Ronnie Wood and his wife Jo Wood at their daughter’s wedding on 6/21/08. Credit: Daniel Deme / WENN
He’s a bit too old to chalk this one up to the oft-used excuse of “mid-life crisis.” Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, 61, has left his wife and four children to take up with a 19-year-old cocktail waitress he met in Ireland while attending a premiere party for the Rolling Stones concert film, “Shine A Light.” The rocker is so taken with the teen that he even painted nude portraits of her that are now on display in a gallery near his Irish retreat. Ron’s wife, Jo, has been with Wood for 23 years and is not taking the news very well at all. The couple were having problems prior to the 19-year-old due to Ron’s excessive drinking. Jo wanted her husband to seek treatment after he was drinking a rumored 2 vodka bottles a day. So, what does he do? Runs off with a cocktail waitress! Classic.

Wood is set to return from Ireland today with Miss Ivanova, whom he met while drinking as he celebrated the launch of the Stones film Shine a Light in April.

Her former boyfriend has accused Wood of stealing her from him after pursuing her with a series of phone calls and texts. ‘He’s very charming by all accounts. I felt a bit weird about it, but I didn’t think I had to worry about a man of 61 – even if he does have a lot of money.’

Ekaterina is rumoured to be the naked girl in Wood’s painting which is now for sale for £8,000 in a gallery near his Irish mansion.

Entitled Photography Nude 11, it is one of 60 of his paintings on show in Gallery Number One in Dublin – 20 miles from the house in County Kildare to which Wood fled with the teenager.

Gallery staff say the guitarist, who is worth an estimated £70million, has yet to visit his exhibition, preferring to go to the surrounding pubs.

They added that the nude picture had attracted a lot of interest from fans although he has not revealed the identity of the sitter. ‘He rarely does with his muses.’

Wood, who has a long and well-documented addiction to alcohol, left behind his wife Jo and their four children at their home in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He is said to be drinking two bottles of vodka a day.

Now the 61-year-old rock star’s wife is said to have ended their 23-year-old marriage over his ‘affair’ with the waitress.

Jo Wood, 53, reportedly left an angry message on his phone while he was on a 10-day bender at his Irish retreat with 18-year-old Ekaterina.

The teenager had even accompanied Wood to rehab where he was being treated for his drink problem.

Miss Ivanova is herself an amateur artist who has illustrated several children’s books and has begged the Stone to help secure her a publishing deal.

Her mother has pleaded with her to return home to London. Irina Ivanova, 48, who works as a housekeeper, moved to Britain six years ago.

She said: ‘I know they had a special sort of relationship. But I didn’t realise to what extent. I thought they only worked together. She said that Ronnie asked her to model for him. He wanted to draw her.’

She added of Wood: ‘What does he think he’s doing? He’s old enough to be her grandfather. He needs to send her back before things get out of control and either she gets hurt or his family do.’

Daily Mail via Huffington Post]

I know that aging rockers leave their wives for younger women all the time-in fact, Ronnie isn’t the first or even the second member of The Rolling Stones to do so. But I still think it’s pretty pathetic. Do these guys think that they will somehow be able to recapture their glory days by frolicking with a girl old enough to be their granddaughter? I’ve got news for you, Ronnie: a 19-year-old’s vagina is NOT the fountain of youth. At the end of the day, you’re still a wrinkled old washed up rock star, most likely with an addiction to viagra and a lot less money to show for your trouble. It’s pretty clear this chick is using him for his money and connections, just as he’s using her to enable his booze habit and feel young again. It’s all rather creepy. And what about the woman who put up with his crap for 23 years and raised his kids? I hope she gets a nice chunk of that $70 mil.

Note by Celebitchy: Ronnie Wood and his wife Jo are shown at their daughter Leah’s wedding just a few weeks ago on 6/21/08. His daughter Leah is 29. While the Daily Mail article MSat quotes here has the cocktail waitress’ age at 18, another article in the Daily Mail lists her as 19. Maybe she just had a birthday. The Daily Mail also has photos of the other woman and she looks as young as she is.

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