The New York Post ripped a huge hole in that controversial 'wife bonus' tell-all, and now the publis

June 2024 · 3 minute read
2015-06-08T15:39:00Z

Wednesday Martin's Upper East Side memoir, "Primates of Park Avenue," came under fire this weekend.

The New York Post fact-checked the just-released book, citing numerous inconsistencies in Martin's story.

A tell-all about life in a circle of uber-wealthy moms, the book has become known for its description of the "wife bonus," an annual performance-based payout that Manhattan's masters of the universe supposedly award to their wives.

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Since the wife bonus became news, Martin has downplayed its prevalence. This "backpedaling" seems to have prompted the Post's autopsy.

Here's what the paper reported:

It's worth noting that the Post made an error in its fact-check of the book. The paper said Physique 57, the gym in which Martin said she lost the weight from her second child, did not exist in 2007, the year the baby was born. According to Physique 57's website, it opened locations in New York and the Hamptons in 2006.

Still, the timeline of events is fuzzy enough that Martin's publisher, Simon & Schuster, is appending future editions of the book with a disclaimer that details and chronologies of the memoir have been changed.

Editor's note: The New York Post contacted us after this story was published. The paper maintains that, according to Martin's narrative, Physique 57 would not have existed at the time she says she worked out there, which was "not long after [her] older son started nursery school." 

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