Entertainment | 03/05/2009 9:20 am

Michael Strahan Plants GPS in Nicole Murphy's Car

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Nicole Murphy and Michael Strahan © Getty Images

Jealousy and paranoid can make a man do some ugly things…

Michael Strahan, the former New York Giants football player, was caught planting a tracking device in his girlfriend’s car.

According to the New York Post, Strahan suspected his model girlfriend, Nicole Murphy, had been cheating on him with music executive Demetrius Spencer, so he put a tracking apparatus in her Range Rover. When Murphy — who is actor Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife — brought the car in for service, the mechanics spotted the high-tech spyware.

Strahan, who’s known to be a fun-loving teddy bear, must still be scarred from his 2006 nasty divorce, during which his wife accused him of spying on her. As for this latest dust-up, Strahan’s spokesperson offered no comment. Murphy, meanwhile, wrote to a friend that while she has feelings for Spencer, she’s hesitant to leave Strahan, because he’s close with her children. She had no comment on the tracking device aspect.

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I think it was a smart move on his part. When you suspect your partner of cheating, you should investigate to see if your concerns have any validity. This doesn’t just apply for women, it also applies for men. As women we need to realize that many of the double standards we have become accustomed to are a thing of the past.

By Belinda Joy on 03/05/2009 10:00 am

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This sounds like teenage insecurity in the grownups. If there is no trust, then the relationship is already on shaky ground.

By Judy K. on 03/05/2009 10:02 am

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Creepy, very creepy. If he feels he can’t trust her, he should not be in a relationship with her.

By Green Tears on 03/05/2009 10:34 am

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If you have to spy on someone you don’t need to be with them. This is borderline stalking.

By Christi S. on 03/05/2009 10:38 am

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Something for my fellow bloggers to consider. Say for instance you are in a relationship and something in that relationship begins to change. He says he is at the office later than he usually is. You no longer have access to his cell phone bill, you notice he is looking at websites he never use to. He is not as attentive to you as he once was. You ask him pointedly if he is having an affair and he says no. Do you because you love and trust him simply let it drop and dismiss all the clues that something is different? Or do you investigate to see if there is a legitimate reason to be concerned? For those who dismiss actions such as Michael’s as being juvenile and petty, insecure and the like, I say this. The pain from finding out a person you have built a life with, loved, trusted and devoted yourself to, has cheated on you…..that is a pain I wouldn’t wish on my worse enemy. It shakes your self confidence and leaves you feeling insecure. To stay with someone even if you have just the slightest hint that something has changed even though your partner denies it, is selling yourself short. However to leave and walk away without knowing 100% the ground on which you are leaving is solid, would be the utmost in irresponsibility.

By Belinda Joy on 03/05/2009 10:58 am

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In my younger years I spied on my boyfriend and what I found out was devastating. He was dating me and 2 other women at the same time. It was fun breaking up that little love triangle. Did I like what I found, NO, would I do it to my husband now, probably. If he started acting funny & not coming home when he is suppose to and his work stories didnt pan out, yes I would do some investigating. But before you do the investigation you have to make sure your prepared to hear or see the answer.

We dont know all the specifics of why this man did what he did, but it is done. There was a guy just the other week on Oprah talking about doing just this if you suspect your spouse of cheating. Its not illegial, your not breaking any laws.

Once there is doubt planted in your head, it is very hard to get it out. It will eat you alive if you let it.

By C Hardy on 03/05/2009 12:12 pm

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C Hardy made a good point and one I left out of my post. You HAVE to be mentally prepared for what you might find. You should never have blind trust in any partner - that would be foolish. But when and if that moment were to come along when you start getting that “something doesn’t feel right here…” feeling, you’d better be prepared for the emotional pain AND be clear in how you want to proceed. Let’s hope Michael had a logical and calm way of ending his relationship with Nicole if it was indeed true she was betraying him.

By Belinda Joy on 03/05/2009 4:14 pm

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ok someone is a bit nutty and needs a psychiatrist. I hear this is not the first time he has done this. Didn’t his wife report doing the same thing. Nicole, run girl, RUN!!!!!

By Renee B on 03/06/2009 7:33 pm

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I do find it amazing how people judge when they have know Idea of what has happened or what is happening. I have been there and done that. And I thought I was prepared to for the truth but I wasn’t. I don’t think you can ever really be prepared. But I would do it all over again. The truth has made our relationship much better. It has been hard work to get past the affair my Husband had but we have made it through the fire.

As the article stated, Starhan may have did the same thing to his ex wife. The question is why? Did he have a good reason. I think so, since he is divorced.

You can not judge a person unless you have been in that situation. IT may seem crazy to some but once you enter that world it feels perfectly sane. Think of it like this, you have to protect yourself, why not use all the tools available?

By Deidre Martin on 04/09/2009 2:02 pm