A bride of 41 for John Cleese, 72… four years after marriage No 3 ended in …
August 13, 2012 by admin
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Liz Thomas
18:12 EST, 12 August 2012
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01:52 EST, 13 August 2012
Wedding day: John Cleese and Jennifer Wade marry on the Caribbean island of Mustique
With three failed marriages behind him – the last one forcing him to hand over more than £12million of his fortune – another trip down the aisle might have seemed the furthest thing from his mind.
But it appears John Cleese, who has confessed he is incapable of choosing the right person, still yearns for a fairytale ending.
The 72-year-old has married girlfriend Jennifer Wade, 31 years his junior, on the Caribbean island of Mustique.
He hailed his new bride as ‘an
extraordinary one-off’ and admitted he ‘fought back tears’ as they
exchanged vows before a Methodist minister in a private villa.
He told Hello! magazine: ‘I knew from the moment I met her that this could be something very serious.’
It
is only four years since his acrimonious divorce from third wife Alyce
Faye Eichelberger, which he claimed cost him more than half his fortune.
But he says he was never against the notion of marriage despite the bitterness of that split.
He
said: ‘I never felt there was anything wrong with the institution of
marriage – the only thing wrong was my ability to choose the right
person.
‘I couldn’t imagine being with anyone other than Jenny now.
‘And with my record, that’s a pretty remarkable thing to say.’
The new Mrs Cleese said the age gap
‘never bothers’ the couple, adding: ‘We’re kindred spirits. When people
see us together, they immediately get it.’
Past loves: John Cleese with first wife and co-star in Fawlty Towers Connie Booth (left) and with third wife Alyce Eichelberger, with whom he split acrimoniously
Young love: John Cleese with the cast of Fawlty Towers, which included his first wife Connie Booth (front centre) who played Polly in the hit TV show.
CLEESE ON…
WIFE No 1 CONNIE BOOTH: ‘It was an immediate being-in-love thing. I think we found it difficult. Neither of us was emotionally mature. There was a great deal of love between us. Breaking up was very painful.’
WIFE No 2 BARBARA TRENTHAM: ‘We had a fairly turbulent relationship . . . we married rather quickly and the turbulence followed.’
WIFE No 3 ALYCE FAYE EICHELBERGER: ‘When I met her she was living in a council flat in London. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she’d contributed anything to the relationship.’
WIFE No 4 JENNIFER WADE: ‘I laugh with Jenny in a way I haven’t since I was ten. It’s the utterly hopeless laughter of the ten-year-old and it’s wonderful to have that back.’
MARRIAGE: ‘When I got divorced from Connie Booth and when I got divorced from Barbara Trentham, I didn’t need lawyers on either occasion, because I just sort of said, “Why don’t I give you this?” And they said, “That’s very fair, very generous. Thank you”. End of story.’
The Monty Python star has repeatedly
said he is ‘happier than ever’ since he and jewellery designer Miss Wade
were introduced by mutual friends in 2009.
HELLO! John Cleese revealed all about his new bride in the latest edition of the magazine
They have a flat together in her home city of Bath, Somerset.
She has also been married before.
Her first wedding to Old Harrovian businessman Richard Norris took place in 2005 but the couple split after four years.
Cleese divorced American psychotherapist Miss Eichelberger in 2008 after 16 years of marriage.
The settlement left her with £12.5million in finance and assets, including £600,000 a year for seven years, an apartment in New York, and a £2million mews house in Holland Park, West London.
Cleese has remained friends with his first wife, Connie Booth, who co-wrote and starred in Fawlty Towers with him and with whom he has a daughter, Cynthia, 41.
He is also close to his second wife, US actress Barbara Trentham, with whom he has a daughter, Camilla, 28.
The terms of his divorce from Miss Booth were not made public, but he agreed a £2.5million settlement with Miss Trentham when they split in 1990.
For the full story see Hello! magazine, on sale now.
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Brilliant comedian. Very foolish man.
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No fool like an old fool? Not really. Just think about it. A pretty young woman for an ugly old man. Vow!
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Can you imagine your dad marrying someone your age….His oldest daughter is also 41 like his new wife. Weird….
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At 72 (!!) and 4 (!!) failed marriages – given how big the likelihood is that women only want to marry him for his money and leave him shortly afterwards and take him to the cleaners – why insist on getting married? Why not just have a nice relationship with a fellow soul that you have a lot in common with, instead of getting used and thrown away by someone who never cared for you. If he found a woman his own age, who will not outlive him by decades, and who is also a divorcee/widowed and has already had her children – then she would not insist on getting married either, and would probably be happy to have just a relationship with a pleasant companion. But of course, if he suggested that to any of these younger women, they would scratch his eyes out – without a marriage certificate he is useless to them.
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He hailed his new bride as ‘an extraordinary one-off’ — I seem to recall him saying that about the others. It will all end in tears. Still, there is no fool like an old fool.
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I do hope he’s got her to sign a prenup after his third wife took him to the cleaners …
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I’m so sick of people telling this same “joke”….so Jenny, what attracted you to mllionaire John…..it’s not funny anymore when it’s been said a million times on every comment section. Stop using other peoples jokes and trying to pass them off as your own. Lame. – chelsey, usa———— hear, hear chelsey, I’ve said it myself. It has to be the most often repeated line in the DM comment sections. Enough already.
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Pity it didn’t work out with Connie Booth, nice woman and definitely not a gold digger type.
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‘FAWLTY’ IDIOT!
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Congratulations and best wishes to them. After being taken to the cleaners by Alyce, his bank account isn’t the draw. Jennifer looks smitten and he looks relaxed and happy. May they enjoy a long and happy life together! (Remember, his last girlfriend (the comic who was in her 40′s but claimed to be 27 years old) stated he’s got a nice package for a man his age!)
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