Phil Collins Trumps Paul McCartney in Mega-Divorce
08/18/2008 6:00pm ET
Phil Collins' ex-wife may no longer be in his heart, but she'll definitely always have a place in his bank account.
The easy-rocking star has waved good-bye to marriage No. 3 and hello to a reported $46.68 million divorce settlement which, if accurate, shapes up to be the biggest ever celeb payout in British legal history, trumping even the astronomical amount Heather Mills received—said to be $45.37 million—from Paul McCartney earlier this year.
Collins, 57, and Orianne Cevey, 35, were married for seven years before separating in 2006. They have two children together, sons Nicolas, 8, and Matthew, 4.
It isn't the first time relationship woes have caused a dip in the Genesis frontman's fortunes, with Britain's Daily Telegraph even claiming that divorce settlements have eaten into as much as one-third of his estimated $280 million net worth, nearly $84 million going to his ex-wives.
After taking advantage of technological advances and infamously dumping wife No. 2, Jill Tavelman, by fax back in 1994, he was forced to pay $34 million.
That bitch gets 18,000 a day for being married to that guy....
If I was paying 18,000 a day. that chick wouldnt be able to walk, talk, sit, stand, or even blink....
"the game of life of is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well"
7 years for 40 plus mil......could buy alot of counselling with that kinda coin.
