Split of John and Elaine Mellencamps
Los Angeles, California. John Mellencamp and his wife are calling it quits.
A spokesman for the 59-year-old rocker says he and his wife of 20 years, model Elaine Mellencamp – nee Irwin – are splitting up.
Publicist Bob Merlis declined to say Thursday if the couple had filed for divorce.
Merlis says the Mellencamps: “are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family.”
He says they will continue to raise their two children in Indiana.
Mellencamp’s latest album, ‘No Better Than This,’ was released earlier this year.
- John and Elaine Mellencamps.
Rocker John Mellencamp is separating from his wife of 18 years.
The veteran songwriter’s spokesperson announced on Thursday that the star and his supermodel wife Elaine had parted ways.
The statement reads: “John and Elaine Mellencamp are proud of their 20 years together and are very happy with their accomplishments both as parents and as a family. They will continue to raise their two children in Indiana but have decided to call it a day as a couple.”
The pair met when Elaine was hired to appear on the cover of his 1991 album Whenever We Wanted and they wed the following year. The couple went on to have two sons together, Hud and Speck. No reason has been given for their split.
Sad news from celebrity land – After a spate of engagements earlier this week (Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, LeAnn Rhimes), it looks like the breakup bug is back. Elaine Mellencamp and John Mellencamp have separated after 18 years and two sons. There’s no word yet whether they will file for divorce.
So why did the Mellencamps separate?
They’re mum on the reason for the breakup, but as we’ve seen over the past year, longtime couples like George Lopez and his wife and Tipper and Al Gore are just as likely to split as new ones.
Elaine Mellencamp met John when she modeled for the cover of his 1991 album ‘Whenever We Wanted,’ and they got engaged after just 10 weeks together, marrying in 1992.
Elaine continued to model over the years and is still the face of Almay.