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Cliffs: Women of his generation are "broken" and "wounded" due to the historical struggles and abuse so therefore he must date girls a fraction of his age who have been cured with feminism... I think...
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Billy Corgan apparently knew his explanation for marrying a woman 25 years his junior might upset some folks, but he chose to go ahead and give it anyway.
During an Oct. 22 appearance on the New York Times' Popcast, the 59-year-old Smashing Pumpkins frontman opened up about his relationship with his wife, 33-year-old fashion designer Chloe Mendel, and why he believes their age gap has actually worked to his "advantage."
The pair began dating in 2012, when Corgan was 44 and Mendel was 19, had three kids together, got engaged in 2022, and officially married in September 2023.
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His logic involved some sweeping generalizations about women his own age. When asked about being from different generations, Corgan joked, "I don't want to make all the feminists mad," before launching into an explanation about how differently women born in the 1990s experienced feminism compared to previous generations.
He continued, "I think a lot of women born in the '90s, given the societal changes, given the correct and proper rise of feminism as a way to balance properly a lot of things."
He admitted that he had encountered a "lot of broken women along the way" and "was shocked at the stories I would hear of what they've been through," but added that "there was nothing wrong with them" before invoking the somewhat self-reflective phrase, "two wrongs don't make a right."
The New York Times Popcast
"Because so many women of our generation were going through that without a lot of help and coming out of a lot of abuse, it was harder to put those pieces together if you're broken and they're broken," Corgan said.
According to Corgan, his wife Chloe Mendel was different. "When I met my wife — and having that gap — she just wasn't affected by those same politics," he told hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli. "She just had a different version. She had a different sense of self-confidence."
He went on to suggest that her relative lack of life experience was a benefit to their relationship, explaining, "Her youth was an advantage because she hadn't been wounded like so many people are — because you just go through life and you get wounded."
Corgan added that Mendel was at the time "really open to love and the possibility," and that she had "decided not to judge me for who I was."
The New York Times Popcast
Full 1h40m podcast interview:
Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q3_scdiXe4
I really for him. It's so sad he has to date very young women because of the evils inflicted on the old women of his generation. Poor guy.
Billy Corgan Defended His 25-Year Age Gap Marriage By Calling Women His Own Age "Broken"
We'll leave it to you to decide whether his explanation made the age gap seem any less controversial.
Billy Corgan Defended His 25-Year Age Gap Marriage By Calling Women His Own Age "Broken"
Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
Billy Corgan apparently knew his explanation for marrying a woman 25 years his junior might upset some folks, but he chose to go ahead and give it anyway.
During an Oct. 22 appearance on the New York Times' Popcast, the 59-year-old Smashing Pumpkins frontman opened up about his relationship with his wife, 33-year-old fashion designer Chloe Mendel, and why he believes their age gap has actually worked to his "advantage."
The pair began dating in 2012, when Corgan was 44 and Mendel was 19, had three kids together, got engaged in 2022, and officially married in September 2023.
Lexie Moreland / Getty Images
His logic involved some sweeping generalizations about women his own age. When asked about being from different generations, Corgan joked, "I don't want to make all the feminists mad," before launching into an explanation about how differently women born in the 1990s experienced feminism compared to previous generations.
He continued, "I think a lot of women born in the '90s, given the societal changes, given the correct and proper rise of feminism as a way to balance properly a lot of things."
He admitted that he had encountered a "lot of broken women along the way" and "was shocked at the stories I would hear of what they've been through," but added that "there was nothing wrong with them" before invoking the somewhat self-reflective phrase, "two wrongs don't make a right."
The New York Times Popcast
"Because so many women of our generation were going through that without a lot of help and coming out of a lot of abuse, it was harder to put those pieces together if you're broken and they're broken," Corgan said.
According to Corgan, his wife Chloe Mendel was different. "When I met my wife — and having that gap — she just wasn't affected by those same politics," he told hosts Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli. "She just had a different version. She had a different sense of self-confidence."
He went on to suggest that her relative lack of life experience was a benefit to their relationship, explaining, "Her youth was an advantage because she hadn't been wounded like so many people are — because you just go through life and you get wounded."
Corgan added that Mendel was at the time "really open to love and the possibility," and that she had "decided not to judge me for who I was."
The New York Times Popcast
Full 1h40m podcast interview:
Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q3_scdiXe4
I really for him. It's so sad he has to date very young women because of the evils inflicted on the old women of his generation. Poor guy.