Ronnie Wood and his wife Jo Wood at their daughter’s wedding on 6/21/08. Credit: Daniel Deme / WENN
He’s a bit too old to chalk this one up to the oft-used excuse of “mid-life crisis.” Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, 61, has left his wife and four children to take up with a 19-year-old cocktail waitress he met in Ireland while attending a premiere party for the Rolling Stones concert film, “Shine A Light.” The rocker is so taken with the teen that he even painted nude portraits of her that are now on display in a gallery near his Irish retreat. Ron’s wife, Jo, has been with Wood for 23 years and is not taking the news very well at all. The couple were having problems prior to the 19-year-old due to Ron’s excessive drinking. Jo wanted her husband to seek treatment after he was drinking a rumored 2 vodka bottles a day. So, what does he do? Runs off with a cocktail waitress! Classic.
Daily Mail via Huffington Post]Wood is set to return from Ireland today with Miss Ivanova, whom he met while drinking as he celebrated the launch of the Stones film Shine a Light in April.
Her former boyfriend has accused Wood of stealing her from him after pursuing her with a series of phone calls and texts. ‘He’s very charming by all accounts. I felt a bit weird about it, but I didn’t think I had to worry about a man of 61 – even if he does have a lot of money.’
Ekaterina is rumoured to be the naked girl in Wood’s painting which is now for sale for £8,000 in a gallery near his Irish mansion.
Entitled Photography Nude 11, it is one of 60 of his paintings on show in Gallery Number One in Dublin – 20 miles from the house in County Kildare to which Wood fled with the teenager.
Gallery staff say the guitarist, who is worth an estimated £70million, has yet to visit his exhibition, preferring to go to the surrounding pubs.
They added that the nude picture had attracted a lot of interest from fans although he has not revealed the identity of the sitter. ‘He rarely does with his muses.’
Wood, who has a long and well-documented addiction to alcohol, left behind his wife Jo and their four children at their home in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He is said to be drinking two bottles of vodka a day.
Now the 61-year-old rock star’s wife is said to have ended their 23-year-old marriage over his ‘affair’ with the waitress.
Jo Wood, 53, reportedly left an angry message on his phone while he was on a 10-day bender at his Irish retreat with 18-year-old Ekaterina.
The teenager had even accompanied Wood to rehab where he was being treated for his drink problem.
Miss Ivanova is herself an amateur artist who has illustrated several children’s books and has begged the Stone to help secure her a publishing deal.
Her mother has pleaded with her to return home to London. Irina Ivanova, 48, who works as a housekeeper, moved to Britain six years ago.
She said: ‘I know they had a special sort of relationship. But I didn’t realise to what extent. I thought they only worked together. She said that Ronnie asked her to model for him. He wanted to draw her.’
She added of Wood: ‘What does he think he’s doing? He’s old enough to be her grandfather. He needs to send her back before things get out of control and either she gets hurt or his family do.’
I know that aging rockers leave their wives for younger women all the time-in fact, Ronnie isn’t the first or even the second member of The Rolling Stones to do so. But I still think it’s pretty pathetic. Do these guys think that they will somehow be able to recapture their glory days by frolicking with a girl old enough to be their granddaughter? I’ve got news for you, Ronnie: a 19-year-old’s vagina is NOT the fountain of youth. At the end of the day, you’re still a wrinkled old washed up rock star, most likely with an addiction to viagra and a lot less money to show for your trouble. It’s pretty clear this chick is using him for his money and connections, just as he’s using her to enable his booze habit and feel young again. It’s all rather creepy. And what about the woman who put up with his crap for 23 years and raised his kids? I hope she gets a nice chunk of that $70 mil.
Note by Celebitchy: Ronnie Wood and his wife Jo are shown at their daughter Leah’s wedding just a few weeks ago on 6/21/08. His daughter Leah is 29. While the Daily Mail article MSat quotes here has the cocktail waitress’ age at 18, another article in the Daily Mail lists her as 19. Maybe she just had a birthday. The Daily Mail also has photos of the other woman and she looks as young as she is.
MSat, your write-up made my day, I’m still laughing!!
What an idiot. Does he really think she is attracted to him? He’s old enough to be her grandfather. All she sees is an old man with lots of money and a long history of substance abuse.
What is it about these old fools? Do they really think people are impressed that they can “get” young girls like that? I promise if we were an ordinary person with an average income she would not give him a second look!
does he has aids? he looks terrible and his hair cut isnt cool anymore since the 70ies…ill
I don’t know what you’re talking about, MSat. MY vadge is the fountain of youth (-ish…).
How good do you think the sourcing is on Woods’ accumulated wealth? I would expect him to be a hell of a lot richer then roughly $120 million. Also, given the rate of exchange, MSat, 70 million pounds does not equal $70 million dollars. Not with the weak dollar.
The Irish press are saying that she’s as much of a drinking partner as anything else and things have been fraught with the wife because his alcoholism is getting worse.
Poor woman, there is nothing more stubborn and more selectively deaf than an elderly alcoholic. They just will not accept that time has ticked on and are terrified of their mortality.
But if it makes you feel better MSat – in Ireland divorce is “no fault” and automatically 50-50 split. However, you DO have to be officially separated for 5 years before one is granted.
Harsh – yes, otherwise it’d never pass the referendum – but think of it this way, it’s another 5 years for their wealth to increase 😈
Poor Jo’s being more or less nursing him for the past 20 years. Really strong woman, feel for her. Also his kids who are great, really grounded and down to earth. Stupid old fool (although he’s still hysterically funny in interviews.)
Funny bit is all his old mates – Mick, Bill, Charlie, Rod have apparently all been ringing him up and telling him to stop f*king around and come home. Intervention time, I think.
A 19 year old who’s into screwing someone who could be her grand-dad. Classy !!
Sad all right. Bad and all as Mick and Rod are, you wouldn’t catch them putting their health at risk over a bit of skirt (unless you count risking the wrath of Jerry Hall’s nails – but she’s too much a lady to put them in danger 😈 )
Eh, this shit happens all the time. Nothing’s going to change it as long as there are rich, old dudes and young women who want to make a quick buck. Jo can take the divorce settlement and chill on a beach somewhere with hot, younger men.
I don’t know much about chronic alcoholism, but how long can you go on drinking two bottles of vodka a day? Seems like that would kill your liver pretty fast.
I see the story about Cher and her 38 year old got more negative reactions than this old bag and his grand-slut. Nice. Typical. 🙄
Wow. And Jo’s always been the cool Stones wife. After all these years and he does this. Incredible.
A long time ago, I read an interview where they asked the Stones’ wives how they felt about groupies. Jerri Hall said that she tries to injure them with her shoe, i.e., a young groupie sat down at their booth in a restaurant and Jerri kicked the crap out of the girl’s shins with her pointy shoes, while keeping a smiling calm exterior above the table. Brutal but clever. Jo, on the other hand, simply said: no problem. I make friends with em.
How sad. Rock stars just should not marry. I don’t think monogamy is in their nature. Timing is interesting. Right after his daughter got married! Was he waiting until she left the nest to break old ties, or seeking out lost youth?
I don’t want to kick Jo while she’s down, but who the heck mutilated her hair??? This is bad hair day, squared.
Ron Wood, you let the world see your rotten inner core. Sick and twisted dude!!
God bless you Jo.
Why would someone want to MARRY a rock star anyway. Why put yourself through a hard life even though there is MONEY!! Women think that putting UP with bad situations makes them look good. Bo Hoo to that
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