Ronnie Wood’s 2012 marriage to Sally Humphreys: how a 35-year age gap and sobriety story collided

The most striking thing about Ronnie Wood marrying Sally Humphreys in 2012 wasn’t the 35-year age gap—it was the fact that he was four years sober. Wood had been through two messy divorces and a decade of cocaine and alcohol abuse that nearly killed him. In 2010, after a stint in rehab, he’d quit drinking entirely. Meeting Sally, a theatre producer 35 years his junior, seemed to reinforce his new stability rather than threaten it.

They met at a restaurant in London where Sally was working. Wood says she didn’t know who he was at first, which he found refreshing. He was 65, she was 30. They married in a small ceremony at The Grove hotel, and Wood credits her with keeping him “on the straight and narrow.” He’s still sober as of 2025, and they have twin daughters together. The relationship works, he’s said, because she doesn’t drink either—and because he genuinely wanted to change before she came along.