Brinkley shuts down rumors suggesting that she split from her boyfriend of one year due to his 'hellbent political opinions and redneck ways.'
- Aug 14, 2016
AceShowbiz - Christie Brinkley set the record straight on the rumors suggesting that she broke up with John Mellencamp after a year of dating because of his "hellbent political opinions and redneck ways." The former model took it to Instagram to shut down the report first run by New York Post.
"While much has been written over the years about me that I simply allow to roll off my back ... I do stand up for my friends when things seem unfair and this is the case here," she began. "On the heels of a mutual statement made due to pressure from media outlets regarding the status of our relationship, John Mellencamp and i which clearly explained, that 'distance and work' were all that stood in the way of our relationship."
"Then comes along this convoluted article which cherry picks lyrics from a Mellencamp song, Peaceful World, (which was written right before we went to war w Iraq ) ... and another more obscure song, The West End , which is about Seymour Indiana and how big box stores have ruined the small towns ... and somehow Richard Johnson extrapolates from these old lyrics that John is against progressive Democratic politics and somehow sounds like a 'Trump fan', and that 'hell-bent political opinions and redneck ways' were the reasons we parted."
"John and I are actually both patriotic Americans who do our fair share of working to bring Americans together John primarily thru his work with Farm Aid and thru his music, which by the way he just gave Hilary Clinton his song for her campaign 'Our Country'. I was a delegate from the 1st congressional district of NY for Al Gore and have been on the campaign trails speaking out on behalf of our environmental health and nuclear disarmament."
"We both believe that we stand a better chance of overcoming the problems America faces when Americans of every race religion ethnicity, gender, black lives, blue lives, come together in mutual respect and love and that's why we are both voting for Hillary. As to the problem JOHN and I faced it's just Mileage. Pure and simple. Not that exciting or salacious, sorry," she added before concluding, "PS John has more friends and invitations to sit at fancy tables in the Hamptons than I do, and in that setting he's very funny and charming."
