If you’ve ever wondered why the terms “rock star” and “sex symbol” are more or less synonymous, Robert Plant probably has something to do with the answer. However, to hear the former Led Zeppelin frontman tell it, his real-life romantic interludes might be a little more tame than fans would expect.
During a wide-ranging interview in the October 2025 issue of Mojo magazine, Plant was reflecting on how often certain songs are covered by other artists when the conversation turned to a version of Donovan‘s “Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)” by The Raconteurs — sung by Jack White — which Plant also reworked with his band for a track called “Chevrolet” on his new album, Saving Grace. (The Donovan tune was itself a cover of “Can I Do It for You” by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe.)
“Jack’s incredible,” Plant said. “And it’s not even petty theft. ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ wasn’t by Robert Johnson, it was Kokomo Arnold, and it’s called ‘Sweet Home Kokomo.’ But how far back do you go from that? Suzi [Dian, who sings with Plant’s band] went to Cecil Sharp House to see where some of the songs on the record came from and it seems like seven or eight people have written ‘I Never Will Marry.’ So here’s the adventure again. You’re sliding down that rabbit hole,” he continued, laughing.
“I can have a sexy night with a woman and they’ll be asleep within two or three hours of hearing me talk about James Carr living in a shelter or something,” Plant added, referring to the iconic R&B and soul singer.
Jokes aside, Plant has kept his romantic life mostly private over the course of his decades-long career.
In 1968, he married Maureen Wilson; the couple went on to have three children together before divorcing in 1983. Nearly a decade later, in 1991, he had a child with Maureen’s sister, Shirley Wilson. More recently, in 2012, Plant sparked marriage rumors when he made an off-handed remark to a reporter about “eloping” with singer Patty Griffin, but his manager later clarified to E! News that he was “just referring to the fact that he’s been residing in Texas” with Griffin and the two hadn’t tied the knot.
Two years later, Plant revealed that his relationship with Griffin had come to an end.
“Patty and I tried a sort of zig-zag across the Atlantic,” Plant told The Independent, adding, “but she didn’t share my penchant for cider and she used to marvel at the Black Country character I became after four pints of Thatchers. My feelings are very much ones of sadness and regret.”
Though Plant was also rumored to be involved with his musical collaborator Alison Krauss, the couple denied have any kind of romantic relationship in a 2021 interview with People.
As for who the women Plant is allegedly boring to sleep with his wealth of music trivia knowledge these days might be, one can only speculate.
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