Paulina Porizkova details 'incredible hurt,' 'betrayal' after learning Ric Ocasek cut her from his will

After the death of her ex-husband, Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, Paulina Porizkova learned that she had been excluded from his will.

In an appearance on "CBS Sunday Morning," Porizkova, 54, opened up about discovering that she, along with two of Ocasek's sons from a previous marriage, had been left out.

"It's made the grieving process really, really tricky, because I would love to just be able to be sad and miss him, and not also feel this incredible hurt at his betrayal," Porizkova said. "I feel betrayed. I sure do."

The two were married in 1989 and had been "peacefully separated" since 2017. They had begun divorce proceedings before Ocasek, 75, died on Sept. 15, 2019, but still lived together. Porizkova said she had no idea why Ocasek had excluded her, especially after she had put her life's earnings from modeling into their marriage.

'His passing was a (expletive) shock': Paulina Porizkova opens up about losing ex-husband Ric Ocasek

"I'm never going to get an answer," she said. "Yesterday I was kind of having a nervous breakdown. Today, I'm feeling a little bit stronger. In a way, this is freeing me. It's really, really scary. I didn't necessarily want it, but this is what I got. And so I have to learn how to use my wings now."

The supermodel announced their separation in May 2018 with an Instagram post comparing their family, which includes two sons, to a "well-built car."

"When the four of us are together, we can go wherever the road takes us," she wrote. "But as a bicycle, my husband and I no longer pedal in unison. So, we're ditching the bicycle."

Speaking to CBS, Porizkova explained that he was "still the man I loved," but she "suddenly" felt "like only one of us wanted to be married, and it was me."

"I just know that it's really hard to be married to somebody if you're the only one putting in all the work," she said. "And maybe it was age. Maybe he was just tired. Maybe I took too much energy to love. I don't know."

Contributing: Bill Keveney, USA TODAY

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