BASEBALL HUNK: ‘I HAD AN AFFAIR WITH KING’S WIFE’
A baseball coach who mentored LARRY KING’s kids has revealed he’s the rea son for the newsman’s marriage troubles - because he briefly romanced the TV personality’s wife.
In a taped interview with U.S. news show Entertainment Tonight, which w ill air on Wednesday (21Apr10), Hector Penate reveals what started with a stolen kiss in a car became a full-blown affair.
And he insists King’s wife Shawn Southwick talked to him about divorcin g the CNN anchorman "all the time".
He adds, "(She said) Don’t worry he’s gonna die soon." King and Southwick both filed divorce papers last week (ends16Apr10) an d they are currently in counselling trying to save their marriage. (KL/WN
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