Lindsey Buckingham has claimed Stevie Nicks is still in love with him.
The 71-year-old guitarist has previously suggested he was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018 after Nicks, 73, gave the rest of the band an ultimatum when he asked to delay an upcoming tour to promote his solo music – allegations she has always denied.
And now he is convinced she never actually got over him after their relationship hit the rocks whilst they were promoting their album Rumours in 1976 following four years of dating.
He thinks she still likes him: Lindsey Buckingham has claimed Stevie Nicks is still in love with him. He is seen in 2018. left, and she in 2019, right
The best album: Speaking to The Times newspaper, Buckingham said: ‘There were a number of years where I wasn’t over her. It is possible that she has never been completely over me either. ‘The way we had to get through Rumours is part of the legacy and heroics of the whole thing,’ he said
Speaking to The Times newspaper, Buckingham said: ‘There were a number of years where I wasn’t over her. It is possible that she has never been completely over me either.
‘The way we had to get through Rumours is part of the legacy and heroics of the whole thing,’ he said.
Rumours was recorded in Sausalito, California in 1976 and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time.
‘We didn’t have time to heal or move on in the traditional sense. I think — and she was the one who moved away from me back then — that we both had to compartmentalize our feelings.’
The way they were: Fleetwood Mac band mates Stevie (left) and Lindsey when they were boyfriend and girlfriend posing for an album cover in 1970
The pals: (From L) Mike Campbell, John McVie, Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac pose in the press room during the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
He added: ‘That is not a healthy thing to do because those little compartments can remain sealed up for years until things start seeping out when you don’t realize.
‘I met the love of my life late and that gave me a whole other take on the world. Stevie did not have children. She went down a different route and has placed more importance on her professional life,’ he shared.
‘How that played out in the last three, four, five years . . . It’s hard for me to know what her mentality is towards me, but I know what mine is to her because I’ve been married for 21 years and I have three children and it’s the best thing that ever happened to me.’
Better days: L-R: Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie in 1975
She said he does not remember it all just so: Nicks recently denied that she had Buckingham fired and claimed his version of events was not true. She said: ‘His version of events is factually inaccurate and while I’ve never spoken publicly on the matter, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth’
Nicks recently denied that she had Buckingham fired and claimed his version of events was not true.
She said: ‘His version of events is factually inaccurate and while I’ve never spoken publicly on the matter, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth. To be exceedingly clear, I did not have him fired, I did not ask for him to be fired, I did not demand he be fired.
‘Frankly, I fired myself. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my wellbeing. I was done.;
She added, ‘If the band went on without me, so be it. And after many lengthy group discussions, Fleetwood Mac, a band whose legacy is rooted in evolution and change, found a new path forward with two hugely talented new members.’
His wife: He is married to Kristen Messner and they are working on their relationship after she filed for divorce; at the 2012 American Country Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in 2012
Also this week Buckingham said he is ‘working on’ his marriage to Kristen Messner, three months after she filed for divorce from the Fleetwood Mac rocker.
‘Relationships in the long term can be challenging, and they have their ups and downs,’ Buckingham told People on Wednesday. ‘You’ve got to take that ride and be willing to take it.’
The veteran rocker said he thinks ‘a lot of relationships were somewhat tested by the lockdown,’ and that ‘over the last year Kristen felt she needed some time to herself, and I have been completely supportive of that.’