Proud Jerry should not take a penny of Murdoch’s £14bn fortune
ASAD day for all us Jerry Hall fans when we learnt her marriage to Rupert Murdoch was over after just six years. It all seemed so perfect, she the sassy supermodel, he the media mogul who tenderly kissed her cheek when they wed, saying: ‘I’m the happiest man in the world.’
Despite the age gap — he’s 91 and she 65 — those who knew them said it was a real love match. So it baffles me that they couldn’t stay the distance and enjoy the comfort and companionship of marriage late in life.
I’ve always adored Jerry. I was so in awe of her when young that, for a friend’s 21st party, I sewed a replica of the dress she wore on the video of her then partner Bryan Ferry’s hit Let’s Stick Together.
Sadly, the leopard print I painted on dissolved when I was thrown in the swimming pool — just as her relationship with Ferry dissolved when she was seduced by Mick Jagger.
She had four children with Jagger and received an estimated £10 million settlement when they split. Yet still she kept working. Jerry’s a proud woman who earned a fortune first as a model then through acting. She’s self-reliant and very feisty.
Before marrying Murdoch, she said: ‘I don’t want to have children, I already have four. And I don’t want to be bossed around because I’ve got my own money.’
So I hope the rumours that she’ll get a ‘generous portion’ of the media titan’s £14 billion fortune — up to £10million-a-year for life in a divorce settlement, access to private jets and half the value of their multi-million properties — are wide of the mark.
That would not be the Jerry Hall we love. As she’s said, she’s not beholden to any man.
She should remain the proud, independent Jerry we know and not take a penny of Rupert’s money.
The last thing we fans want to learn of our golden girl is that, in the end, she was just a gold digger.