
John Mellencamp, Kristin Kehrberg. Getty Pictures (2)
John Mellencamp is aware of he’s not the best individual to be round — which is why he’s shocked that his new girlfriend, Kristin Kehrberg, has “by no means” been mad at him.
The 71-year-old musician spent the higher a part of two hours debating authorities and politics with host Invoice Maher on the Sunday, August 27, episode of the “Membership Random With Invoice Maher” podcast. The spirited dialogue prompted Mellencamp to disclose that his companion of seven months has “by no means even received offended” at him as a result of “she has a very excessive threshold for tolerance.”
“You’ve been round me, what, 20 minutes?” Mellencamp quipped to Maher, 67.
Maher clarified: “I’m not offended. I’m loving each minute of it.”
Although Mellencamp didn’t point out Kehrberg, 57, by title, he wasted no time gushing over the multi-millionaire, telling Maher that she has “by no means left my aspect” because the starting of their romance.
As for his or her meet-cute, Mellencamp recalled that the “lovely” Kehrberg “simply walked into my residence in New York unexpectedly.” He mentioned, “She was with a few pals. She walked in. She didn’t know I used to be going to be there. I didn’t know she was there. We met one another.”
He additionally threw in some extra self-deprecating humor when speaking about his new romance, joking that it was “laborious to imagine” he’s in a relationship within the first place.
Mellencamp has been in a variety of high-profile relationships all through the years and is the daddy of 5, together with daughter and Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp. He’s brazenly admitted that he hasn’t at all times been the perfect companion.
In June, John known as himself a “s—y boyfriend” to Meg Ryan, whom he dated for 10 years.
“I like Meg Ryan. She doesn’t love me a lot,” he instructed Esquire on the time.
Ryan, 61, known as off her engagement to John in 2018 after seven years of on-and-off courting.
A supply solely instructed Us on the time that the You’ve Obtained Mail actress “had sufficient” of their romance. “She has no regrets,” the insider mentioned.
The “Small City” singer, in the meantime, gave his personal perception into what went improper with Ryan. Explaining to Esquire that the 2 met whereas they had been each “popping out of [their] shells,” Ryan turned extra unbiased — whereas John stayed behind. She “realized how one can do every part” whereas he “realized to do nothing,” he instructed the outlet.
Ryan was beforehand married to Dennis Quaid from 1991 to 2001, with whom she shares son Jack Quaid. (Ryan can be the mother of daughter Daisy.) John, for his half, has been married 3 times: to Priscilla Esterline whereas he was nonetheless in highschool, to Victoria Granucci from 1981 to 1989 and to Elaine Irwin from 1992 to 2011.