She Told...

Advice columns present these situations often enough. A woman discovers that her father had an affair. At the least, she is persuaded that he had an affair. Should she tell her mother? That is the question.

Sadly, here is a real life version of the dilemma. Socialite and Vogue model Laura Krupinski told her mother Bonnie that her father Ben had had an affair with Martha Stewart. Yes, with that Martha Stewart.

What happened next was beyond tragic.

First, both her mother and her father took the revelation badly. They cut her off completely. The New York Post reports:

Krupinski, was estranged from her parents, Hamptons builder-to-the-stars Ben Krupinski and Bonnie, since 2013, when Laura told her mother that Ben had had an affair with Martha Stewart, one of his famous clients.

“Dad denied it and said I was crazy. My mother got angry and wouldn’t return my calls,” Laura told Page Six at the time.

Ben, who was worth $150 million, cut off Laura’s $26,000 monthly allowance and evicted her from her home in Bedford, NY.

“They took away everything I own — all my clothes, even my wedding china,” Laura said. “Dad told me he hated me and never wanted to see me again. We haven’t talked since.”

Then, for reasons that had nothing to do with the disclosure, the Krupinski parents, Ben and Bonnie, died in an airplane crash. Also aboard was their grandson, Laura’s son, William Maerov.

Finally, Laura herself, aged 52 died this past Monday. No cause of death has been published. She is survived by a daughter, Charlotte.

Perhaps there is more to the story. We do not know. We only know what has been reported. At the least, the next time an advice columnist tells a letter writer to expose family secrets, we should pause.