Kristen Taekman : A cheat AND a liar

 

Kristen Taekman : A cheat AND a liar

The husband of Real Housewives of New York star Kristen Taekman told a series of lies when he was confronted about being on Ashley Madison by Daily Mail Online.

Josh Taekman claimed he didn't 'understand', that there was 'not a shot in hell' he was on it, that any suggestion he was a member was 'f***ing bananas' and that somebody must have used his card 'fraudulently'.

But hours after Daily Mail Online revealing his use of the infidelity website, he semi-backtracked and issued a statement admitting to being a member - but still did not tell the whole truth.

'I signed up for the site foolishly and ignorantly with a group of friends and I deeply apologize for any embarrassment or pain I have brought to my wife and family. We both look forward to moving past this and getting on with our lives.'

In fact, he had not just signed up - he paid to access the site 62 separate times, spending a total of more than $1,500.

Daily Mail Online can reveal that his membership spanned three years. 

The 46-year-old businessman who has been married to former model Kristin, 38, for more than ten years first logged onto the cheaters' website on June 29 2011 - when his wife was newly pregnant with their second child.

There is then a gap in his activity until May 2012, when their second child, daughter Kingsley, now 3 was around five months old. 

The couple also have a six year old son, Cassius, known as Cash.

Taekman then used the site on multiple occasions every single month between May 2012 and June 2014. He even logged on twice the day after Christmas 2013.

Each transaction represents a payment made, ranging from $19.99 to $79, allowing Taekman to send emails to other Ashley Madison members.

Ashley Madison which operates under the tagline ,'Life is short. Have an affair,' is accessible for free but users must buy credits to send messaged: $49 gets 100 credits while $250 earns, 1000 credits and a money-back guarantee if you don't have an affair within three months.

The address shown in the leaked credit card records is the address in Tribeca, New York, of the two bedroom rental where the couple live and where scenes of the show were filmed.

The email address used in the profile – Jteezy012@gmail.com – is close to the Twitter handle used by Taeken, @JTeezy012.

Taekman was a prolific user with 62 separate transactions between June 2011 and June 2014 when his activity abruptly stops, shortly after the couple's debut on RHONY and as his public profile, and scrutiny of the couple's marriage, rose.

Viewers of RHONY became used to witnessing Taekman and Kristen's bickering and his apparently casual cruelty to her. Kristen felt forced to defend her husband from detractors admitting in an interview with OK! last year: 'After every episode, viewers would go on Twitter and tell me to divorce my husband….I am really bummed at how he was portrayed.

'People are calling him a d***** bag. He is not a d***** bag. The show made him seem much harsher than he really is.'

But speaking at the time she added: 'I'm not taking all the blame for our relationship issues. There is definitely stuff that Josh needs to work on too…Marriage is really hard. It drains you. But that is reality. Reality is not five nannies and two housekeepers. Josh and I are normal people with not normal careers. What you see on screen is who we are.'

And what was seen on screen was a frequently strained relationship – so much so that the couple had 'long discussions' before agreeing to appear on another seaons of the hit Bravo show.

According to reports at the time: 'There was a lot of added strain in the marriage after the season aired so Kristen agreed not to allow cameras as much access to them as a couple.'

Taekman met Kristen when he was working as Vice President of Marketing for P Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment label. During the label's peak he handled the careers of artists like Faith Evans, 112, Loon, Danity Kane and countless others.

That is the same period they met fellow New York Housewife Heather Thompson, who also used to work for Bad Boy.

When the label was bought by Atlantic in 2005, California-born Taekman left to launch his own business, Vitalize Labs, which produces the energy drinks and supplements EBOOST popular among celebrities like Jillian Michaels, Bruce Willis and Kelly Ripa.

The couple married when Kristen was 25 and lived in California before moving to New York.

Their appearance on the show has alluded to their sex lives. In her debut series, Kristen spoke of refusing her husband sex until he had a vasectomy, and also a 'barter system' involving sex acts. She responded to a gift of earrings by saying she would perform a sex act on him 'for sure'.

Josh responded: 'Should have got you two pairs.'

She was also reported to have written in a blog: 'We have many jokes and one is the **** *** joke. You will hear it a lot. . .Sorry.

'After being together so long, when your husband gives you diamond earrings isn't that code that you have to give him a **? TMI, I know. Sorry.

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