Paulina Porizkova spoke about love and dating fifty years after the death of her husband Ric Ocasek, saying she found that “sex improves with age.”
The supermodel, who celebrated her 56th birthday last week, admitted to Yahoo Life that she’s not sure what she wants in a couple because she’s not the same person she was when she met The Cars leader when she was a teenager, but he has not ruled out remarrying.
“I don’t know what I want because my husband was my soul mate for so long, and what he provided me with at the time is no longer what I need,” she said. “I need something else now, because now I’m much more fabulous than at 19. I need a guy who can stand my fantasy.”
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Candidate: Paulina Porizkova, 56, spoke about sex and dating at the age of 50 after the death of her husband, Ric Ocasek, in September 2019
Honest: “I don’t know what I want because my husband was my soul mate for so long, and what he provided me with at that time is no longer what I need,” the model explained.
Paulina was only 19 when she met Ric on the set of the hit music video for “Cars” by The Cars in 1984. They married five years after they met, when she was 24 and he was 45. They continued to have two children, Jonathan and Oliver.
In 2017, Paulina and Ric quietly separated after nearly 30 years of marriage, noting that the end of their relationship was “a shock” to her because she “never conceived” not to marry. he. They were planning to divorce when he died in September 2019 at the age of 75.
“And now that I’m out there again, what I realize is that I’m not very good,” he said. “I’m still that weird teenager when it comes to going out, because the last time I went out I was a teenager.”
Paulina stressed that she doesn’t want a man who “doesn’t listen to her” and treats her “like a beautiful, dignified object,” and said she still doesn’t know how to know when she likes someone for who she is as a person.
Seeking love: Paulina stressed that she does not want a man who “does not listen to her” and treats her “as a beautiful and dignified object.”
Relative: Paulina said she acts like a teenager when it comes to dating, since the last time she dated was a teenager
“One thing I’ve recognized now, after going out on dates with some men who have normal jobs and are wonderful guys, is that I find talent to be sexy, and talented men are usually a lot more complicated than those who don’t have talent. “, he said. explained.
“I know better than to say ‘never,’ but certainly a rock musician is the last on my dating calendar.”
Paulina said her children Jonathan, 27, and Oliver, 22, have supported her date, but noted she will not introduce them to anyone unless the relationship is serious.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit star also discussed how “sex improves with age,” which surprised her after hearing “horror stories” about women losing their sexual urges after going through menopause.
Memoirs: Paulina was just 19 years old when she met her late husband on the set of the music video for The Cars’ hit “The Drive” in 1984 (pictured), and they married five years later
Never say never: Paulina (pictured in Ric in 1990) said she hasn’t ruled out remarrying because she’s still a “totally desperate romantic”.
Support system: Paulina said her children Jonathan, 27, and Oliver, 22, have supported their appointment. She and Ric appear with their children in 2016
And it turns out that it only gets better because I know my body so much better. Whatever confidence and wisdom you acquire with age, it’s worth it at fifty, ”he said.
Now I take pleasure in knowing where I had it or where I can. I am not there to please the boy; I am there to be satisfied.
The past year and a half after Ric’s death has been incredibly difficult for Paulina. While crying at the helm of The Cars, she struggled with depression, anxiety and anger after learning she had withdrawn it from her will, leaving her penniless, including her own earnings as a model.
Paulina recently revealed that she was so tied up in cash after the rocker’s death that her friends had to buy her food to live on.
Get it girl: Paulina also discussed how she found that “sex improves with age,” which surprised her after hearing “horror stories” about women losing their sexual urges.
News: The model has returned to work as a model and, on Monday, shared a behind-the-scenes video where she played the piano in her apartment
Kickback: Paulina played the piano during a Czech Vogue shoot photographed by Marie Tomanova for the May issue of the magazine
Last September, she sold the New York City house where she and Ric had lived for more than 30 years for $ 10 million. He still has his home in upstate New York and now lives in a rental apartment in Manhattan.
The model has returned to function as a model, and so on. On Monday, he shared a behind-the-scenes video of him playing the piano in his apartment during a filming session Czech Vogue photographed by Marie Tomanova.
Despite everything that has happened to her, she is still open to finding love.
“I don’t think I would rule out remarrying because, despite everything, I’m a totally hopeless romantic and I believe in love,” she told Yahoo Life.
“And I believe in finding that person who is right for me and I’m right and spending the rest of my life with them. That’s what I thought I was doing with my husband.