Although Stevie Nicks has had some high-profile romances, the star has She was married only once, to Kim Anderson, who was the husband of her childhood best friend, Robin..
Stevie and Kim’s 1983 wedding occurred amid tragic circumstancesAnd this happened after the death of Robin, who died of leukemia three months after receiving her diagnosis. Robin was pregnant at the time, which only heightened the emotions and forced Stevie to make the decision to become a surrogate mother when the baby, a boy named Matthew, was born prematurely.
Talking openly about sadness in the documentary series Behind the music In 1998, Stevie explained: “My best friend, Robin, called me and told me she had terminal leukemia and they thought she might survive three months.
“So, it was definitely the highest and lowest point of success. I never got to enjoy Bella Donna because my friend was dying; something was gone that day, something was gone. She died and they took the baby, and it was like she was born three months premature, and it was horrible, it was a very disturbing situation.“
The Fleetwood Mac star continued: “Everyone was devastated, and there was a premature baby, and I was freaking out. She’d been in my life since I was 14. She was the only person who knew me as the person I really was and not as the famous Stevie, and it was nice to have someone who really knew me besides your mum and dad.”
In 1990, the singer said the marriage was a “terrible mistake” and that she and Kim had gone “crazy” with grief following Robin’s death just two days after Matthew was born.
Speaking to American magazine In 1990, Stevie shared: “I was determined to take care of that baby, so I said to Kim, ‘I don’t know, I think we should get married. ‘ And we got married three months after she died, and it was a terrible, terrible mistake.”
“We didn’t get married because we were in love, we got married because we were grieving.and it was the only way we could feel like we were doing something. And we divorced three months later.”
The marriage had a terrible impact on both Stevie and Kim. with the couple cutting off almost all communicationand only exchanged a few gifts with Matthew after the split. “Kim and I can’t get along,” she told the publication.
Stevie and Matthew reconciled in their later years, with the singer funding her college tuition in Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew has since started his own family and welcomed a daughter whom he named after his late mother and who calls Stevie “Grandma Stevie.”
