Christina Gannett is the former spouse of Australian actor George Robert Lazenby. Christina’s ex-husband George Lazenby is one of the actors who portrayed secret agent James Bond. He later went on to appear in roles that parodied the James Bond character. He is one of the prominent actors in the movie industry.
Christina Gannett: Bio Summary
| Name | Christina Gannett |
| Famous as | ex-wife of George Lazenby |
| Age | 69 years old as of 2023 |
| Born | 1954 |
| Place of birth | United States |
| Parents | N/A |
| Marital status | Divorced |
| Spouse | George Lazenby |
| Children | Melanie Andrea Lazenby and Zachary Lazenby |
Who Is George Lazenby’s Ex-wife, Christina?
Christina Gannett was born in the year 1954 in the United States. She celebrates her birthday once every year but her birthday is unknown. If her birth year is accurate then she will be turning 69 years old in 2023. Her parents’ information is not available. It is unknown if she is the only child of her parents or not.
Christina Gannett has not provided much information about her early life, relatives, and family background. Her educational background and qualifications are not known. She is a member of the Gannett family. She is the heiress to the news service publishing empire. She married George Lazenby.
Before getting married, Christina was George’s girlfriend of three years. How Christina Gannett and George Lazenby met is unknown but they reportedly met in 1970. Their marriage produced two children, a daughter and a son. Their son who was named Zachary Lazenby was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor when he was eleven years old.
Sadly, Zachary passed away in the year 1994 of brain cancer. Christina Gannett and George Lazenby’s daughter Melanie Andrea Lazenby was born on September 13, 1973. She became a real estate broker in New York. Melanie has established herself as one of Manhattan’s top real estate agents.
In May 2013, Melanie was the broker for the sale of a unique, block-long, $10 million condominium apartment to Chelsea Clinton and husband. Melanie married Matthew McLennan in a three-day wedding in New York. Meanwhile, things didn’t work out between Christina and George.
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Christina and George Lazenby’s marriage lasted from 1971 until they got divorced in 1995. They were husband and wife for over two decades. After Christina Gannett and George Lazenby got divorced, George married former tennis player Pam Shriver. They had three children. George and Pam have also divorced.
Christina Suffered Abuse During Her Marriage To George Lazenby
Christina Gannett suffered physical abuse at the hands of her now ex-husband George Lazenby. She revealed that George had punched her in the face at the time she was five months pregnant and broke her nose when their son was dying from cancer. She claims he threatened to kill her when she told him she wanted a divorce.
Christina Gannett made it known that she was afraid George Lazenby meant what he said which is why it took years before she found the courage to divorce him. Christina said: “On a few occasions, I told George that I wanted a divorce and he said that he would kill me if I ever left or that he would take the children.”
“I never left George until after our son passed away and our daughter was 21 years old, out of fear that he meant what he said and would follow through on it.” Speaking of how George hit her in the face when pregnant, she said: “As I was turning into the parking spot I felt a thump by George in the side of my face. I looked at George, his jaw was clenched and pulsing.”
“He looked furious and he yelled “You park where I tell you to!” Christina said she and her daughter Melanie were hit by George “several times” after Zack was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1985. She believes he felt “helpless and frustrated” about not being able to cure Zack and ‘lashed out even more in his aggravated and devastated state”.
Christina said she told George she had wanted to take their son Zack to Hawaii when it became clear he was losing his cancer battle in 1994 so he could spend his last days in his favorite place. She said: “I looked down for a second when I felt a hard blow from George to my face and I fell to the ground. I was terrified.”
Christina claims a doctor said her nose was broken and advised her to “stay out of harm’s way.” She also revealed that George attacked her about a month later in Hawaii after she told him his belief a doctor was responsible for Zacks’ death was ridiculous. She said:
“I then went into our walk-in closet to get my sneakers. I bent forward to pick them up when I was kicked so hard by George from behind that my head slammed against the wall. When I looked up, George was furious and threatened to kill me if I didn’t agree with him. I felt sorry for George, but I was afraid to get trapped in the closet with him in that state.”
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“I retreated and became quiet until he dropped his guard for a second and then I ran downstairs screaming that he had no right to hurt me. I ran as hard as I could down to the beach where there would be witnesses in case he tried to hurt me further. Later, George said that I made him do it. George never said that he was sorry for any harm he caused to me or the children.”
Christina alleged that George ‘frequently’ hit their daughter Melanie. She said he “would often humiliate” his daughter, did not feel Melanie deserved her private school education, snubbed her graduation, and often forgot her birthday. She said: “George made sure that she would feel that she was not an important member of the household.”
According to George, the declarations are ‘contrived, unfounded and without merit’. A statement was released by George’s spokesman Michael Sands. In the statement, he said: “I wish Christina would show me a medical report, x-rays, and pictures that show I broke her nose. I never punched her in my life.”
Christina and George’s daughter Melanie claimed her father George “tormented me, humiliated me, hurt me physically, scarred me emotionally’ and ‘placed a feeling of fear and mistrust in me.” Melanie revealed that from the ages of 10 to 21 her father would ‘frequently’ attack her, hitting and slapping her and pinning her against walls.
Melanie disclosed that there was one occasion when she was about 18 and her father George pushed her head down a toilet into her own urine. Melanie suffered from anorexia and bulimia from age 16. She said her father constantly told her she was not thin enough and taunted her by calling her ‘Miss Ethiopia’ when she was at her thinnest.
George Lazenby said he was “sorry that he ignored Melanie from the time she was 12 years old”, but claimed he was busy attending to his son Zack’s needs – “because he was dying from his brain tumors.” George added: “Melanie is always seeking revenge for that mistake. I did not have ‘one’ drink, while attending to Zack for eight years!” he added. “I never thought a family member would kick me when I was down”.
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