David Bowie: Angie claims she had a ‘showbusiness marriage’ to star who ‘didn’t love’ her

Speakingout: Angie Bowie claims that she had a 'showbusiness' marriage to David Bowie
Jennifer Ruby25 January 2016
The Weekender

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Angie Bowie has spoken out about her relationship with music icon David Bowie, claiming that it was a ‘showbusiness marriage’.

The former model, who was informed about her ex-husband’s death while on Celebrity Big Brother, has now said that the star was ‘not in love’ with her.

Writing in the Mail on Sunday, she said: “He had told me before we married ‘I don’t love you’, and we had enjoyed an open relationship from the start: we had a threesome on the night before our wedding.

“The news of his passing was broken to me in the Celebrity Big Brother house on Channel 5.

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“The fact that it happened on television was weirdly appropriate since it was a showbusiness marriage conducted in public a lot of the time.”

Angie, 66, went on to claim that the pair had never been exclusive but the last straw was walking in on him in bed with singer Claudia Lennear.

“I closed the door and headed for the Polo Lounge restaurant thinking to myself: ‘You need to get a life Angie, because this is not a life – this is hanging on by your fingertips.’”

She added: “But I demanded dignity and respect and this was the moment I realised I was losing both.”

After hearing about the musician's death earlier this month, Angie decided to remain on the Channel 5 reality show.

Last week she left the house because of medical issues.

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