A new baby for Jagger? Don't take the Mick
By NATALIE CLARK - More by this author »
Last updated at 01:41am on 29th November 2007
Sir Mick Jagger was a picture of colourcoordinated perfection as he emerged from a lunch meeting the other day, his grey trousers and lilac shirt complemented by a purple jumper slung casually over his shoulders.
As a result, the hippy-ish red string bracelet on his right wrist looked rather out of place.
It looked very much like those bands worn by devotees of Kabbalah such as Madonna and led to speculation that Sir Mick has turned to the controversial celebrity offshoot of this mystical religion in search of spiritual enrichment.
As it turns out, the bracelet has nothing to do with the organisation.
Far from it.
"Let's just say he has no respect for Kabbalah," says a source.
Would a man like Sir Mick, with his accountant's mindset, hand over huge chunks of his fortune to this quasi-religious group which enjoys taking donations from its celebrity followers?
Jagger revealed that the bracelet is, in fact, a Rajasthani holy thread and added: "If I wore a string vest would people think I'd suddenly become a Kabbalah convert? It's rubbish!"
The singer has told friends it is a good luck charm, and it seems likely that it is a sacred Hindu item called a nada - chhadi - an auspicious thread said to ward off evil spirits.
He was wearing it on his right wrist, whereas Kabbalah followers wear theirs on the left.
Sir Mick and his girlfriend L'Wren Scott were on holiday in India last month and he received the charm as a gift while there.
Other famous recipients of the lucky thread include Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.
While Sir Mick is disparaging of Kabbalah, friends say he is a spiritual person who is enchanted by India, a country which he has been visiting for many years.
Since the death a year ago of his adored father Joe, at the age of 93, he has been doing rather a lot of soul-searching and contemplating his own mortality.
He and L'Wren travelled to India last month and stayed at the 374-room palace home of the Maharaja of Jodhpur.
The couple spent their days quietly and attended folk music concerts in the evenings.
Jagger is believed to have inquired about buying a piece of land in the area where he can pursue spiritual enrichment and inner peace by practising yoga.
But it's not just the inner emotional side of himself that Jagger is seeking to cleanse.
He wants to look good, too.
At 64, his quest to defy the ravages of time on mind and body has taken on a new urgency.
Next year he will be a pensioner, and he quails at the prospect.
The last concert of his latest tour with the Rolling Stones was in August and since then Jagger has been devoting much of his time to his health.
He combines running and gym sessions with Pilates and will not countenance the idea of his weight going above 10st.
He has not yet grown to love his wrinkles, piling on the expensive face cream Creme de la Mer each day, topped up for good measure with Kanebo moisturiser which contains silk.
He eats huge quantities of avocados, a superfood which the ancient Aztecs believed improved one's sex life.
Every morning, he knocks back a large glass of goji juice which he hopes will fill him with vitality and melt away the signs of ageing on his face that even his Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat concealer cannot hide any longer.
Goji berries, found in the Himalayas, are reputed to contain magical lifeenhancing properties and extend longevity (a Chinese man, Li Quin Yuen, who ate them every day allegedly lived to the age of 250).
The berries are also are said to benefit the complexion, strengthen the immune system and - perhaps most important for Jagger right now - boost a man's sperm count.
There has been speculation that he and L'Wren, who was born plain Laura Bambrough in Utah, are planning to have a baby together after details emerged of the planned refurbishment of their £6million Chelsea mansion.
As well as the usual celebrity pad requirements, such as the indoor pool with a roof supported by neo-classical pillars and decorated with Romanesque engravings, there are two more particularly intriguing requests: one for a nanny's bedroom and another for a children's playroom .
Jagger already has seven children by four different women.
At 64, can he really want another?
He may have been influenced by L'Wren who, friends say, would love to have a child.
The inclusion of a bedroom for a nanny suggests Jagger might have agreed to give it a go.
There have been persistent rumours the pair will marry.
For more than a year L'Wren has been wearing a huge sapphire and diamond ring on her engagement finger.
