Model Jerry Hall has revealed her ex Mick Jagger has refused to meet her latest boyfriend.
And in a swipe at the Rolling Stones star, she said it was "a helluva change" to be treated with generosity by new love Tim Attias.
In an interview with Tatler magazine the Texan beauty, now increasingly absorbed in her acting commitments, said it was too soon to talk about marrying her latest beau after a year-long romance.
She met the financier in London when a friend brought him round to her house and had dinner together after he saw her appear in The Vagina Monologues.
Now they are on the same Open University degree course.
Although she has met Tim’s parents, he has not yet met the partner with whom she had four children, Jagger, and may never.
"He would like to but Mick doesn’t want it to happen. He’s a bit old-fashioned like that," she said.
She stayed silent when asked if Jagger was jealous.
Jagger has a long-standing reputation for being prudent with his money, but Hall said her new partner was far more free with his cash - and "normal".
"To be treated nice and kind and generous, it makes a helluva change," she said.
"While we were on holiday in France, Tim and I would go shopping every day after lunch and he would buy me a dresses. How much does a girl like that?
"And it’s great to be with someone who is emotionally healthy and normal."
Hall said she was glad to be out of the "unhealthy" relationship with Jagger which ended after the rock star got Brazilian model Luciana Morad pregnant.
"Life is very good now," she said.