Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Don Juan Down Under - full transcript

MARY JO THOUGHT
SHE HAD THE PERFECT LIFE.

I HAD A BEAUTIFUL SON
AND A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER

AND THIS FUNNY,
EXCITING HUSBAND.

BUT HER DECISION TO
MARRY A MAN NAMED JOEY BUTTAFUOCO

WOULD HAVE
DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

IT TURNED INTO A MEDIA CIRCUS

BECAUSE IT WAS
SUCH A BIZARRE STORY.

SHE MEANT TO KILL ME.

I WASN'T THERE TO GET HURT.
I WAS THERE TO DIE.

WE'VE ALL HEARD THE
STORY... BUT NEVER LIKE THIS.

FOR, IN MATTERS
OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE,



THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
WHAT THEY SEEM.

GROWING UP IN
A STRICT IRISH-CATHOLIC FAMILY

ISN'T ALWAYS EASY, AND
A COUPLE OF RULES CAN APPLY...

NEVER AIR YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY
AND ALWAYS KEEP UP APPEARANCES.

I NEVER ASPIRED TO BE
ANYTHING MORE THAN A MOM.

SO IT WAS INGRAINED IN ME FROM
AN EARLY AGE TO BE A CAREGIVER.

I FELT THAT WAS MY DESTINY.

BACK IN 1971,

DESTINY CAME CALLING
FOR MARY JO CONNERY

WHEN SHE MET FELLOW HIGH-SCHOOL
STUDENT JOEY BUTTAFUOCO.

MY DAD WAS ALWAYS KIND OF

THE SMALL, LITTLE,
GRUNTY KIND OF GUY.

AND THEN ONE SUMMER,
HE GOT BUFFED OUT,

AND MY MOM JUST GOT
GAGA-EYED OVER HIM.



AND THEN
THEY STARTED DATING.

WHAT MADE US A GOOD COUPLE

WAS THAT I WAS THE STEADY END
AND HE WAS THE CLOWN.

EVERY TIME
HE WOULD GO A LITTLE CRAZY,

I WAS THERE
TO REIGN HIM BACK IN.

AFTER FIVE YEARS OF DATING,

MARY JO WAS ANXIOUS
TO BECOME A MISSUS.

I WANTED TO GET MARRIED,

AND IT WAS MORE BECAUSE I FELT
THE PRESSURE FROM MY PARENTS...

THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SEX,
YOU GOT TO BE MARRIED.

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1977,

MARY JO DID WHAT
ALL GOOD CATHOLIC GIRLS DO.

SHE MADE IT OFFICIAL WITH JOEY
IN A CHURCH WEDDING.

MY WEDDING DAY WAS A GREAT DAY.

I FELT THAT I WAS MARRYING
THE RIGHT MAN.

MARY JO AND JOEY
WERE VERY LOVING TO EACH OTHER.

JOEY WAS VERY DEDICATED TO HER,

AND SHE USED TO ALWAYS HAVE
THE EXPRESSION "MY JOEY."

THE COUPLE SETTLED IN THE
QUAINT COMMUNITY OF BALDWIN, NEW YORK,

WHERE JOEY WAS WORKING
AT THE FAMILY AUTO-BODY SHOP.

PRETTY SOON,
THEY WERE LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.

WE DID THINGS.
WE WERE YOUNG.

GO ON OUR MOTORCYCLE
AND BOATING.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.

BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY.

15 YEARS AND 2 CHILDREN LATER,

MARY JO AND JOEY HAD WEATHERED
SOME SERIOUS STORMS.

BUT MARY JO WAS CONFIDENT

THAT THE ROCKY TIMES
WERE BEHIND THEM.

EVERYTHING GOT GOOD.

IT WAS EVERYTHING
I'D WORKED FOR.

AND I THOUGHT,
"I DID IT. WE MADE IT.

WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THIS."

BUT ON MAY 19, 1992,

MARY JO FOUND OUT
JUST HOW WRONG SHE WAS.

THE DAY STARTED NORMALLY ENOUGH.

THE WEATHER WAS LOVELY,

SO MARY JO DECIDED TO DO
SOME WORK ON HER BACK PORCH.

I STARTED PAINTING,

AND THE DOORBELL RANG,
AND I COULD SEE A GIRL THERE.

THE GIRL HAD A MESSAGE
FOR MARY JO.

