Nov
25
2010
Category : press release
Natalie Imbruglia is featured in WHO’s sexiest people issue. In the issue Natalie quenched rumors of her reported current squeeze, Sydney hotelier Justin Hemmes, was just a friend.
“I’m single,” Imbruglia said, giving the well-worn adage: “Justin and I are just good friends.”
The X-Factor host also reveals what she looks for in a man.
“A sense of humour and confidence … they have to have magnetism,” she said.
Source: Herald Sun
Jan
04
2008
Category : press release
Singer Natalie Imbruglia has split from her rock singer husband after four years of marriage, it was announced today.
The 32-year-old said she and Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns had grown apart due to the pressures of work.
The couple met at an awards show party in 1999 and married four years later on New Year’s Eve in a beachside ceremony in Queensland.
Guests included Kylie Minogue, actor Guy Pearce and Virgin boss Richard Branson.
In a joint statement, the pair said: “While we are very sad that our marriage has ended, we want to make it clear that our parting is amicable and we remain friends.
“This mutual decision has not been taken lightly or quickly.
“However, our career demands and our lives in different parts of the world have brought us to the point where unfortunately this difficult decision was necessary for both of us.
“We have simply grown apart through not being able to spend enough time together.”
They went on: “We have issued this statement to set the record straight and to eliminate any need for speculation.
“We will not be making any further public statements whatsoever in regard to this very private matter and politely ask that people respect our sincere wishes in this regard.”
Imbruglia returned to London on Wednesday, while Johns remains in Sydney.
The couple have been the subject of break-up rumours for some time, partly due to the length of time they spend apart.
Imbruglia wrote her 2005 hit Counting Down the Days about their long-distance relationship.
Speculation increased after Johns neglected to thank his wife when collecting Silverchair’s five awards at the ARIA Awards in October.
Despite being in Adelaide to film a movie, Imbruglia was a surprise no-show at the awards, blaming work commitments.
Imbruglia recently insisted that their long-distance relationship worked for them.
“If it stops working and it gets too difficult I have no qualms in taking time off or quitting my job for a while.
“No qualms at all. I’d never let the distance or work get in the way of my marriage”, she added.
The singer was wearing her wedding ring on Boxing Day when she opened the David Jones’ sale in Australia.
Before her marriage Natalie was linked to the American singer Lenny Kravitz and “Friends” actor David Schwimmer.
More recently, she has been linked to comic David Walliams, but insists he is just a friend.
Imbruglia shot to fame after she swapped a TV career as Beth Brennan in Australian soap Neighbours for pop and released best-selling single “Torn” which became her biggest hit.
The song reached number two in Britain in November 1997 and her debut album, Left Of Middle, sold six million copies worldwide.
Johns co-wrote and produced several tracks for Imbruglia’s Counting Down the Days album and new songs on recent compilation Glorious.
She has released two albums since then and appeared in the film Johnny English opposite Rowan Atkinson.
Source: Daily Mail
Natalie Imbruglia on Wednesday married fiancé Daniel Johns in a secret location on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The singer and former Neighbours star sent cryptic invitations to guests which do not disclose the specific location of the ceremony – though there has been speculation it may be on resort islands Lizard or Bedarra, off the Queensland coast.
She asked guests to bring clothes for warm weather for three days.
Imbruglia, 28, and Johns, 24 – the lead singer of Australian grunge rock band Silverchair – yesterday flew to Queensland’s Cairns airport and drove off in a gold limousine.
Friends of the couple – who include Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue and Heath Ledger – will only be told the exact location at the airport.
Bedarra is described as a “romantic rainforest retreat where a fortunate few can savour the finer things in life”.
Villas cost up to £800 a night, including private pools, butler service, laptop computers for guests and vintage champagne.
Lizard Island has 24 white beaches and fewer but more exclusive villas.
A Lizard Island resort spokesman insisted: “The wedding is not here.”
At Bedarra, a spokesman said: “I cannot confirm or deny Natalie Imbruglia is here.
“We are an exclusive resort. The privacy of our guests is of utmost importance.”
The couple’s spokesman John Scott said the wedding “will be very low-key, very personal and very small”.
After the wedding the couple will sell one picture to the media, the proceeds going to charity.
Johns and Imbruglia – now the face of L’Oreal cosmetics – first met in 1999 and dated for a year before splitting up.
After 12 months they rekindled their romance and announced their engagement in January this year.
Source: Daily Mail
