Before that, Kiedis, now 63, had a relationship with Heather Christie, who was 22 years his junior. When the pair welcomed their son, Everly Bear, in 2007, Kiedis was 44 and his partner was 21.

In the latest episode of My Therapist Ghosted Me, Williams and her co-host Joanne McNally discussed age-gap relationships, with the former I’m a Celebrity campmate saying: “Do you know who else I find really disappointing, because I really like the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Anthony Kiedis.”

Seemingly referring to his romance with Vestergaard, Williams continued: “He is like 54 or something, and he is going out with a 19-year-old. And it is like, ‘Dude, what are you talking about?’”

McNally replied: “I've seen this. I just accept now that most men, all men, are drawn to – I'm going to be very careful how I say this – significantly younger women. That's all I'm going to say. It is what it is and I don't think there's any getting away from it. We judge it but it's not going to change.”

“I would have to say that it is not all men,” Williams continued. “Because I do think it is a very specific thing.”

Addressing why younger women might decide to date older men, McNally added: “And of course, people like him [Anthony Kiedis] and rockstars like him can get away with it because no 19-year-old girl wants to be going out with some old lad who is driving a Toyota Corolla around town.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 72 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

I'll never miss an opportunity to shit on Anthony Kiedis. But no one did it better than Mike Patton, so let's just relive one of the most epic public fuck yous in musical history.

In the late 90s, one of Mike Pattons many acts, Mr Bungle, was on tour opening for RHCP. Patton believes it was due to them putting on such a hard to follow set that Kiedis kicked them off their tour stating that they were "Trying to rip off his style."

What followed was, well, this. Mr. Bungle Halloween Show dressed as RHCP. Pattons way of saying "If I wanted to rip off your style I'd do it like this." In the video their bassist, dressed as flea, can be seen miming injecting a syringe into his arm. Their guitarist, dressed as Frusciante, can be seen snorting invisible cocaine off the keyboard.

Patton decided the final piece of his revenge was to get back to the studio with Mr. Bungle. He hired out fucking John Zorn (Saxophonist for Zappa) to produce their new record. They titled it "California" and released ~5 weeks after RHCP released "Californication" as a final statement, to say something to the effect of "THIS is my style. RHCP doesn't have style to rip off, you're an easily replicable pop act."

If you've never heard "California", you owe it to yourself to make it your next full album listen. It is truly one of the best records of all time. Mike Pattons range is frightening.

[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 1 points 19 minutes ago

If I recall correctly kiedis used his connections to get bungle cancelled from some festivals and also got California delayed.

Such a shitty tiny little person who hates that Patton is 100 times the singer than he could ever be. Also Mike seems like he's not a junkie and generally a decent and nice guy which can not be said about Anthony.

[–] fistac0rpse@fedia.io 19 points 19 hours ago

As a huge fan of Mr Bungle, Mike Patton and Frank Zappa - I have never heard this before, but I love everything about it.

[–] Epp@lemmus.org 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah, that's the guy who was the Anger Sphere in Valve's Portal.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

He's a fucking madman,

Like I said. His range... Is... Frightening

Bonus

More people should be fans of Mike Patton.

[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

I love Goodbye Sober Day, I didn’t know about the beef with RHCP so that was a fun history lesson