YOUR HUSBAND IS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH MY LITTLE SISTER.

SHE TOLD ME

THAT JOEY WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH HER LITTLE SISTER.

IT WAS JUST... UNBELIEVABLE.

BUT THAT WASN'T ALL.

WHAT CAME NEXT WOULD SHOCK
MARY JO AND AN ENTIRE NATION.

WERE YOU IN LOVE
WITH HER HUSBAND?

IT WAS LIKE YOU PULLED OVER
THE ROCK AND MAGGOTS CAME OUT.

IT WAS HELL ON EARTH.

THERE WERE TIMES
WHEN I WISHED I HADN'T WOKE UP.

IN 1979,

13 YEARS BEFORE
A GIRL APPEARED ON HER DOORSTEP,

MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO

WAS HAVING THE TIME OF HER LIFE
WITH HER HUSBAND, JOEY.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT MARRIED,
IT WAS GREAT.

WE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS.

DISCO JUST STARTED,
AND SO WE'D GO CLUBBING.

BUT BEFORE LONG,

JOEY AND MARY JO TOOK THEIR FUN
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

IN THE LATE '70s,
COCAINE GOT INTRODUCED INTO OUR LIVES.

IT WAS THIS GREAT NEW DRUG.

YOU DON'T HAVE A HANGOVER.
AND WE BOUGHT INTO THE HYPE.

BUT WHEN MARY JO BECAME
PREGNANT WITH THEIR FIRST CHILD,

SHE PUT THE PARTYING ASIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY,
JOEY CARRIED ON,

AND, SOON, HIS BEHAVIOR BECAME
UNPREDICTABLE AND ERRATIC.

EVERYTHING WOULD BE WONDERFUL,
AND THEN HE'D GO ON A BINGE

AND THEN COME HOME
WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS

AND PROMISE
IT WAS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.

THAT'S THE LAST TIME.
NO MORE.

I'M NOT GOING OUT ANYMORE,
LOVE, OKAY?

NO. JUST GO!
GET AWAY! I'VE HAD IT!

A FEW YEARS LATER,

THE BUTTAFUOCOS WELCOMED
ANOTHER CHILD INTO THE FAMILY.

MARY JO HOPED THE NEW ADDITION
WOULD CALM JOEY DOWN.

BUT AS TIME WENT ON,
THINGS ONLY GOT WORSE.

AND HE REALLY, REALLY
STARTED GOING OFF THE DEEP END.

AND I'D GIVE HIM THE ULTIMATUM,

"THE MARRIAGE IS GONNA END
UNLESS YOU STOP THIS."

EACH TIME,
JOEY PROMISED TO STOP,

AND EACH TIME,
MARY JO CHOSE TO BELIEVE HIM.

I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO
KNOW THAT MY LIFE WASN'T PERFECT.

I HAD THIS FUNNY,
EXCITING HUSBAND

BUT HAD THIS DEEP, DARK SECRET
OF A MAN

WHO WAS A RAGING COKEHEAD AND
WOULD DISAPPEAR FOR DAYS ON END.

WHEN THINGS LOOKED PRETTY BLEAK,

NO MATTER WHAT JOEY DID,
SHE ALWAYS STOOD BEHIND HIM.

AND I WOULD ALWAYS MAKE EXCUSES.

HE WAS SICK.

HE HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN
ON BUSINESS.

I MEAN, IT WAS PATHETIC
HOW MUCH I KEPT THIS IN.

FOR MARY JO,
THE BIGGEST PRIORITY

WAS KEEPING THE TRUTH ABOUT
THEIR FATHER AWAY FROM THE KIDS.

MY DAD WAS, IN MY EYES...
AS A KID... MY HERO.

I WAS TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS THAT
MY FATHER HAD A DRUG PROBLEM.

AS A DISTRACTION FROM
JOEY'S SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR,

MARY JO DECIDED TO SEARCH
FOR A NEW HOME.

I THOUGHT,
IN MY INFINITE WISDOM,

THAT IF WE MOVED OUT
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE LIVED IN

AND WE WENT BACK TO WHERE WE
GREW UP, MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP.

SO I WENT LOOKING
FOR A HOUSE IN MASSAPEQUA.

IN AUGUST OF 1986,

THE BUTTAFUOCOS MOVED
10 MILES EAST TO MASSAPEQUA,

AND FOR A WHILE,
ALL SEEMED WELL.

