Why the 92 yearold billionaire broke up with his fiancee? their latest picture speaks for itself
It’s only been two weeks since the engagement.
Multibillionaire and media mogul Rupert Murdoch celebrated his 92nd birthday in March. And right after that, he proposed to his lover, Ann-Leslie Smith.
Murdoch planned to marry for the fifth time. In June last year, Murdoch and his fourth wife, 65-year-old supermodel Jerry Hall, announced their divorce, in August the process was already completed. According to sources, Rupert was very jealous of Hall.
The rich man quickly found himself a new lover — Ann-Leslie Smith, a 66-year-old socialite from California. According to insiders, the couple met and became close on the basis of winemaking — both have their own vineyards.
A couple of times the paparazzi caught a couple on the beach — and, frankly, the sight is not for the faint of heart. But the lovers themselves seem to be happy with everything. And now they have already announced their engagement, and a ring with a huge diamond sparkled on Smith’s finger.
“I look forward to spending the second half of my life with Lesley-Anne,” the multibillionaire told the press. And sources close to Murdoch said that he decided to marry …
because of intimate relationships. Allegedly, Rupert is very moral and even devout, and does not believe in sex outside of marriage.
The date of the wedding was supposed to be announced very soon, but instead, a completely different statement thundered. The couple broke up two weeks after their engagement.
The reason for the journalists was called very ridiculous. “Lesley-Anne just couldn’t handle being in the public eye. She is very secretive. And Rupert knows that he will always be in the public eye, and there is nothing he can or wants to do to change that.
So they sat down, talked, and decided that they should leave, ”the representatives of the couple said.
Considering that Leslie-Anne is a fairly well-known socialite in America herself, and was also the wife of country and western legend Chester Smith, it is unlikely that she has not become accustomed to attention for many years.
In addition, Murdoch is still not Brad Pitt to be constantly pursued by the paparazzi.
Internet users agreed that Smith, who is still 30 years younger than the groom, still could not stand such a difference in age. They were especially amused by the photo of the couple, taken right before parting.
The footage taken by the paparazzi shows how Leslie tries to go away from her future spouse, but he simply does not keep up with her.
However, perhaps there is another, more significant reason for parting.
Last month, it emerged that Smith was in a lengthy legal battle with the family of her late husband, Chester Smith, who had a considerable fortune and was also older than Leslie-Anne. She was accused of «financial abuse of the elderly» and concealing an inheritance from her three stepdaughters.
Murdoch also has adult children who are unhappy that money hunters are hovering around their father. According to rumors, it was the billionaire’s heirs that became the indirect reason for his previous divorce, setting Rupert against Jerry Hall
