Mick Jagger buys £5m posh pad for his pregnant girlfriend – as he strikes up close friendship with Russian model
The wrinkly rocker's girlfriend Melanie Hamrick, 30, was spotted cradling her bump while out in New York this week
MICK Jagger has stumped up around £5million on a luxury house for pregnant girlfriend Melanie Hamrick.
The ballerina, 30, was spotted cradling her bump while out with pals in New York this week as Mick concentrates on his commitments with the Rolling Stones.
They are still a couple, but friends say they are finding it hard to spend much time together in the same place.
The Sun on Sunday can also reveal that Mick, 73, has struck up a close friendship with LA-based Russian model Masha Rudenko, 31.
A source said: “Mick is increasingly very busy with new work commitments, but he has promised to visit the baby when it is born.
“He and Melanie have their own independent lives.
“She dreams of returning to her career as a ballerina, while Mick has been throwing himself into work with the Stones.
“Like any doting dad, he wants to be involved as much as possible in his child’s upbringing.
“He will support the child financially.
“He wants Melanie to live comfortably and has already paid for a luxury townhouse for her in New York.”
Mick and Melanie began dating in 2014, following the suicide of his long-term partner L’Wren Scott.
But the revelation earlier this year that Melanie was pregnant shocked many due to the couple’s 43-year age gap.
The Gimme Shelter singer already has seven children — Karis, 45, Jade, 44, Elizabeth, 32, James, 30, Georgia, 24, Gabriel, 18, and Lucas, 17 — from five different women.
He has a good relationship with them all, but he was taken to court in New York in 2000 over maintenance cash for Lucas.
The lad’s mum Luciana Gimenez, who settled on payments of $10,000 a month, later said: “I like to raise my child with his dad, with his help and advice.
“He’s a very wise man and he is passionate about his kids.”
Mick is also said to have rekindled his friendship with party-loving Masha, who he was first linked to last July.
Snaps on her Instagram account from last weekend show her in a Stones T-shirt at the Desert Trip festival, in California, which the band played along with Paul McCartney and The Who.
She also posted a picture of Mick taken from the front row, under which she wrote: “Mister @mickjagger
It’s only #rockandroll but I like it! Yes I do. #Oldchella #rollingstones #mickjagger.”
A pal replied in Russian: “Oooo baby you’re with your boyfriend.”
Her VIP visit is thought to have been organised by music entrepreneur Nico Golfar, who uses his elite contacts to put together party packages for top clients.
Our source added: “Mick and Masha are close but he is very focused on the Stones at the moment.”