IT WAS AN AMAZING HOUSE ON
THE WATER, OVERLOOKED THE BAY.

NO ONE LOCKED THEIR DOORS.

IT WAS SAFE, AND IT JUST WAS
A PERFECT PLACE TO BE RAISED.

TO OUTSIDERS,
THE BUTTAFUOCOS HAD THE PERFECT LIFE,

BUT THE REALITY WAS
A FAR-DIFFERENT STORY.

WHEN WE MOVED
INTO THE HOUSE IN MASSAPEQUA,

THINGS WERE HORRIBLE,

'CAUSE JOE WAS STILL ADDICTED
AT THIS POINT.

BY OCTOBER OF 1988,

MARY JO COULD NO LONGER HIDE
JOEY'S SECRET.

I TOLD
HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER,

"IF WE DON'T PUT HIM IN REHAB
AND GET HIM OFF THESE DRUGS,

HE'S GOING TO DIE."

FINALLY,
JOEY AGREED TO ENTER REHAB.

WHILE HE WAS THERE, MARY JO
TRIED TO KEEP UP APPEARANCES

AND SHIELD HER CHILDREN
FROM THE TRUTH.

THEY ACTUALLY TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS IN DISNEYLAND.

AND HE WOULD CALL AND CHECK IN.

AND I REMEMBER BEING ANGRY,

LIKE, "HOW COME
I CAN'T GO TO DISNEYLAND?"

30 DAYS LATER, JOEY WAS HOME.

NEWLY SOBER,
HE QUICKLY BECAME

THE MOST POPULAR GUY
ON THE BLOCK.

WHEN JOEY BEAT THE COKE,

HE DID CHANGE HIS LIFE
AND TURN HIS LIFE AROUND.

JOEY WAS A CHANGED MAN.

BY THE SUMMER OF 1992,
LIFE FOR THE BUTTAFUOCOS

WAS MORE NORMAL THAN IT HAD BEEN
FOR A LONG TIME,

AND MARY JO RELISHED IT.

HE GOT SOBER, AND LIFE BECAME
WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED IT TO BE.

HE WAS WONDERFUL TO ME,
HE WAS GREAT WITH THE KIDS,

AND I WAS PROUD OF HIM.

BUT LITTLE DID SHE KNOW

THAT HER HUSBAND HAD TRADED
ONE ADDICTION FOR ANOTHER,

ONE THAT WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES FOR MARY JO.

BOOM.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
MY MOM WAS ON THE FLOOR.

THEY TOLD MY FAMILY,
"IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD."

BY THE SUMMER OF 1992,

LIFE FOR THE BUTTAFUOCO FAMILY
SEEMED BETTER THAN EVER.

AND ON ONE SUNNY MORNING IN MAY,

MARY JO HAD BIG PLANS
FOR THE DAY.

I WAS GONNA PAINT THIS BENCH
IN THE BACK

THAT I'D BEEN WANTING TO DO
ALL WINTER.

SO I GOT THE KIDS OFF
TO SCHOOL.

IT WAS THE FIRST DAY
I RODE MY BIKE TO SCHOOL.

I GOT THE PAINT,
ALL THE EQUIPMENT

AND WENT OUT BACK, AND NOW
IT'S LIKE 11:30 IN THE MORNING.

MARY JO WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF HER PAINTING PROJECT

WHEN SHE WAS INTERRUPTED
BY THE DOORBELL.

AND I LOOKED THROUGH.

AND I COULD SEE A GIRL THERE,
A TEENAGER.

AND I SAID,
"CAN I HELP YOU?"

AND SHE SAID,
"ARE YOU MRS. BUTTAFUOCO?"

THE GIRL CLAIMED
HER NAME WAS ANN MARIE,

AND SHE WAS ARMED
WITH SOME SHOCKING NEWS.

SHE TOLD ME

THAT JOEY WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH HER LITTLE SISTER.

...MY LITTLE SISTER.

AND I SAID,
"HOW OLD ARE YOU?"

AND SHE SAID, "I'M 19."

BUT MARY JO WASN'T BUYING IT.

SO ANN MARIE SAID
SHE HAD PROOF.

SHE EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT JOE LEFT THIS T-SHIRT.

SHE PRODUCED THIS T-SHIRT.

