Well, here's some upsetting news. Why can't there be a high-profile marriage that stays solid, without someone running off with a teenage Russian waitress? Dustin Hoffman, I'm now placing all my hopes on you. The Sun has broken the story that Ronnie Wood has committed the cliche of all cliches - he's left his wife of 23 years, model Jo Wood, for "Muscovite Ekaterina Ivanova" who is, in fact, an 18-year-old waitress. Ronnie, who's daughter Leah recently got married, has allegedly "met the teenager while out boozing" and "has now whisked her away to his luxury pad in Ireland". He's got a gaff in Kildare, by all accounts. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone/artist, who is a dab hand with the oily crayons, reportedly booked himself into the Priory after he went to a wine tasting evening, as he wanted to have his sh*t together for his daughter's wedding. Now, according to Jo's statement yesterday, "He's drinking heavily - maybe two bottles of vodka a day." The Sun rang to inform her that Ivanova has been telling everyone via Facebook that she's Ronnie's girlfriend and that he even brought her home to meet his Jo, who at the time pleaded with her not to "steal" her husband. The teenager reportedly retorted "I am not taking him - he is leaving."

This is what Jo said upon hearing the news yesterday: "She is mad - she is a terrible alcoholic. I know her - she's been here. She's a friend and he's a guy - I'm going to call her now. And I'm gonna go and call him now and tell him what she's said... I was quite all right that she was hanging around with him. They have been staying in Ireland and Ronnie’s art man was with them. Ronnie told me she was staying there and I said, 'OK - get on with it and have a drink, go mad. Drink your guts up'."

OK, call me anal, but I'd have a few issues with the fellah being artistic in another country with an 18-year-old. See what you've thrown away, Ronnie? An intelligent, beautiful and VERY understanding partner. Why is it that some people never fully appreciate what they have, especially the older they get? Their egos are so brittle they need to carouse with near children to prove to themselves that they still have "it". And the sad thing is, he's not the one who's going to end up alone - Ronnie and his ilk will forever have a legion of willing fluff lined up to usurp the next. The likes of him won't die alone - not in the physical sense of the word, anyway. |

A "friend" of Ivanova said: "She has told everyone she has been posing for her boyfriend Ronnie, and that she only models for him. Everyone's a bit taken aback by the relationship. She's a teenager. Whether or not they are sleeping together is not the issue. It's a weird set-up and Ronnie's wife must be beside herself with worry." Another source allegedly said: "Ronnie is not being his normal self at the moment. He is an alcoholic and he’s fallen off the wagon. He is drinking two bottles of vodka a day and there is no way he would be behaving like this if he was sober. He went out and found himself a drinking partner - that is what this girl is. He has been pushing away the people who love him while he does this. It is typical behaviour for an alcoholic."