Making the media rounds to promote her new book, Getting it Through My Thick Skull, Mary Jo Buttafuoco calls her ex-husband, Joey Buttafuoco, a sociopath.
Speaking on Good Morning America today, Mary Jo discussed her relationship with Joey, and answered the question: “Why did you stay with Joey for so long?”
“Because I believed him when he said he had nothing to do with her,” she stated, referencing Joey’s lover Amy Fisher, who shot Mary Jo in the face in 1992.
“He was a very good sociopath and liar. When I looked it up on the Internet, and looked at sociopathic tendencies, I said ‘Oh My God.’ Joey fit all the criteria.”
Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s new book has drawn attention to the term sociopath, the definition of which is a person with antisocial personality disorder, who is unable to confirm to societal norms and exhibits disregard for the rights of others.
Mary Jo Buttafuoco is really, really trying to drive her point home, though. It’s like she’s trying to make it so Joey Buttafuoco comes up when you Google “sociopath.”
Joey Buttafuoco released a statement in defense of being called a sociopath, stating that he would prefer to be diagnosed as a sociopath by a doctor, rather than simply termed it by ex-wife, and feels “victimized” by the accusation.
Aww, poor Joey. One could argue that Mary Jo was victimized by being shot in the face by Amy Fisher, but that’s neither here nor there at this point.
Mary Jo Buttafuoco said that her son stated to her, “Dad is a sociopath, and he’s never going to change.” She calls this realization a “revelation.”
Asked why she stayed with Joey 11 years after the incident until divorcing him in 2003, she said “It’s never one easy thing. Life is not like that.”
True. Why let a single bullet lodged in your thick skull dictate things.