Tony also told her at one time that if he had kids he wanted only boys. He's also the one, in case you're not aware, that broke the lock off George's shed. Tony isn't, IMO, the sweet wonderful guy people want to think he is.
I do remember him telling LE in one of his interviews that he broke the lock on the shed.
I don't think tony is anything special, he seems like a kid who just got his first girlfriend, he overlooked quite a bit that most people would have questioned.