Phil Collins gets frank on marriage failures and life regrets: 'I regret my marriages falling apart', tell me about this news today

Phil Collins opened up in a candid interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, reflecting on his life, career, and the dissolution of his three marriages.

The Core Regret

During the discussion, the former Genesis frontman and solo icon stated that the breakdown of his marriages remains one of his deepest personal regrets:

“I regret, to some extent, I have to say, I regret my marriages falling apart. Sometimes I jumped. Well, one time I jumped. Two times I was pushed. But I wouldn’t have written it like that.”

He admitted that he never envisioned going through three divorces, noting that “you don’t go into life thinking like that”.

Career Pressures and Distance

Collins pointed to the intense demands of his music careerparticularly Genesis’s grueling global tour schedules in the late 1970s and 1980sas a major factor in driving a wedge between him and his partners. He noted that when his first marriage to Andrea Bertorelli ended, the band had completed multiple back-to-back tours across the U.S., Europe, and Japan in a single year, leaving him physically away and emotionally disconnected.

The Silver Lining: His Children

Despite the pain and financial costs of his divorces, Collins emphasized that he does not regret the end result of those relationships: his five children.

• He shares Joely and Simon with Andrea Bertorelli.

• He has his daughter, actress Lily Collins, with his second wife, Jill Tavelman.

• He shares two sons, Nic and Matthew, with his third wife, Orianne Cevey.

Collins remarked that his children are the essential counterbalance to those regrets: “I got five fantastic kids that I wouldn’t have if that hadn’t happened, so I have to balance it.”

Current Family Life

Collins shared that despite past estrangements and his ongoing mobility and health challenges, his relationship with his children is currently warm and unified. The family stays in constant contact through an active group chat covering everything from football to day-to-day life, providing him with strong mutual support.