Lana Del Rey has opened up about her marriage to Jeremy Dufrene and revealed the celebrity who inspired her to pursue her own love story.
The 39-year-old singer walked down the aisle in September in a private ceremony with Dufrene, a Louisiana-born alligator guide, as exclusively revealed by DailyMail.com.
Del Rey – who will release her album The Right Person Will Stay in May – went public with the relationship just a month before the wedding.
While attending Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch on Saturday, Del Rey opened up about her life as a married woman while honoring 40-year-old producer Jack Antonoff, who was named Producer of the Decade.
“Most importantly, I am grateful for the example he set for me in his marriage to Margaret (Qualley),” the Love hitmaker said.
“I saw the way he looked at her when he met her, and he is a big reason why I waited so long to get married and why I met my amazing husband,” she told the audience.
Lana Del Rey has opened up about her marriage to Jeremy Dufrene and revealed the celebrity who inspired her to pursue her own love story
The 39-year-old singer walked down the aisle in September in a private ceremony with Dufrene, a Louisiana-born alligator guide, as exclusively revealed by DailyMail.com
She spoke about the difficulty of having a high-profile career and finding someone without a hidden agenda.
“I really feel like there’s some kind of singer’s curse on meeting an honest partner who has no skin in the game, no dog in the race,” she said.
“And it’s super unnerving to hold on to an innocent perception of how things could go when you’re in an industry where your values or morals might not quite match what’s going on,” she explained.
“Especially when people think you probably don’t have any morals or values,” Del Rey added, crediting her longtime collaborator with “maybe helping other people look at me in a way that’s a little closer to how I perceive myself’ .’
It’s unclear when the couple started dating, but there are photos of the pair together dating back to 2019, when Del Rey was on one of Dufrene’s tours.
The marriage brought more than just a husband into Del Rey’s life.
She is now stepmother to his three children from his first marriage.
The Brooklyn Baby singer looked chic in a simple black sweater and black pants for her performance at the annual gathering on Saturday.
While attending Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch on Saturday, Del Rey opened up about her life as a married woman while honoring 40-year-old producer Jack Antonoff, who was named Producer of the Decade; Del Rey and Antonoff in the photo
The singer called Antonoff’s love for his wife Margaret Qualley, 30, inspiring. “I saw the way he looked at her when he met her, and he is a big reason why I waited so long to get married and why I met my amazing husband,” she told the audience (pictured in Elmont, NY in September)
She spoke about the difficulty of having a high-profile career and finding someone without a hidden agenda
“I really feel like there’s some kind of singer’s curse on meeting an honest partner who has no skin in the game, no dog in the race,” she told the audience
She wore black flats with blue socks and accessorized with a pearl necklace and dangling diamond earrings.
Del Rey’s dark blonde hair was parted to the side with a 1940s-style wave.
The Summertime Sadness hitmaker posed with the Grammy-winning Antonoff after collecting his award.
The music manager looked dapper in a brown suit with a white T-shirt.
Del Rey has long been celebrated for her nostalgic, romantic pop, which often references images of vintage Americana.
She has released nine studio albums and is perhaps best known for her Top 10 hit Summertime Sadness from her 2012 multiplatinum album, Born to Die.
Her upcoming 10th studio album, The Right Person Will Stay, will be released on May 21.