Those salami jokes aren’t cutting the mustard with the owner of the famed Carnegie Deli.
Cold-cut queen Marian Levine asked a divorce judge to overturn the $ 11,500-a-month alimony he awarded her estranged hubby — because the jurist laughed at a joke during their last court hearing.
“I was, of course, disturbed by the sarcasm,” Levine sniffed in a filing read by by Manhattan Judge Matthew Cooper in court Wednesday.
Marian — who once starred in the short-lived TV reality show “The Family Pickle” — whined that “gratuitous jokes [were] made only at my expense and not at the expense of” soon-to-be-ex Sandy Levine.
Cooper admitted to “moments of laughter” when Sandy’s lawyer, Donald Frank, called Marian’s allegations that her hubby stole from the midtown deli, famous for its overstuffed sandwiches, “all smoked meat and mirrors.”
Cooper said the high-profile divorce is “a serious matter — but this is not a case where I lose sleep at night.
“This is not a case with people who can’t afford to make next month’s rent,” the judge noted.
Instead, he said the Levines have “millions and millions and millions,” so he should not be expected to “keep a poker face throughout the whole thing.”
The judge added that Marian sits in court “with a sneer.”
Sandy LevinePhoto: Gregory P. Mango
Cooper said he empathizes more with the 25 Carnegie workers who won a $ 2.65 million settlement after alleging the Levines payed them less than half of the minimum wage while their bosses who raked in over $ 2 million a year.
“They’ve made millions and millions of dollars on the back of dishwashers and cleaners and pastrami slicers who make as much in a year as they’ve made in a day or two days — that’s what bothers me,” Cooper huffed.
The judge apologized to Marian for hurting her feelings and promised her a speedy trial.
But he ultimately rejected her attempt to overturn the temporary payment to Sandy, a decision that left the spurned spouse weeping in the courtroom.
Both parties declined to comment while leaving Manhattan Supreme Court.
Sandy sued for divorce from his wife of 22 years after Marian brought a civil lawsuit last year claiming her hubby was two-timing her with a deli waitress.
Celebrities like Jack Nicholson and Taylor Swift have noshed at the Seventh Avenue joint started by Marian’s father in 1937.
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