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Rolling Stone Ron Wood Gave His Former Wife The Best Push Present Ever: Cocaine!
The second day in hospital after Ty’s birth, I was sitting up feeding him when Ronnie rocked up.
‘Hey, baby,’ he said, ‘I’ve bought you something.’
Oh, my honey, I thought. Could it be flowers? Jewellery? Instead Ronnie handed me a packet of white powder. ‘A little something to help you get back on track.’ It was cocaine.
And another amazing anecdote about Ronnie and how he asked for a loan to pay for his kid’s school tuition:
Ronnie had no concept of money. Bill Wyman recently told me about the time Ronnie went to the guys in the band to ask for a loan, as we couldn’t pay the children’s school fees. After pocketing the cash he went straight out and bought himself a Rolex.
I can totally sympathize because there have been many times when I’m writing yet another check for a school fundraiser or class fees when I would much rather buy myself a new sofa or something. Rock stars! They are just like us! Of course, all of this has to be taken with a wink of skepticism and a heavy grain of salt because it all is from Jo’s side of the marriage, published in a new book she has out at the end of May entitled Hey Jo which I will totally be reading. On December 21st, Wood married Sally Humphreys, who is 31 years younger than he is, and the newly wed couple have expressed a desire to have children. His marriage to Jo lasted 24 years. The 65-year-old rock star and painter has been to treatment for alcoholism and drug use seven times.
This all makes my life seem amazingly boring and mumsy. I think I’m going to do something insane and feed my kids pancakes for dinner while playing Let It Bleed.
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