“Seriously, would you trade her in for Paula Yates?”
Those were the words plastered alongside topless Danish model Helena Christensen on the cover of British GQ Magazine in September 1995.
It was an affair of epic proportions.
After a chemistry-fueled interview on UK program Big Breakfast, INXS frontman Michael Hutchence cheated on his long-term girlfriend Helena Christensen with British rock journalist and television presenter Paula Yates.
The four women in Michael Hutchence’s life. Post continues after podcast.
Immediately, the cheating scandal spawned a very public wrangle.
From Christensen’s infamous magazine cover to Yates’ public vilification of her ex-husband, Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof, the tabloids were awash with stories about the new couple.
But behind the scenes, Hutchence and Yates’ relationship was far from what the tabloids portrayed.
Now, new documentary Mystify: Michael Hutchence has delved into the life and relationships of the late singer.
Richard Lowenstein, who created the documentary and directed a number of film clips for INXS, spoke to Mamamia’s podcast No Filter about how Hutchence fell “very hard and fast” for the British television presenter.
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Noted philanthropist gains custody of kids from Ex wife and her rock star partner, who we just established was a pretty useless and resentful father, as hard drug use is occurring in their care.
Seems pretty reasonable, really. And Geldof then adopted in Tigerlily so she could be raised with her sisters... no matter how much you like Hutchence it’s pretty hard to paint Bob as a bad guy in this situation.
""He fell for Paula, he fell for her daughters, he fell for her family. That in itself is a huge tumultuous tabloid media event because of the sanctification of Bob [Geldof].""
Gee, a bloke moves in on not only another bloke's wife, but also his children... and people don't seem to understand how outrageously entitled that was? You don't need to be "sanctified" to understand why Geldof would have taken a pretty dim view towards Hutchence wanting to move in and play instant happy families with his children.
I still don't know what conclusion I should draw from a messy celebrity feud between millionaires 25 years ago.
He was a handsome sexy male and as such women dont really mind that hes a douche.They still love Hugh grant
Apart from being caught with a prostitute (not even really a scandal), what has Hugh Grant done to make him a "douche"?
Notable that many of the apologists for Hutchence are men.
Hugh Grant has floppy hair. ;o)