AND I SAID, "LOOK, ANN MARIE.
I'LL GO IN THE HOUSE.

I'LL CALL JOE,
AND I'LL TELL HIM YOU CAME BY."

AND WITH THAT,

MARY JO TURNED AROUND
TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE.

SHE PULLED OUT THAT GUN IN THE
SECOND THAT IT TOOK ME TO TURN.

AND IN THAT SECOND, IT CAME OUT,

I TURNED MY HEAD,
AND SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT LANDED,
IN THE SIDE OF MY HEAD.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
MY MOM WAS ON THE FLOOR.

ANN MARIE RAN OFF,

LEAVING MARY JO LYING IN A POOL
OF BLOOD ON HER FRONT PORCH.

LUCKILY, A NEIGHBOR SPOTTED HER
SOON AFTER AND CALLED 911.

TRAGEDY STRUCK
IN MASSAPEQUA TODAY

FOR LONG ISLAND HOUSEWIFE
MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO.

POLICE TELL US SHE
WAS SHOT AT POINT-BLANK RANGE

ON HER OWN FRONT PORCH.

PARAMEDICS
RUSHED MARY JO TO THE HOSPITAL,

HER LIFE
HANGING IN THE BALANCE.

WHEN MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO
WAS SHOT,

EVERYONE THOUGHT
SHE WAS GONNA DIE.

THE HOSPITAL LISTED HER
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

DOCTORS WERE NOT ABLE TO REMOVE

THE BULLET
LODGED IN MARY JO'S SKULL

BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CLOSE
TO HER SPINE.

THEY TOLD MY FAMILY,
"IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

IT'S A 50/50 CHANCE."

BUT MARY JO WAS LUCKY,
AND THREE DAYS LATER, SHE CAME TO.

THE BULLET HIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE

AND CAUSED PARALYSIS
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACE.

MY JAW'S BROKEN.
I CAN'T HEAR.

I CAN'T STAND UP STRAIGHT.
I'M DIZZY.

I'VE LOST MOST OF MY BLOOD.

I JUST REMEMBER THINKING,
"THANK GOD MY MOM'S ALIVE."

NOT MANY PEOPLE GET
SECOND CHANCES LIKE THAT.

MARY JO AWOKE TO FIND
HER BELOVED HUSBAND, JOEY,

AND SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS
AT HER SIDE.

THEY ASKED ME, "DO YOU KNOW
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?"

AND I NODDED "YES."

AND I HAD A TRACH TUBE IN ME,
AND I COULDN'T SPEAK.

AND THEY GAVE ME A PAD
AND A PIECE OF PAPER.

MARY JO SCRIBBLED DOWN
EVERYTHING SHE COULD REMEMBER,

AND THERE WAS ONE DETAIL
THAT STRUCK A CHORD WITH JOEY.

JOE WORKED AT THE FAMILY
BUSINESS, COMPLETE AUTO BODY.

THEY WOULD GIVE OUT T-SHIRTS.

AND I SAID TO JOE,
"IT WAS ONE OF THE NEW ONES."

AND THAT'S WHEN HE TURNED
TO THE POLICE AND SAID,

"I'VE ONLY GIVEN
ONE OF THESE OUT,

AND I GAVE IT
TO MR. FISHER'S DAUGHTER.

THEY SAID,
"WHO'S MR. FISHER'S DAUGHTER?"

AND HE SAID, "AMY FISHER."

MY DAD MADE HER OUT TO
BE THIS COMPLETELY DELUSIONAL,

CRAZY-IN-LOVE, "FATAL
ATTRACTION" KIND OF TEENAGER.

BUT WHY WOULD
THIS GIRL WANT TO KILL MARY JO?

FROM HER HOSPITAL BED,

MARY JO ASKED HER HUSBAND
THAT VERY QUESTION.

HE NEVER DENIED
THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HER...

AND THOUGHT SHE WAS AN OKAY KID
AND LIKED THE PARENTS.

AND, SO, WHEN IT WAS,
"THEN WHY DID SHE SHOOT ME?"

HE CAME UP WITH, "WELL, THEN, I
GUESS SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH ME,

BECAUSE SHE WANTED YOU DEAD."

...YOU IN LOVE
WITH HER HUSBAND?

