Sources believe Johnson also accompanied Tiki to Senegal for the filming late last year, when Ginny was three months pregnant.
The affair is particularly stunning in light of Barber’s long-standing disdain for his philandering father.
Johnson can be seen posing with a smiling gal pal in a pic on her My Space page.
“I don’t give a [bleep] that the relationship didn’t work,” he said of his parents’ split in a 2004 Post interview.
“Not only did he abandon her, I felt like he abandoned us for a lot of our lives.
I have a hard time forgiving that.” Barber’s confidants were shocked.
“He was always the nice guy with a million-dollar smile,” a Barber family friend told The Post.
Former NFL star Tiki Barber and Traci Lynn Johnson, now his official girlfriend, sat down with Entertainment Tonight to refute rumors about their affair. According to reports, the mistress was lying to her parents telling them that she was Tiki’s “babysitter” while he spent the night ... In his worst career move since retiring one year before the New York Giants won the Super Bowl, Today Show correspondent and former NFL star Tiki Barber has dumped Ginny Barber, his wife, for former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, reports say. They have two sons already and Ginny Barber is eight months pregnant with twins.
A twin himself, you'd think Tiki would respect that.
Ex-Giants superstar Tiki Barber has dumped his 8-months-pregnant wife, Ginny, for sexy former NBC intern Traci Lynn Johnson, sources told The Post last night.
The football star-turned-“Today” show-correspondent left his wife of 11 years, Ginny, for the 23-year-old blonde, who also worked at 30 Rock, the sources said.
In his 2007 memoir, “Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond,” Barber described the example he wanted to set for his kids.
Tiki Barber is currently married to Traci Lynn Johnson.
“This decision was a painful one, but we are moving forward amicably and will continue to work together to raise our children with the love and dedication they have always known.” A Tiki Barber spokesman declined to comment. But she’s been known to tout her caretaking role for Tiki.