Lana Del Rey’s ex admits it ‘stings’ seeing her married to someone else
Lana Del Rey’s former fiance, Clayton Johnson, has admitted it “stings” that the singer is now married to someone else.
Lana Del Rey’s former fiance has admitted it “stings” that the singer is now married to someone else.
The 40-year-old singer tied the knot with Jeremy Dufrene in September 2024 after less than a year of dating and while Clayton Johnson - who she had got engaged to in December 2020 before they split several months later - is pleased the Summertime Sadness hitmaker has found happiness with the alligator tour guide, he admitted it is still painful to see she has moved on.
Clayton - who went on to continue his search for love on the most recent series of US dating show The Bachelorette, which was cancelled amid star Taylor Frankie Paul’s involvement in a domestic abuse investigation - said on the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast: “Obviously, she's married now. And I think that when you love somebody, and it comes from a pure place, and she's somebody that I loved and I love, for her to find her person and for her to be as happy as she is, like she is glowing, nothing could make me happier for her.
"It might sting a little bit, to be honest with you, but if you really love somebody in the purest form, how could you be upset at that?"
Singer-songwriter Clayton doesn’t intend to share “any crazy details” about his ex, or their romance, he insisted he has “nothing but amazing things to say about” Lana.
He also revealed that they had initially “met in passing” at church, and later “reconnected” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clayton added: “I was traveling back and forth to Nashville at the time between LA, and we just really connected over what we wanted our futures to look like, old country music, and, yeah, what our futures look like to us.”
Lana has remained largely quiet about her marriage to Jeremy, but did say in interview with Vogue Italia prior to their wedding that their relationship is different from ones she’s had previously.
She said: “When I get married, it’ll be to someone who, like me, believes that love is enough. I’ll be enough for him, and he’ll be enough for me. Someone to have children with if that happens, or just friends.”
“I want it to be simple. I need to be with someone who wants to plan to stay home with me,.
“Love is to be saved, and that’s magic… I want my whole life, and everything I sing, to be the positive result of something.”
