Mick Jagger’s girlfriend Melanie Hamrick is shrugging off concerns about their 44-year age difference.
Melanie Hamrick, aged 37, opened up to The Sunday Times about her relationship with the 81-year-old Rolling Stones legend, who is also the father of her child.
“I don’t think about it,” she said regarding their age gap. “Everyone’s going to have their opinion. If you think about others’ opinions, no matter where you are in life, you’re going to have a problem and you’re going to analyze it.”
She continued, “I put the blinders on. Am I happy? Yes. Are the people in my life happy? Yes. Am I hurting anyone? No. OK, they can mind their own business.”
Hamrick is not only a former ballerina but also an author who released her debut novel, “First Position,” last year. She has been with Jagger since 2014 after meeting him at a Rolling Stones concert in Tokyo. At the time, Hamrick was 26 and she revealed to The Sunday Times that she wasn’t awestruck by meeting the rock star.
“Ballet dancers meet some of the biggest stars and act, like, ‘Who are you?’” she said. “Because, to us, ballet dancers are the gods. That’s who you study and look up to. You’re so in your world.”
In 2016, Jagger and Hamrick welcomed their first child together, a son named Deveraux. “I’m so in love with my baby Deveraux Jagger ,” she shared on Instagram at the time.
Hamrick called time on her dancing career with the American Ballet Theatre in 2019. “The schedule of A.B.T. is great, but it’s hard when you have a child and the life I have now,” she explained to The New York Times. “I feel like superwoman some days, and other days I feel like I’m just keeping my head above water, not fully present in being a dancer — going to rehearsal and not giving it my all. That’s not fair. I love it. But sometimes my head is not there. And I’ve done enough ‘Swan Lakes.’ It’s OK.”
In an appearance on the “Today” show last year, Hamrick emphasized that she and Jagger are “very supportive of each other’s ventures and work,” adding that she is “not just someone’s partner.”
Jagger had a relationship with fashion designer L’Wren Scott from 2001 until her tragic passing in 2014. He also has seven other children from previous relationships.
