Paul Simon, Edie Brickell spat stemmed from shoving match, her mom calling cops: attorney

The famed singer and his wife, herself a Grammy winner this year, were in court Monday over the Saturday dispute at their New Canaan, Conn., home, in which the two apparently shoved each other during an argument and Brickell’s mother called police. A judge let the two leave without putting in place a protective order. Brickell admitted later that she started the argument.

Alex von Kleydorff/The Hour/ AP Paul Simon holds hands with wife Edie Brickell at the hearing in Norwalk Superior Court Monday.

Guess the marriage is still crazy after all these years.

The songbird spouse of singer Paul Simon said Monday that she started a spat at their Connecticut house that got them both arrested for disorderly conduct.

“I got my feelings hurt and I picked a fight with my husband,” Edie Brickell said in a statement. “The police called it disorderly. Thank God it’s orderly now.”
Brickell’s lawyer after she and Simon clasped hands and went before a judge to face the music.