From the January 13, 2009 issue of Soap Opera Weekly (p. 4): It's Over! Sharon's Filing For DivorceJack reveals the truth about his sordid lies and schemes to Sharon this week, and she announces she's filing for divorce.
"It's an awful, awful week for Jack," reflects Peter Bergman (Jack). "He tells the truth, but it doesn't set him free at all."
It all begins on a positive note, when Sharon calls and asks if she can stop by to talk. "Jack's hopeful; that's a good sign," admits Bergman. But once they're together, "Sharon reminds Jack he was going to seek therapy for his sex addiction. It's pretty clear Jack hasn't done anything about it. Sharon's a little miffed, but says
she has done something about it."
Sharon hands Jack the name of a sex therapist and insists they call her. "What's going through Jack's mind is, 'Oh, God! Now I have to keep this going? Can't we just be nice to each other and work our way back to being in love?' " reveals Bergman. "Sharon won't take no for an answer. She calls the therapist, who just had a cancellation and agrees to come to the house now."
When Sharon leaves the room for a minute, Jack races to the computer "and looks up as much as he can on sex addiction as quickly as he can," explains Bergman.
The therapist arrives and begins the impromptu session. "Sharon is making efforts to be honest--as painful, embarrassing and humiliating as that might be--about her husband finding comfort in the arms of prostitutes. She's baring her soul," says Bergman. "The therapist tries to get Jack talking. Jack hems and haws and finally realizes he just can't do this. He can't keep lying. He hits his limit. It's a turning point for him."
Jack thanks the therapist, says he doesn't need her help, and sees her out. Sharon is thrown, thinking Jack's in denial. That's when Jack opens up to his wife about everything. "He tells Sharon he doesn't have a sex addiction," asserts Bergman. "Sharon asks why he lied, and Jack says the truth was worse. Jack shares that he was in a motel, but not with a hooker. He was there with Adam, working on Victor's diary. Sharon is so disgusted that she can't get out of the house fast enough. On her way out, she tells Jack it's over. She's going to get a divorce."
Jack is "stunned," notes Bergman. "On some level, he had hoped that now that he's really being honest, Sharon might want to work things out. But she doesn't have the slightest interest in that. Jack's hit rock bottom. He's blown his marriage sky-high. He's lost Sharon."
And things could get worse, since Jack destroyed all his ties to Victor's diary, and "the only real evidence is that he told Sharon," points out Bergman.
You know what they say about a woman scorned...
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