Renowned musician David Byrne has officially announced his engagement to his much younger girlfriend, Mala Gaonkar, after nearly a decade of dating.
The Talking Heads frontman revealed his new relationship status during an interview with The Times. While discussing his upcoming album, “Who Is The Sky?”, the 73-year-old artist accidentally let the news slip.
“My fiancée will sometimes come at me with greasy hands, ready to smear my face,” David told the outlet. “And at one point I thought, ‘What if I wake up and really looked younger?'” He added that this experience also carries a deeper message: “About how people judge us by the way we look. You learn a lesson you didn’t expect at the start.”
According to the publication, David and Mala live together in New York. The Once in a Lifetime singer first met Mala in 2016 while working on a production for The Makers series.
David was previously married to Adelle Lutz, with whom he shares a daughter named Malu. Their 16-year marriage ended in 2004. Meanwhile, Mala was previously married to Oliver Haarmann, who is now dating actress Reese Witherspoon.
