Beth admits that Howard and Beth met in 1998, not 2000 as the lie says.

In that disgusting puff piece in the NY Post, Beth said she met Howard when she was 26. The official story of Howard and Beth meeting was in 2000. The thing is she was born in July of 1972. That means she was 27 or 28 in 2000.

That means what I always suspected, Howard made up the whole mad tear (although it could have happened, but just a year or so earlier than he admits to), dating Angie Everhart and Robin Givens (both conveniently Buchwald clients), etc. to hide the fact that he was dating long before he and Alison were legally separated.

Now I don't think Howard cheated on Alison with Beth, but Howard wants to maintain this image that he was faithful to Alison right up until the legal separation.