Christie Brinkley has finally set the record straight on why she and John Mellencamp broke up.
On Thursday, in a long post on her Instagram account, the 62-year-old supermodel said, “while much has been written over the years about me that I simply allow to roll off my back,” she could not stand by this time and had to stick up for her friend when an “unfair” story in New York Post’s Page Six said it was Mellencamp’s “hell-bent political opinions and redneck ways” that caused the split. (RELATED: Christie Brinkley To Unwelcome Fourth Of July Guest: This Isn’t ‘The Land of the Pee)
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“On the heels of a mutual statement made due to pressure from media outlets regarding the status of our relationship, John Mellencamp and I which clearly explained, that ‘distance and work’ were all that stood in the way of our relationship, then comes along this convoluted article which cherry picks lyrics from a Mellencamp song,” Brinkley wrote. “Peaceful World and another more obscure song, The West End and somehow Richard Johnson extrapolates from these old lyrics that John is against progressive Democratic politics and somehow sounds like a ‘Trump fan,’ and that ‘hell-bent political opinions and redneck ways’ were the reasons we parted.” (RELATED: This Bikini Photo Proves Christie Brinkley Is Not Aging At All [PHOTOS])
“John and I are actually both patriotic Americans who do our fair share of working to bring Americans together,” she added. “John primarily thru his work with Farm Aid and thru his music, which by the way he just gave Hilary Clinton his song for her campaign ‘Our Country.'”
“We both believe that we stand a better chance of overcoming the problems America faces when Americans of every race religion ethnicity, gender, black lives, blue lives, come together in mutual respect and love and that’s why we are both voting for Hillary,” she continued.
“As to the problem John and I faced it’s just mileage, Pure and simple,” she said. “Not that exciting or salacious, sorry.”