Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk divorced his third wife, Lhotse Merriam, for his best friend and business partner Matt Goodman’s wife, Cathy, the New York Post reported Tuesday citing sources.
New love: Three-times married skateboarding legend Tony Hawk with his girlfriend Cathy Goodman in New York this week ‘I know people will think it is strange but I’m totally cool with it,’ Goodman said. ‘I had split up with Cathy over a year ago and she started dating Tony about seven months ago.
In 2015, RTEreported Hawk married his current wife, Cathy Goodman, in Limerick, Ireland. Goodman had been married to Hawk’s best friend, Matt Goodman, but the skateboarder did not start dating her until a year after they broke up. Hawk’s children have followed in his footsteps, although only one really made a go of it.
Lhoste Merriam learned back in December that her husband was running around with Cathy Goodman, wife of Tony’s best friend and business partner Matt Goodman. Being all close to each other means Cathy and the famous skateboarder met years ago and have been around in each others lives.
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The surprising development will quell any rumours of a rift between Goodman and Hawk, 42, who have been best friends for more than 20 years. The men were so close that Goodman was a groomsman at all of Hawks’ three weddings. Parted ways: Tony Hawk and wife Lhotse at an awards event in Spain a year after they married.
New love: Three-times married skateboarding legend Tony Hawk with his girlfriend Cathy Goodman in New York this week. ‘I know people will think it is strange but I’m totally cool with it,’ Goodman said. ‘I had split up with Cathy over a year ago and she started dating Tony about seven months ago.
Hawk is said to be worth $120million earned through his skating and hugely successful video game series. He is the best-known skater in the world and is credited with putting the sport on the map during the 1990s when he pioneered a daredevil form of skating called ‘vertical skating’.
Parted ways: Tony Hawk and wife Lhotse at an awards event in Spain a year after they married. They were also business partners for a time making action sports films, although they no longer work together. ‘I texted Tony today and we are all trying our best to get along,’ Goodman said in the interview.
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