Tom Jones affairs: How Sex Bomb star slept with 250 women a year – but only two regrets
Sir Tom Jones may be the nation’s darling but he certainly has some skeletons in his closet. One of those, which he admitted not long ago, was his huge number of affairs. In his heyday, the songster even admitted to sleeping with 250 women – but he also had some big regrets.
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Sir Tom Jones saw his career hit the big time in the 1960s when many of his songs climbed to the top of the charts.
He won a Grammy and has since earned himself accolades such as BRIT Awards and a knighthood.
During the high points of his fame, however, Sir Tom has admitted to sleeping with 250 women a year, despite being married to his wife Linda for almost 60 years.
In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2015, the Welsh singer admitted how his wife reacted to his dalliance with former Miss World, Marjorie Wallace.
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Tom Jones affairs: How Sex Bomb star slept with 250 women a year – but only two regrets (Image: Getty)
He said: “I stood there and took it. She chinned me. She punched and shouted.
“She’s the most important thing in my life. An unbelievable woman.
“Linda is the love of my life and she still is, even though she doesn’t look like she did.
“I don’t look like I did, either, but I try my best.”
Despite bedding hundreds of women in the height of his fame, leading his wife to get frustrated with him, he named two other things as his biggest regrets in life.
The first, which he revealed when speaking to The Independent in 2012, was missing the opportunity to perform with Little Richard.
He said: “One night in 1965, I was in this club in Los Angeles watching Little Richard perform.
“My visa had run out a few days previously, and my manager had advised me not to do anything that might constitute work.
Tom Jones with his wife and son Mark (Image: Getty)
“Halfway through the show, Richard invited me up on stage. He was on fire that night, and I wanted to help him rip all hell out of that tune, but I didn’t.
“I just stood there, shaking my head, like I was convinced the moment I opened my mouth, Immigration would appear.
“I tell you, I still think about that sometimes. That’s a regret.”
The other regret is a little more superficial, and involves his idol and later, one of his close friends, Elvis.
Beauty queen Marjorie Wallace (Image: Getty)
This regret came from when he met Elvis, who was waiting for him in his dressing room.
The pair became friends over time and Elvis was waiting for him with his then-wife, Priscilla Presley.
In a rare moment, Elvis allowed his picture to be taken with Sir Tom, something for which Tom was not ready.
He said: “Sure enough, somebody soon came up and asked to take a picture, and so there we were, arm-in-arm, Elvis looking all perfect, like, and me…
Tom Jones and his wife Linda (Image: Getty)
“He waves his hand up around his face as if to suggest the presence of a double chin… I hadn’t straightened myself up properly, see? I looked awful.
“And in that picture, I always will. I bloody regret that and all. But other than that, no, no regrets.”
Whether that is a serious regret or not, it is clear his relationship with Linda does not rank highly on his regret list.
Sir Tom’s wife died in 2016 after the pair got married in 1957 when Sir Tom was only 16-years-old.
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