John Mellencamp and wife separate after 20 years [Archive] - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Dark Knight

12-31-2010, 03:38 PM

In a post-holiday week that has seen several announcements of celebrity couplings, singer John Mellencamp and his wife Elaine have decided to do the opposite and separate.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/john-mellencamp/news/john-mellencamp-and-wife-separate-after-20-years--62002054

stilettos

12-31-2010, 03:47 PM

In a post-holiday week that has seen several announcements of celebrity couplings, singer John Mellencamp and his wife Elaine have decided to do the opposite and separate.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/john-mellencamp/news/john-mellencamp-and-wife-separate-after-20-years--62002054

This makes me so sad. I loved them together and they seemed so solid. No words, just sad.

newone

12-31-2010, 07:12 PM

Saw him last night on Letterman -- his new album looks good and his new song was pretty powerful. He's been touring a lot in past couple of years with Dylan - perhaps that took its toll on his marriage as he has teen sons at home with his third wife.

Online I read that he was married 3 times and his first child would be 40 but he did not mention her at all during the Letterman interview - I found that a bit odd.

He talked about his 20 yr old daughter being in college and his two teenage sons being ok but no mention of his first kid at all.

Kat

01-01-2011, 02:09 AM

Thank you newone. I am from right down the road from where he is from and I saw him open a concert for Heart back in 1980. The opening act couldn't get to Louisville for some reason and they called him and had him drive down to Louisville to open.

He really only had one hit, "ain't even done with the night".

I was thinking, gosh he's been married a lot longer than that, in fact he got married as a teen I think because his GF had gotten pregnant.

You answered my question. Thanks!

MaryLiz

01-01-2011, 10:34 AM

This really kind of shocked me when I first read about it. I thought they were one of the few couples who really had a solid marriage. Very sad...

Dark Knight

01-01-2011, 01:34 PM

I'm actually sore of amazed it lasted this long. He is well known here in Indiana for being VERY difficult to get along with.

Gozgals

01-01-2011, 03:13 PM

It's sad when a long term marriage ends.

Goz
Happy New Yearl

Dark Knight

01-01-2011, 05:05 PM

I'm actually sore of amazed it lasted this long. He is well known here in Indiana for being VERY difficult to get along with.

I meant to type SORT of amazed. Oops.

Why can't I edit my post just 4 hours afterward? How dumb.

MaryLiz

01-01-2011, 05:19 PM

I meant to type SORT of amazed. Oops.

Why can't I edit my post just 4 hours afterward? How dumb.

I agree... I went to edit something the other day and it was about 4 hours or a little less after I first posted it and the edit button was gone. I asked a mod and they just said we don't have as much time to edit as we used to, no other explanation. I wish they would change it back. I always think of something later...:(

Dark Knight

01-01-2011, 05:33 PM

I agree... I went to edit something the other day and it was about 4 hours or a little less after I first posted it and the edit button was gone. I asked a mod and they just said we don't have as much time to edit as we used to, no other explanation. I wish they would change it back. I always think of something later...:(

Me, too. I suppose it's to help them police someone's original post before they can change it to something less offensive, but that still seems a bit silly.

MaryLiz

01-04-2011, 03:51 PM

Wow...this kind of surprises me!

Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp Quietly Dating

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20454730,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE. com%3A+Top+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

cluciano63

01-04-2011, 05:54 PM

Wow...this kind of surprises me!

Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp Quietly Dating

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20454730,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE. com%3A+Top+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Yeah, this is the part that is sad. So it is the usual reasons...another woman/man, I guess....too bad.
(Didn't Meg break up a marriage some years back...)