India, July 20 -- Christie Brinkley, the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, is once again making headlines. This time, it is Brinkley's comments about her husband's affair, which "nearly broke her". Now 71, she graced the cover of Social Life Magazine to celebrate her memoir, Uptown Girl, released earlier this year, Fox News reported. In a candid interview, she spoke about reliving both triumphs and heartache as she narrated the audiobook. "There were parts where I thought, please don't cry," Brinkley admitted, recalling the toll of voicing her own story.

Talking about how her world fell apart in 2006, Brinkley mentioned that just before she was set to give a commencement speech, a man whispered something to her that "had the weig...