500," the
dark-haired beauty confided to a pal.
By openly dating the Filipino stunner, the skirt-chasing businessman has dealt
a potentially fatal blow to his marriage despite the fact he and Vanna have two
beautiful children -- Nicholas, 5, and Giovanna, 2.
Tanya's businessman boyfriend Brett O'Keefe -- who's lived with the young model
for four years -- revealed to The ENQUIRER: "Tanya has told me that George
Santo Pietro has been pursuing her. He's been taking her to lunch and dinner.
"It's common knowledge George is a philanderer and cheats on Vanna with many
women. But Tanya insists her interest in him is only platonic."
The ENQUIRER asked why Santo Pietro has taken such a deep interest in Tanya.
Brett replied, "She says he's been giving her advice on an import/export
company she's set up."
But for mere "friends," George and Tanya get together quite a bit -- meeting
several times a week at Overstreet's restaurant in Beverly Hills, The ENQUIRER
discovered.
"They come in at least three or four times a week, often requesting a private
room. Tanya is always by his side or they're hand in hand," disclosed a source.
"George often wraps his arm around her shoulders. Sometimes they stay so late
they close the place."
The ENQUIRER also learned that the model has stayed in a hotel room registered
and paid for by Santo Pietro at the posh Peninsula hotel. "He rents the room
under the name 'George Sands,'" disclosed a hotel source.
On the afternoon of Friday, October 8, Tanya was in the room and it was indeed
registered to a George Sands. Phone calls to "Mr. Sands" were put through to
the room -- and the model was seen entering and leaving it.
At one point, tantalizing Tanya -- who's 19 years younger than the "Wheel of
Fortune" letter- turner -- left and drove away in a black Mercedes SL500.
Santo Pietro was nowhere in sight, but Tanya told friends he had to leave the
hotel because Vanna had just returned home from New York.
Divulged a hotel insider: "Tanya is known around here as 'Tanya Sands.' She
also comes in to get massages and facial treatments at the rooftop spa on a
regular basis."
Tanya admits, "I've been to the Peninsula" but insists, "not with George."
The sultry model's pal confided, "Tanya is telling her boyfriend Brett that
there's a rumor linking her to Santo Pietro but it's a case of mistaken
identity."
Meanwhile, a distraught Vanna is trying hard to keep family life as normal as
possible. She even planned a gala family Halloween party -- bravely smiling
through the heartbreak.
-- JOHN SOUTH, LYCIA NAFF and ALAN SMITH
Troll Buster
I agree. Vanna is not aging so well. I remember when they were hyping her
like the next Farrah. I have not seen any 'sex symbol' ads for her in a
while. She had her moment in the sun.
TrollBuster
PRAETORIAN ROME <praetor...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19991113194926...@ng-cf1.aol.com...
> Don't worry Vanna you were once 23. Someday if she's luck this model with
be
> old like you. It happens to the best of them.