At high-profile parties and premieres, the 40-year-old fashion stylist-turned-designer,who has been with Jagger for four years, has a habit -possibly unconscious - of flashing her sparkler in the direction of photographers.
Could this display be intended for Jerry Hall, the mother of four of Jagger's children and his ex-common law wife?
Behind the sweet smiles when they meet, there is mutual dislike.
Jerry, it seems, has never been able to quite let Mick go or accept that she is no longer the number one lady in his life - number one, admittedly, in a long list of women, such as model Carla Bruni, with whom Mick had affairs during their marriage.
Last month, it emerged that Jerry is writing her memoirs, a huge chunk of which will be devoted to an account of her life with Jagger - they were together for 21 years - and his infidelities.
She has secured a reported £1 million deal for the book, and for that amount of money will be expected to provide a no-holds-barred account.
In turn, Jerry is an irritation to L'Wren.
She is the ex who refuses to go away.
Jagger, too, can't be very happy about Jerry's kiss-and-tell.
He is already on tenterhooks because another bigmouth ex-lover, Janice Dickinson, is taking part in the reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
One of the reasons L'Wren wishes to marry is to put paid to the perception that she is just Jagger's "current" girlfriend, with the inference that she will be replaced at some point.
But Jagger isn't in a hurry to marry again.
He's been through two painful, costly divorces - from Bianca Jagger before Ms Hall - and does not wish to risk putting another dent in his £175million fortune.
But L'Wren - who has earned the soubriquet the Loin Tamer after taming the untameable - would like to marry.
Standing 6ft 3in tall, she is a sophisticated lady who realises that nagging Jagger is not the way forward.
She prefers gentle, passive pressure.
"I think she will get him down the aisle eventually," says a friend.
"They are very happy and settled together, so she is hoping that at some point in the future he will simply say to himself: "Well, why not?"'
The decision to buy the 17th-century property in Chelsea, not far from where Jagger lived with Marianne Faithfull in the 1960s, does indicate they believe their future is together.
Jagger has employed the services of Simon Hurst, a specialist in the redesign of historic buildings.
The look they are going for is contemporary, young and funky.
The living space on the first and second floors will feature, for example, "new built-in furniture without backs" instead of free-standing tables and chairs.
The house is to have his and her dressing rooms, with his dressing room considerably larger than hers.
On the lower ground floor there will be a wine store, staff kitchen, study and playroom.
On the third floor will be the nanny's room as well as five more bedrooms.
Although the house will be wildly luxurious, the couple are keen to demonstrate their green credentials.
All their hot water will be pre-heated by solar panels on the roof.
This does not entirely square with their initial plan to have four magnolia trees in the garden chopped down to make way for the swimming pool, which is to be housed in a building resembling a Georgian orangery.
After the plan was revealed, local residents organised a petition and wrote letters of protest to Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council.
There were snooty mutterings that if Jagger and his lady wanted a big flashy pool they should live in California.
Jagger has now agreed to shift the 28ft by 12ft pool to another site so that the magnolias can be preserved.
There may be another obstacle ahead for the couple before their chi-chi new interior can be completed, however, with reports that archaeologists are considering seeking permission to search for medieval relics which they believe lie beneath the house.
With all his youth-seeking activities, Jagger is unlikely to be mistaken for one of the old relics any time soon.
29th November 2007 08:44 AM
Mr Jurkka
"It looked very much like those bands worn by devotees of Kabbalah such as Madonna and led to speculation that Sir Mick has turned to the controversial celebrity offshoot of this mystical religion in search of spiritual enrichment.
As it turns out, the bracelet has nothing to do with the organisation. "
I KNEW IT!
29th November 2007 10:27 AM
glencar
10 stone? Isn't that 140 lbs?
29th November 2007 10:42 AM
Mel Belli
quote:glencar wrote:
10 stone? Isn't that 140 lbs?
I have no clue beyond "skinny as a rail."
29th November 2007 11:22 AM
steel driving hammer
It's better than an oxygen tank!
29th November 2007 02:15 PM
gypsy
Georgia is quite the beauty! She's like Jade mixed with Brigitte Bardot.
Oh, Steelie, you ever try de la Mer? It's worth every penny.