THAT NIGHT,
POLICE ARRESTED AMY FISHER

AND INTERROGATED HER
FOR 12 HOURS

UNTIL SHE CONFESSED
TO THE SHOOTING.

17-YEAR-OLD AMY FISHER IS
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.

AMY FISHER SEEMED TO BE
A TROUBLED TEENAGER

WHO HAD SOME HUGE PROBLEMS

AND SOMEHOW FOUND SOME SOLACE
IN JOEY BUTTAFUOCO.

ON MAY 22, 1992,
AMY FISHER WAS CHARGED

WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER
OF MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO.

AMY FISHER JUST COMPLETELY
TURNED MY WORLD UPSIDE-DOWN...

MY WORLD, MY MOM'S WORLD,
MY FAMILY'S WORLD.

11 DAYS LATER, MARY JO
WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL,

AND HER WELCOME WAGON CAME IN
THE FORM OF THE TABLOID PRESS.

WE CALLED IT
"AMY JO BUTTAFUOCO STORY."

IT WAS LIKE YOU PULLED OVER
THE ROCK AND MAGGOTS CAME OUT.

WE BECAME THE MAGGOTS.

TWO MONTHS LATER,
IN DECEMBER OF 1992,

AMY FISHER
WAS OFFICIALLY SENTENCED.

ALTHOUGH SHE WAS INITIALLY
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER,

AMY FISHER PLEA-BARGAINED
DOWN TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT,

AND SHE WAS SENTENCED
TO 5 TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.

MR. BUTTAFUOCO'S LAWYER...

AND THE BIG QUESTION
STILL LINGERED.

WAS JOEY HAVING AN AFFAIR
WITH A TEENAGER?

NOBODY BELIEVED JOEY BUTTAFUOCO,

AND HAVING INTERCOURSE WITH
A 16-YEAR-OLD WHEN YOU'RE 37

IS STATUTORY RAPE.

BY THE SPRING OF 1993,

AMY FISHER WAS IN PRISON,

MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO WAS TRYING TO
HEAL FROM A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD,

AND JOEY WAS STILL DENYING
THAT HE HAD SEX WITH A MINOR.

THE REACTION OF THE REPORTERS
WAS, "PHBT!"

NOBODY BELIEVED JOEY BUTTAFUOCO.

THE POLICE
DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM, EITHER.

AND SINCE AMY FISHER WAS ONLY 16

WHEN SHE AND JOEY
ALLEGEDLY HAD SEX,

THE D.A. WAS READY TO PURSUE
STATUTORY-RAPE CHARGES

AGAINST JOEY.

THEY HAD DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE
OF A HOTEL RECEIPT

THAT SHOWED THAT HE, IN FACT,
HAD BEEN TO THIS HOTEL,

AND HE HAD NO WAY TO EXPLAIN

WHY HE WAS THERE
AND WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE.

I SAW THE MOTEL RECEIPT, AND
IT LOOKED LIKE HIS HANDWRITING.

JOEY'S REACTION...
"IT MUST HAVE BEEN FORGED."

HE TOLD ME HE DIDN'T DO IT,

AND I BELIEVED HIM BECAUSE I
FELT THAT THEY WERE AGAINST ME.

THEY HAD LET AMY TAKE A PLEA.

I REALLY FELT
VERY HURT AND ANGRY.

DESPITE MARY JO'S
STEADFAST BELIEF

IN HER HUSBAND'S INNOCENCE,

IN NOVEMBER OF 1993,

JOEY WAS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS
IN PRISON

FOR THE STATUTORY RAPE
OF AMY FISHER.

I CONTINUED TO STAY
IN THIS MARRIAGE

BECAUSE I WAS TOO SICK
TO GO ANYWHERE.

I HAD A BULLET IN MY HEAD.

THERE WASN'T
A THOUGHT OF LEAVING.

JOEY SERVED FOUR MONTHS

AND WAS RELEASED IN
MARCH OF 1994 FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO
TO END IT.

I DID MY TIME, AND
I'M GOING HOME TO MY FAMILY.

WHEN JOE CAME HOME,

I THOUGHT THAT LIFE WAS GOING
ON A SORT OF EVEN KEEL.

I MEAN, HE WENT TO JAIL.
I HAD BEEN SHOT.

NOTHING WAS EVER GONNA BE
THE SAME,

BUT I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME
NORMALCY BACK INTO OUR LIVES.

