Phil Collins’ ex-wife Orianne Bates claimed that she felt “trapped in a golden cage” when she was in a relationship with the rock star.
The 47-year-old jewellery designer, who has since married her 31-year-old lover, has spoken for the first time about feeling unhappy when she was dating Phil.
Reflecting upon her marriage, which spanned from 1999 to 2008 before they reunited in 2016, the mum of two admitted that she felt increasingly alone at the couple’s £30 million Miami home.
Speaking to The Sun, Orianne revealed that she didn’t have anyone to talk to while their relationship began to slowly crumble.
“I felt like I was trapped in a golden cage. When someone’s depressed, it’s hard to help them out. As much as you love them, why would you keep it up? After years, you get fed up. Phil didn’t take care of himself,” she told the publication.
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“If he wasn’t taking care of himself, you can imagine he wasn’t taking care of me. It is hard. You feel lonely and you feel like you don’t have anybody you can talk to. I was super-sad and super-unhappy.”
While she admitted that she enjoyed the “beautiful” view from her home, she felt unloved in the relationship.
“You have a beautiful view, but that is all you have. You have no love, nothing.”
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A representative for Phil has been approached by Daily Star for comment.
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The couple was together between the years of 1997 and 2008 before rekindling their romance once again in 2016. However, in 2020 Orianne had told Phil that she had “found” another man and secretly wed her lover.
The pair jetted to Las Vegas where they were married by an Elvis impersonator.
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After announcing that she was leaving the drummer, Orianne had moved her new husband into the sprawling property she had originally shared with Phil.
However, the iconic artist is reported to have not stepped foot in the property after learning of his wife’s new marriage in September. In the preceding months, he had then ordered for the couple to leave the premises before selling the property for millions.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
