Mick Jagger's age is not a beast of burden to his girlfriend, Melanie Hamrick. Hamrick, 37, a former ballerina, doesn't waste time thinking about the 44-year age gap she has with the Rolling Stones lead singer, who turned 81 in July. 'I don’t think about it. Everyone’s going to have their opinion,' she told The Times. 'If you think about others’ opinions, no matter where you are in life, you’re going to have a problem, and you’re going to analyze it.
While Jagger isn't in the ballet realm, she said, 'Mick is the perfect balance. He’s not a ballet dancer, but he is a dancer and a performer, and we understand each other’s worlds, yet we’re not in each other’s worlds.' In 2016, the couple welcomed a son named Deveraux 'Devi' Octavian Basil Jagger into the world, his eighth child from a fifth partner.
Hamrick's anecdotes about her 16-year career at the American Ballet Theatre in New York were enough for the global superstar, that one day he insisted she tell her story. She remembered, 'I was, like, ‘I want to write a book. I want to write a book.’ And then, finally, he said, ‘Oh my God, write the book!''