Jerry Hall has revealed that she has not seen Rupert Murdoch once since their marriage ended four years ago, describing the collapse of their six-year union as a deeply “traumatic” chapter of her extraordinary life.
The former supermodel, who turns 70 in July, admitted that she no longer feels any need to share her home with a romantic partner and is perfectly content embracing life on her own terms.
Speaking candidly about love, heartbreak and her famous former partners, Jerry explained that her relationship with the 95-year-old media tycoon ended so completely that they have had no contact since their divorce was finalised in 2022.
“Going through a divorce is always traumatic,” she told British Vogue, before acknowledging that friendship after a separation is not always possible.
Her comments offered a strikingly different picture from the statement issued when the divorce was completed, which claimed that the former couple remained on good terms.
Jerry suggested that the absence of children between them meant there was little reason for their lives to remain connected after the legal proceedings ended.
The pair married in London in March 2016, posing happily outside St Bride’s Church following a celebration attended by their children, relatives and high-profile friends.
At the time, Murdoch described himself as the happiest man in the world.
Yet six years later, their marriage came to a sudden and painful conclusion.
It was widely reported that Jerry learned Murdoch wanted to end the relationship through an email sent while she was at their Oxfordshire home in June 2022.
The unexpected message reportedly informed her that his New York lawyer would contact her representatives immediately.
Their divorce was finalised that August, closing a chapter that had once appeared to bring Jerry security and companionship after decades spent under the glare of public attention.
Time, however, has not transformed the former spouses into friends.
Jerry’s relationship with Sir Mick Jagger could hardly be more different.
She and the Rolling Stones frontman were together for more than two decades and share four children: daughters Elizabeth and Georgia May, and sons James and Gabriel.
Their relationship ended amid intense heartbreak and public scrutiny in 1999, but the anger that once surrounded their separation appears to have softened with age.
Jerry now speaks warmly about Mick, describing him as a devoted grandfather and praising the peaceful blended family they have created.
The rock legend frequently visits her home for Sunday lunch with his fiancée, choreographer Melanie Hamrick, and their young son, Deveraux.
Jerry said her children adore Melanie and revealed that the mothers of Mick’s children have also managed to maintain friendly relationships with one another.
She credited Mick’s diplomatic personality with helping the unusually large family remain united despite its complicated history.
The arrangement may seem extraordinary to outsiders, yet Jerry appeared proud that old wounds had not been allowed to poison the lives of their children and grandchildren.
Her ability to maintain such warmth with Mick makes the complete silence between her and Murdoch even more striking.
But Jerry does not appear to be waiting for another relationship to fill the space left by her fourth marriage.
Now happily single, she admitted that she can “kind of” no longer be bothered with dating and does not feel that anything is missing from her life.
She still enjoys the company of men, but the idea of once again sharing her home, routines and independence with a partner holds little appeal.
“I don’t actually think I’ll ever want to live with one of them again,” she said.
It was not a bitter declaration, but the confident conclusion of a woman who has spent much of her adult life defined by the powerful men beside her.
Jerry first became internationally famous as one of the most glamorous models of the 1970s, appearing in major fashion campaigns and becoming a fixture of the dazzling Studio 54 era.
Her relationships with Bryan Ferry, Mick Jagger and Rupert Murdoch later ensured that her private life was examined as closely as her remarkable career.
Approaching 70, however, she appears determined to write the next chapter without needing a man at its centre.
There are children, grandchildren, friendships, country lunches and a lifetime of extraordinary memories.
There is also freedom — something Jerry now seems unwilling to surrender.
While her divorce from Murdoch left scars she has not attempted to disguise, it has also brought clarity about what she wants from the years ahead.
She may remain open to companionship, laughter and romance, but domestic life with another husband appears firmly off the table.
After decades of passion, betrayal, marriage and heartbreak, Jerry has finally discovered a relationship that gives her peace: the one she has built with herself. 🕊️
