However, there was one aspect of life in a rock ‘n’ roll band that Wyman enjoyed very much; women. And it would be this passion that would lead to Wyman, then 52, marrying the then 18-year old Mandy Smith.
Wyman and Mandy Smith were married on June 2nd, 1989. Wyman had been dating Smith since she was 13, and he was 47. Smith confirmed that their relationship had been consensually sexually consummated when she was 14 years old. As a result, their relationship was the focus of considerable media attention.
That is until 1993 when Wyman decided that he’d fallen for a 37-year-old woman named Sussanne Accosta. Wyman and Smith divorced just two years after being married and finalised the divorce two years after that. Wyman subsequently married Accosta, and the pair went on to have three daughters together.
Here’s where the maths starts getting really frightening because, not long after Wyman’s split from Smith, his 30-year-old son, Stephen Paul Wyman, married Mandy Smith’s mother (46), making Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother. That means that if Bill and Mandy’s marriage had survived, or if they were to re-marry, Stephen would be his father’s father-in-law and (get this) his own grandfather.
Although Wyman was only ever moderate in his use of drugs and alcohol, he has since described using sex as a psychological crutch when The Rolling Stones were in their heyday, a habit that followed him throughout his adult life. In an interview in 2001, Wyman claimed to have slept with over 1000 women.
Last June Bill Wyman closesed his London restaurant Sticky Fingers after 32 years.
Rolling Stones legend Bill Wyman has closed down his London restaurant permanently following the pandemic.
A generation of Rolling Stones fans have found culinary satisfaction at the legendary eatery. The bassist, 84, is said to be ‘devastated’ over the closure as it has always meant ‘a lot to him’.
Sticky Fingers, which takes its name from the band’s 1971 album, opened its door in May 1989 and was adorned with a wide selection of Rolling Stones memorabilia.
Surce: Farout magazine