BUT JOEY
WAS NEVER VERY GOOD AT "NORMAL."

BEFORE LONG, WHILE
ON A PUBLICITY TRIP TO L.A.,

TROUBLE FOUND HIM.

THE PHONE RANG
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,

AND IT WAS OUR ATTORNEY
TO TELL ME

THAT JOEY HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR
SOLICITING A PROSTITUTE IN L.A.

I WENT BALLISTIC.

JOEY GETS ARRESTED AGAIN.

AND HE WENT BACK TO JAIL.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE END,

BUT I DIDN'T SAY IT
CONSCIOUSLY.

IT WAS JUST... I HAD RESIGNED
MYSELF AT THIS POINT.

THIS IS THE HELL ON EARTH

I HAVE TO DEAL WITH
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1996,

THE BUTTAFUOCOS PICKED UP
AND MOVED TO LOS ANGELES

FOR A FRESH START.

BACK IN NEW YORK, LIFE WAS JUST
COMPLETELY UNLIVABLE, YOU KNOW.

WE BECAME THIS
ICONIC POP-CULTURE PHENOMENON

THAT WAS JUST SO RECOGNIZABLE.

SO WE HAD TO MOVE OUT
TO CALIFORNIA FOR A NEW CHANCE.

BUT DESPITE
THE MOVE TO CALIFORNIA,

THE MARRIAGE FOR MARY JO
AND JOEY WAS NEVER THE SAME.

JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, MARY JO
TOLD JOEY THAT IT WAS OVER.

PEOPLE ASK ME,

"WHAT WAS THE STRAW
THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK?

WHAT FINALLY MADE YOU LEAVE?"

I WAS JUST AT A POINT

WHERE ALL THE REASONS THAT
I STAYED WEREN'T THERE ANYMORE.

IN 2003,

11 YEARS AFTER JOEY'S LOVER
PUT A BULLET IN HER HEAD,

MARY JO AND JOEY BUTTAFUOCO
OFFICIALLY DIVORCED.

WELL, I GUESS
IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME,

BUT I JUST, SELFISHLY,
AS THEIR CHILD,

WANTED THEM TO BE TOGETHER
FOREVER.

I THINK MARY JO,

WHEN SHE FINALLY DECIDED
TO BREAK AWAY FROM JOEY,

MADE A DECISION
THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR HER.

I THINK WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT
JOEY NOW, IT'S NOT "MY JOEY."

IT'S "OH, JOEY."

AFTER THE DIVORCE,
WHILE MARY JO MOVED ON,

JOEY WAS STILL UP
TO HIS OLD TRICKS.

HE WAS ARRESTED
FOR INSURANCE FRAUD IN 2003,

AND, IN 2008, A SEX TAPE
OF HIM AND HIS CURRENT WIFE

WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEAKED.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT JOE
DOES ANYMORE ON A DAILY BASIS.

WHEN IT COMES TO JOE,
IN MY BRAIN,

I'M ALWAYS WAITING
FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP.

IN 2005, MARY JO
UNDERWENT FACIAL SURGERY

TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE
SHE SUSTAINED IN THE SHOOTING.

A PLASTIC SURGEON FROM
BEVERLY HILLS, HE HELPED ME.

I MEAN, WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS
NOT HALF THE WAY I USED TO LOOK.

HE DID A LOT OF WORK ON ME

TO TRY TO MAKE MY FACE
MORE SYMMETRICAL.

MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO
HAS MOVED ON

AND HAS BEEN HAPPILY ENGAGED
FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS

TO HER BOYFRIEND, STU.

STU IS PERFECT FOR MY MOM
BECAUSE HE'S NORMAL,

AND THAT'S
ALL SHE EVER WANTED...

SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T NEED
ALL THE DRAMA,

WHO DOESN'T NEED
ALL THE ATTENTION.

HE'S JUST NORMAL, COOL STU.

GIVE IT A SHOT.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG ROAD

AND ONE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT
I WOULD BE ON,

BUT I'VE SURVIVED IT.

I WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT
THEY SHOULD LISTEN TO THEIR GUTS

AND DO WHAT THEY FEEL IS RIGHT

AND NOT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE
THINKS IS RIGHT.

AND NOW I DO
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ME.

I JUST KNOW THAT I'M GOING
IN A BETTER DIRECTION

THAN WHERE I CAME FROM.