Courtney Love, 60, admits she has settled for ‘a friend with benefits’ as she takes a ‘libertine’ approach to relationships

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By RICHARD EDEN and LAURA PARKIN FOR MAILONLINE

Published: 12:17 BST, 12 June 2025 | Updated: 12:18 BST, 12 June 2025

At the age of 60, Courtney Love has settled for a ‘friend with benefits’.

The widow of Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain is keeping the name of her famous lover under wraps but revealed they are both ‘libertine.’

Speaking to Daily Mail’s Richard Eden, she revealed: ‘I’m a libertine, and the person that I most do my romantic crap with is also a libertine, so we are really more friends with benefits.’

‘I don’t like talking about them because there’s jealousy around that person.’

Courtney has lived in London for five years and admits to previously finding herself in a love triangle from which she was eventually rejected.

She was last in a ‘serious’ relationship with Nicholas Jarecki, who was 15 years her junior, in 2015 but they split a year later. 

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At the age of 60, Courtney Love has settled for a ‘friend with benefits’ (pictured in March 2024)

The widow of Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain is keeping the name of her famous lover under wraps but revealed they are both ‘libertine’ (pictured in June 2023)

Last summer, Courtney’s hilarious story about not having sex with Liam Gallagher went viral after Oasis announced their shock reunion. 

The Hole singer famously enjoyed a raucous night with the musician in 2000 – but turned down his advances due to his looks and personal hygiene – likening him to a ’13th century serf.’

Speaking to Metro in 2014, she recounted Liam playing her his hit Songbird in London’s famed Groucho club.

She said the frontman asked her ‘what do you think of me?’ – with Love saying: ‘I mean, he was lovely but he had really bad breath from being up all night and his eyebrows kind of met in the middle.

‘And I just thought he looked like a 13th century serf from Monty Python. And I blurted it out loud.’

She added that Liam wasn’t insulted as he ‘didn’t understand me’ but that daughter Frances was furious with her for turning him down.

She said: ‘Frances, who loves Oasis more than Nirvana, was furious I didn’t sleep with him. 

‘She texted me saying: “Mommy you are an epic sl*t but you never slept with Liam Gallagher!”‘

Last summer, Courtney’s hilarious story about not having sex with Liam Gallagher went viral after Oasis announced their shock reunion (pictured in 2020)

The singer famously enjoyed a raucous night with the musician in 2000 (pictured that year) – but turned down his advances due to his looks and personal hygiene

The pair were famously pictured in a cab in London that year – with romance rumors igniting. 

She previously said she had desperately wanted to meet Liam before their encounter and was mesmerized by his singing ability

She said: ‘I kept thinking. Liam’s the talent! It’s not Noel! Unfair I’m sure. It’s them both.’  

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Courtney Love, 60, admits she has settled for ‘a friend with benefits’ as she takes a ‘libertine’ approach to relationships

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