Fourth Time Is a Charm For Ben Folds

Congrats to Mr. Ben Folds as he got married recently. This is wife No. 4 for the pop mastermind. Her name is Fleur.  He's 41, so when you think about it, he averages a marriage a decade.

I had new clue the guy took marriage advice from Larry King and Liz Taylor.

I'll let wikipedia figure out the rest.

Folds has been married four times, and divorced three times. From 1987 to 1992, he was married to Anna Goodman, who co-wrote the lyrics to several of his songs, including "Alice Childress", "The Last Polka", "Smoke" and "Kate" from Whatever and Ever Amen, and "Lullabye".

Folds met his second wife, Kate Rosen, in December 1995, and married her in December 1996. She was a lighting operator for Ben Folds Five while they toured. They divorced in December 1997.

He married his third wife, Australian photographer Frally Hynes, in May 1999. The former couple had two children, Louis Frances and Gracie Scott. Hynes has recorded several of Folds's music videos, including "Still Fighting It" which also starred the couple's son Louis, and directed the video for "Landed." Hynes sang back-up vocals on the song "Gone" from Rockin' the Suburbs, contributed to "Root to This" on Fear of Pop: Volume 1, and can be heard on the end of the track "Dog" on 2003's Speed Graphic (EP). She is also featured on the cover to Ben Folds' EP Super D, released in 2004. They divorced in April of 2007.

He looks like Charles Nelson Reilly in that photo.

Comments

[tony]

omgsh i cant believe its his forth did he write 'luckiest' for this one or one of the others?

I don't feel like looking it up, but luckiest waa deifinately written way before he married Fleur, so to answer your question: Probably not.

[eva]

I'm happy for the man, but my husband and I did our first dance at our wedding party to "the luckiest", because we love the song AND because Ben Folds wrote it for his - former - wife. The symbolism kinda gets lost now... but hey, I still love the song :)

[Kate]

Perhaps a message to women to not marry Mr. Folds, as great as his music is. Sigh.

[Really?]

Still fighting a way to normal, he is. I had no idea!!!!!!!!!!!! I still love his music!

[Jenny]

i thought that "Luckiest" was written about his daughter? oh well whatever floats your boat.

[Bill VC]

His new CD makes me cringe because of all the references to his ex-wife Frally--even if he says they're not references to her. He's got a couple of 9-year-old kids, and you just don't write stuff like that about your kids' mom. The kids are more important than some material for mediocre pop songs. Immature. Not only is the CD not so great, but his status as a human being goes down (because I know he cares about what I think). Frally, on the other hand, has a new CD, and it's very cool.

[Amelia]

Umm.. can I be number 5??? Pretty please?

[Carson]

uhh jenny is an idiot Ben can write whatever the shit he wants to write about, and he is a damn good song writer, and a vey down to earth friendly guy, i met him while i was recording some songs in nashville acouple years back and he is a bad ass and fucking legend!!!!

[Kathy]

I know Ben very well and frankly, I'm disappointed in him. I thought he had finally found something special with Frally. While I've been his friend since high school, I'm thinking I need to be in Frally's corner on this one. No doubt the man is a genious but that is never an excuse to be an extreme asshole.

[Elizabeth]

Why do any of you give a fuck? Seriously?

[FOLDSFAN]

noe of you fucks know ben

[FOLDSFAN]

None of you fuckers know BEN FOLDS.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

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[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

Regardless of the man's personal life... which should not be a topic of discussion...especially if you are "claiming" to be a friend since high school, Carson (How pathetic you are to turn on a long-term friend through a silly internet message board. Leave these mind-numbing bickers for the harmless fans/anti-fans.)... Give Folds his privacy as an artist and a human being.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

Like his music or don't, but do not base your opinions off of his personal life; the key word being personal. If you had known him since he was a child, that still wouldn’t mean you understand what goes on in his head OR have the right to pass judgment on his PERSONAL choices. Last time I checked there was only one Jesus, and it wasn’t any of you.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

As far as his children are concerned, Jenny, butt out. You're not Queen Mother of the human race, but congratulations, you are officially the biggest douche in the universe. Talk about immature. Nobody is perfect, especially parents, but at least he is honest and true to himself.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

I personally, would rather know the truth than find out later, in therapy, why life isn‘t really the way mommy and daddy pretended it was... oh and wait, that's right... It’s NONE of your business!!!
No one can deny his insightful, lyrical strength, witty arrangements including talents as a master musician; regardless of one‘s musical preferences. You should treat an extremely educated performer/musician (who has influenced millions of people for over two decades of your life alone) with the utmost respect.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

I dare you to accomplish even half his achievements while enduring the overbearing scrutiny of your personal life that vile people, like you, are so eager to inflict on him.
Might I remind you, the Beatles didn't make everyone happy with their personal choices/opinions either, but they are still respected legends.
Check yourselves.

[hypocrisy meetsintegrity]

Correction: Bill VC is the biggest Douche in the Universe, and Kathy is the pathetic friend/person. My sincerest apologies to Jenny and Carson for accusing you of being the lesser human beings noted above. No ill will to you both.

[dan]

luckiest came out in 2001

[Premarital Counseling]

Oh God. This guy has maintained a good ratio of marriage like marry one in ten years. It means he needs premarital counseling in every 10 years. God bless him for 10 years of successful marriage.
http://www.marriage-counselors.net/

[Nicholus]

hypocrisy meetsintegrity:
Wait a minute, just because he's a a talented and influential musician, that means he's beyond reproach? I don't think so.

Why don't we have the right to judge Ben Folds personal decisions? Is this not a free country?

At least he is honest and true to himself? Are you serious? He is the father to two young children; his self-actualization takes a backseat to their well-being. I know that you think he's exempt because he's a musician, and by golly, all talented musicians should be free to roam the world, father children willy-nillly for other people to take care of while he gets his rocks off, but that's not the way the world works.

Talented or not, Folds has broken three sets of wedding vows. That's a lot. And he is the father of two young children that he hasn't done his best to do right by. I'm not going to stop listening to his music, but I lost some respect for Ben Folds.

[beajai]

I have a friend who's crazy about him. Statistically speaking, she has a good chance of marrying him at some stage.

[emmarose]

apparently the way he met wife #4 was she was the yoga instructor (bad movie i know) that he and frally (apparently a WONDERFUL woman) had on an excursion/retreat they went on for fun and relaxation. frally said the divorce came out of nowhere. apparently things clicked between ben and fleur (what the f*ck kind of name is that?) and they began an affair and ben gave frally divorce papers once his hookup with the yoga instructor became *major*. and he ditched his 2 beautiful kids and took off with the flower child fleur (flower in french). he's a brilliant pianist/songwriter and an assh0le to boot.