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The Independent UK
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Chelsea Ritschel

Journalist who dated Martin Shkreli reveals she missed marriage counselling to visit ‘pharma bro’ in jail

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Christie Smythe, the former Bloomberg journalist who left her husband to be with “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, has opened up about their relationship and the moment she realised she was “in love” with the “the most hated man in America”.

Smythe, 39, who first spoke about her relationship with Shkreli in an Elle profile in December 2020, in which she revealed that she quit her job, divorced her husband Devin Arcoleo, and froze her eggs in the hopes of a future with the businessman, has shared additional insight into the timeline in an interview with The Sunday Times.

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