Yasmin Le Bon shares secret to 40-year marriage to Simon Le Bon
Model Yasmin Le Bon has shared the secret to her 40-year marriage to Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon confessing she's "quite shocked" they have managed to stay together for such a long time.
Yasmin Le Bon is "quite shocked" she's stayed married to Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon for such a long time.
The 62-year-old model wed the musician in 1985 when she was just 21 years old and they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas in December, now Yasmin has opened up about their relationship and revealed laughter has kept their love strong over the years.
She told The Times newspaper: "[I'm] quite shocked [we've been together for so long. I thought I’d have probably got rid of him by now."
Yasmin went on to reveal the couple's "shared sense of humour" has kept the marriage strong as well as their ability to be independent of each other.
She added: "I might wake up tomorrow and feel entirely different [about the marriage]. That doesn’t mean I’m walking on eggshells. I laugh hysterically every day and adore my husband and want to kill him at the same time."
It comes after Yasmin previously admitted she's endured plenty of struggles over the last few years, enduring a battle with back pain stemming from the height of her modelling career in the 1980s as well as suffering the impact of menopause.
She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "You don’t do what I’ve done for a living and not pay the price somewhere down the line.
"When I was working a lot in the Eighties, I used to spend all day long doing balletic leaps across a set, like Zebedee in stiletto high heels on concrete. Now nobody does that because that’s bonkers, but I did.
"I’ve had times in my life where it has become really, very depressing when I couldn’t walk without pain, couldn’t do anything and it’s really hard.
"I feel for anybody who’s had back pain or is going through it. I think it’s a mental thing as well, getting through the fact that maybe you’re going to have to live with a certain amount of pain. You can do that; you just have to change the way you do everything."
In addition to her back problems, Yasmin also went through some "deep, dark menopause days" but managed to combat the low moods they brought by changing her wardrobe.
She explained: “I went through a big shift where I stopped wearing black for a long time. I felt like I needed my mood to be up. I think through the menopause, I really needed colour in my life. That sounds crazy and it sounds shallow, but it’s a funny thing. Black was beginning to drag me down."
