{"id":579892,"date":"2026-04-12T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579892\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:38:09","slug":"rolling-stones-book-reveals-bands-biggest-lothario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/579892\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stones book reveals band&#8217;s biggest Lothario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest Lothario in the Rolling Stones was not the charismatic, big-lipped frontman Mick Jagger but their unassuming bassist, Bill Wyman.<\/p>\n<p>When the band first toured the United States in 1965, the hotels where they stayed were awash with drugs and women eager to sleep with the rockers. Wyman would \u201centertain\u201d women he picked up wherever the Stones performed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill was hands-down the band\u2019s unrivaled p\u2014y hound,\u201d writes Bob Spitz in the upcoming <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0593489098\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRolling-Stones-Biography-Bob-Spitz%2Fdp%2F0593489098%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F04%2F12%2Fentertainment%2Frolling-stones-book-reveals-bands-biggest-lothario%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThe Rolling Stones: The Biography,\u201d<\/a> noting that the guitarist was reportedly unable to get to sleep without \u201cfresh female companionship\u2026his appetite for casual sex was unquenchable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Wyman, second from left, with the Rolling Stones in 1963, was the band\u2019s biggest lothario. Mark and Colleen Hayward<\/p>\n<p>The bassist, seen here in 1982, had an \u201cunquenchable\u201d appetite for casual sex. Penske Media via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Spitz writes that Wyman would stand on stage, holding his bass in a certain way to prevent glare, so he could peruse women in the first few rows. Between songs, he\u2019d send out an assistant to ask his choices if they\u2019d like to meet Wyman after the show.<\/p>\n<p>Wyman, 89, married his first wife, Diane Cory, in 1959. They welcomed their son, Stephen, in 1962, and divorced in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>However, decades later, the musician became infatuated with a girl, who would become his second wife.<\/p>\n<p>Wyman was married in the 60s and had a son named Stephen, seen here in 1967. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The guitarist became infatuated with a 13-year-old when he was 48. UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, Wyman, who had always chased young groupies, was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/17\/famous-musicians-accused-of-dating-abusing-teens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">enraptured by a female<\/a> from Tottenham named Mandy Smith. The relationship raised eyebrows because he was forty-eight and she was thirteen, \u201ca detail they tried to keep under wraps,\u201d writes Spitz.<\/p>\n<p>Wyman defended his controversial relationship by claiming that \u201cshe was a woman at thirteen,\u201d and believed she was twenty when they first met.<\/p>\n<p>The band read Wyman the \u201criot act,\u201d and the relationship \u201crevolted\u201d Jagger, who had two daughters older than Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The pair married in 1989, when Wyman was 52, and Smith was 18, and separated two years later. They finalized their divorce two years after that.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The couple married in 1989, when he was 52, and she was 18. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Wyman has been married to Suzanne Accosta since 1993.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>In a quirky aside, Wyman\u2019s son, Stephen, 30, married Smith\u2019s mother, Patsy, 46, in 1993, but the couple split two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Wyman later married model Suzanne Accosta in 1993, whom he had known for years. The couple shares three daughters.<\/p>\n<p>In 1993, he officially announced his departure from the Rolling Stones after 30 years with the band. In 2023, he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/09\/bill-wyman-reunites-with-rolling-stones-30-years-after-he-quit-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly reunited with the band<\/a> for a song in tribute to their late drummer, Charlie Watts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2016\/03\/08\/ex-rolling-stone-bill-wyman-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diagnosed with prostate cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest Lothario in the Rolling Stones was not the charismatic, big-lipped frontman Mick Jagger but their unassuming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,1733,216,12249,251,1735],"class_list":{"0":"post-579892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-mick-jagger","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock-and-roll","13":"tag-sex-and-relationships","14":"tag-the-rolling-stones"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}