29th November 2007 03:35 PM
Factory Girl
quote:gypsy wrote:
Georgia is quite the beauty! She's like Jade mixed with Brigitte Bardot.
Hello gypsy. Yes, Georgia is a beauty. Lizzie not so much.
29th November 2007 03:40 PM
jaggergurl
quote:gypsy wrote:
Georgia is quite the beauty! She's like Jade mixed with Brigitte Bardot.
Oh, Steelie, you ever try de la Mer? It's worth every penny.
she is very pretty, she reminds me of Mick in Performance in some photos...
that isn't very nice.. apologies to anyone I offended..
[Edited by jaggergurl]
29th November 2007 05:09 PM
mrhipfl
I thought L'wren was in her forties. Wouldn't it be kinda dangerous for her to have a baby at that age?
29th November 2007 05:17 PM
stonedinaustralia
I thought L'wren was in her forties. Wouldn't it be kinda dangerous for her to have a baby at that age?
29th November 2007 06:52 PM
fireontheplatter
quote:gypsy wrote:
Georgia is quite the beauty! She's like Jade mixed with Brigitte Bardot.
if you're refering to the lil blondie on the left that looks like a deer cought in the headlights....yeah she's a little hottie. she'll get knocked up in no time.
29th November 2007 08:51 PM
gorda
Okay, if L'Wren has a baby, I'm going to have a baby too!
P.S. My co-worker has high blood pressure, too, and she has two daughters, and she says that even though she stopped taking the medication during her pregnancies, she and her babies were fine!
29th November 2007 11:13 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
quote:gorda wrote:
Okay, if L'Wren has a baby, I'm going to have a baby too!
Need help Gorda?
30th November 2007 03:49 AM
corgi37
He needs to get his money back for the face creams. They aint working.
30th November 2007 07:22 AM
Zack
quote:fireontheplatter wrote:
if you're refering to the lil blondie on the left that looks like a deer cought in the headlights....yeah she's a little hottie. she'll get knocked up in no time.
She's also underage, you asshole. What a tasteless thing to say.
30th November 2007 08:58 AM
SweetVirginia
quote:VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Need help Gorda?
Voo, you are such a stand up guy!
(literally)
30th November 2007 08:24 PM
TomL
Now explain that one Voo! Talking about ass now huh?
7th December 2007 08:33 PM
gorda
quote:VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Need help Gorda?
Do you have blue eyes? Are you tall?
No? Sorry, but I want my baby to be tall and have big blue eyes! My maternal grandfather had green eyes, and his brother, my great-uncle had blue eyes! So, maybe, I am caring the recessive gene for blue eyes!
My friend from college married a gringo and her baby came out so beautiful! Blonde with blue eyes! People thought she was the nanny! That made her a little sad, but I told her that her baby did resemble her, it was just that her baby was blonde with blue eyes.
[Edited by gorda]
7th December 2007 08:50 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
No my eyes are NOT blue but they are green
7th December 2007 08:57 PM
SweetVirginia
Voodoo! I love those pics.
12th December 2007 07:42 PM
gorda
quote:VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
No my eyes are NOT blue but they are green
PAPACITO! !QUE GUAPO!
I had never noticed! You do have beautiful eyes!
P.S. I'm just kidding. I don't think I will ever be a mother! It's too much responsibility.
12th December 2007 07:44 PM
gorda
Three of my co-workers just had babies, and they are always talking about their babies! And, I guess I feel left out, because I can't participate in the conversation.
12th December 2007 09:28 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
quote:SweetVirginia wrote:
Voo, you are such a stand up guy!
(literally)
Wait... I mean I know about some hospitals in Northern California...
[Edited by VoodooChileInWOnderl]
12th December 2007 09:32 PM
PartyDoll MEG
quote:VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Wait... I mean I know about some hospitals in Salinas, Northern California...
Can't wait to see you squirm out of this one..
And by the way..what a handsome devil you are!!!
13th December 2007 09:49 PM
guitarman53
Robin Williams on why The Stones tour so much? to pay for Mick's babies.
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