But once he saw the American model dancing at Studio 54, he was immediatelyin love.
When the two did indeed meet again, that’s when their love story truly began.
Over four decades later, the couple have two daughters, Theodore and Alexandra, and five grandchildren.
“I don’t care how cool and hip and whatever you think you are,” Richards toldGQ.
“You get down the line, baby, what counts isfamily.
This is what I did it for.”
“I was set up to see her, but it worked.
But for Hansen, it was different altogether.
She was more concerned about getting back to the dance floor after Richards gave her a bottle of champagne.
“When Patti and I met it was just .
boom,” Richards described (via Vanity Fair).
“There was life before Patti and life after.
We just clicked, and she rescued me from, shall we say, dark periods .
without going into too much detail.”
However, she did note that Richards promised her mom that he’d take care of her.
“Keith promised my mom he would take care of me, and he did.”
“Keith was constantly making me mix tapes, and he would do beautiful drawings on them.
That was his method of communication,” the model remembered fondly.
“I have everything in boxes.
Thousands of those tapes.
I’ve saved everything” (via Harper’s Bazaar).
But how have they stayed together for so long?
“I guess we’ve beaten what takes out most people,” Hansen concluded.
