Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his longtime accomplice, former ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick, are engaged.
Hamrick, 37, confirmed to Paris Match in an interview revealed on Wednesday, April 9, that Jagger, 81, really proposed “two or three years” in the past.
“Possibly at some point we’ll marry, perhaps not,” Hamrick stated. “We’re so blissful in our present life that I might be too afraid to alter something.”
Jagger and Hamrick met in 2014 after a Rolling Stones live performance in Tokyo. She and her American Ballet Theatre colleagues, who had been in Japan for their very own efficiency, got complimentary tickets to his band’s present. Jagger and Hamrick, who’re 44 years aside in age, began courting in 2015.
Mick Jagger and his girlfriend, retired ballet dancer Melanie Hamrick, are usually not involved with having a 44-year age hole. “I don’t give it some thought. Everybody’s going to have their opinion. If you consider others’ opinions, irrespective of the place you’re in life, you’re going to have an issue and also you’re going to research it,” […]
“I don’t give it some thought. Everybody’s going to have their opinion. If you consider others’ opinions, irrespective of the place you’re in life, you’re going to have an issue and also you’re going to research it,” Hamrick instructed The Sunday Occasions in September 2024 of their age distinction. “I put the blinders on. Am I blissful? Sure. Are the folks in my life blissful? Sure. Am I hurting anybody? No. OK, they’ll thoughts their very own enterprise.”
Hamrick additionally wasn’t starstruck by Jagger once they began seeing each other.
“Ballet dancers meet a few of the greatest stars and act, like, ‘Who’re you?’ As a result of, to us, ballet dancers are the gods. That’s who you examine and look as much as. You’re so in your world,” Hamrick recalled to the Occasions, noting she was extra impressed by Jagger’s buddy, playwright Tom Stoppard. “I used to be, like, ‘Oh, my God, can I let you know about my paper [from school]?’ and Mick stated, ‘What are you doing?’, and I used to be like, ‘I like you, Tom!’”
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Jagger and Hamrick welcomed son Deveraux, the rock star’s eighth little one, in December 2016. (Jagger has seven older kids from previous relationships.)
Hamrick, for her half, has authored novels First Place and The Unraveling since retiring from ballet. Amid her literary success, she has ceaselessly credited Jagger for his assist and inspiration.
“My entire household’s been supportive. Mick’s been tremendous supportive,” Hamrick solely instructed Us Weekly in September 2024. “It’s at all times scary to alter careers and hope it really works. I’ve simply been actually blessed.”
Hamrick and Jagger additionally labored collectively on a rock ballet, which premiered in the US in 2019.
“It was good to have his experience,” Hamrick instructed Us. “It was cool to share as a result of there’s other ways to depend music from his aspect [as a musician] and my aspect as a dancer.”
Regardless of just a few skilled collaborations, Hamrick prefers once they can every do their very own factor.
“I don’t essentially assume companions ought to work collectively as a result of I feel it’d be boring to only go dwelling and discuss what you labored on all day,” she famous. “It was enjoyable for a pair weeks, however I discover it extra attention-grabbing once we come to the desk like, ‘Oh, what was your day like?’ as a substitute of already realizing.”
