David Bowie shock: Bowie's words to first wife before wedding – 'I'm not in love with you'

Angie Bowie was the fixture of many newspaper articles during her marriage to David Bowie, with many focusing on their relationship.

It was certainly a fiery one, and one where the singer has openly admitted he and his wife were not particularly fond of each other, even when they got married.

In fact, he even admitted to her he was not in love with her, before they walked down the aisle.

Bowie met Angela Barnett when he became a solo act, just before the release of Space Oddity in 1969.

The pair married within a year, but according to Angie, the reason was “so that I could work.”

She told Evening Standard: “We got married so that I could work [to get a permit].

“I didn’t think it would last and David said, before we got married, ‘I’m not really in love with you’ and I thought that’s probably a good thing.

“Then I think he fell in love with me because he got really mad when we broke up and he behaved like a b****y queen.”

Bowie’s career continued to flourish through the 1980s, seeing him move through the New Romantic pop era to the Tin Machine, his hard-rock quartet.

In 1992, Bowie married his second wife, Somali model Iman, and the couple had a private ceremony in Switzerland.

With Iman, Bowie had his second child, Alexandria ‘Lexi’ Jones, who was born in New York City on August 15, 2000.

Bowie also took on a step-daughter, Zulekha Haywood, who was born to Iman and her former husband Spencer Haywood in 1978.

Bowie died of liver cancer on January 10, 2016.