Divorce is always tragic, especially when a couple was married as long as Michael Moore and his now-ex-wife, Kathleen Glynn. Glynn was a partner in film too, producing many of Moore’s best-known works, from “Sicko” to “Capitalism: A Love Story.”
The marriage was officially ended this week. But in the process of securing their divorce, Moore and Glynn’s filings have again confirmed that the filmmaker who styles himself a champion of the working class has wealth that would be the envy of many a Wall Street banker.
For all his proletarian pretenses, Moore is worth nearly $50 million, and doesn’t seem to mind owning all this wealth.
According to his sworn statements, what he did mind was his wife’s conspicuous consumption on a lakeside mansion — which made people realize the Occupy Wall Street supporter was in reality a member of the 1 percent.
Now, Moore’s class hypocrisy is nothing new. Nearly a decade ago, Peter Schweizer’s book, “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” exposed Moore for the fraud he is.
For example, while Moore claimed he didn’t own “a single share of stock,” it turns out the man who produced a film attacking the war in Iraq at one point owned shares in Halliburton — Dick Cheney’s old company.
We have nothing against wealth honestly earned, and Moore has proved with his movies that attacking the free market can be as lucrative as managing a hedge fund.
But the hypocrisy of the way Moore lives only confirms he’s a traitor to both his classes: the one he pretends to be, and the one he actually is.