Simply Red star Mick Hucknall has addressed the rumour that he had slept with over 3,000 women and admitted that he ‘couldn’t believe his luck’ during his heyday
13:08, 20 Oct 2025
Mick Hucknall once claimed he had “three lovers a day” at the peak of his fame(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Mick Hucknall has responded to the rumour he’s slept with over 3,000 women.
The Simply Red frontman, 65, once revealed that he had “three lovers a day” during the peak of his fame. The music legend has had a string of high-profile relationships, including the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, ex-EastEnders star Martine McCutcheon and supermodel Helena Christensen.
In 2010, he told The Guardian: “Between 1985 and 1987, I would sleep with about three women a day. I never said no.” But now, Mick has addressed the wild love life claims and admitted he was: “A kid in a sweet shop who couldn’t believe his luck.”
He also opened up about life with his wife, art dealer Gabriella Wesberry, joking that he feels sorry for her. He told The Sunday Times Magazine: “My poor wife. How she’s stuck with me, I don’t know.”
He’s now happily married to Gabriella Wesberry, but joked he’s not sure how she got stuck with him(Image: Getty Images)
Hucknall and Wesberry married in 2010, having first met in the 90s. He also addressed MeToo movement and whether he was concerned about any of his former flames, telling the outlet: “It was always mutual.
“You want to be attractive and, in my psychology, imposing yourself on someone is the complete opposite of being desired. Somebody desiring you is what makes me tick. Imposing myself on somebody does not make me tick at all.”
Mick used to date stars such as Martine McCutcheon(Image: Getty Images)
Mick hasn’t spoken to his daughter, Romy, 18, about the love life rumours. “It’s so far in the past,” he said, before adding that while he’s not religious, he takes his marital vows extremely seriously and has no intentions of being unfaithful.
Mick said in 2023, to The Sun: “I was just touring the world and being single, being a playboy, being a bachelor – I didn’t really know what I was doing”. He joked that he was “just having a good time.”
The Simply Red frontman with Catherine Zeta Jones(Image: Mondadori via Getty Images)
He added: “I think in your life it’s a good thing to have dimension, to have done lots of different things, to have lots of different experiences.”
In 2006, Mick said of his sexual history: “No, I’m guilty. It’s life’s experience. I think it’s searching for approval. Love me, admire me – something like that.
“In most cases, though, it usually had to do with being drunk. You go into any city centre on a Friday or Saturday night and you see it going on all over the world. There’s nothing particularly unusual about it but because of being famous it gets reported, it gets blown up. Ultimately, it doesn’t make you happy.”
Mick’s high-profile relationships include Catherine Zeta-Jones in 1998, a very short relationship with telly star Ulrika Jonsson, as well as Melanie Sykes, Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriend, Lady Victoria Hervey and Steffi Graf.
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