John Mellencamp’s mystery girlfriend has been revealed as Christine Kyrberg

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by Nikki Cox

August 31, 2023 | 11:25 a.m

John Mellencamp’s “beautiful” new girlfriend is revealed to be multi-millionaire socialite Christine Kyrberg.

The blond beauty is the widow of Shelter Island advertising guru Richard “Dick” Tarlow, who passed away in May 2022 at the age of 81.

Kerberg has also dabbled in production, serving as an executive producer with her then-husband on the 2017 romantic comedy The Wild Wedding starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Patrick Stewart. According to IMDb.

While it’s unclear where Kyrberg currently lives, she and Tarlow — whom she married in 2009 — He bought an apartment worth $16.5 million on Fifth Avenue six years before his death.

The “Hurts So Good” singer, 71, and Kyrberg, 57, began dating earlier this year but weren’t spotted together in public until the beginning of August.

Mellencamp and Kehrberg were photographed strolling outside his granddaughter Slate’s fashion show at Unincorporated Life in Los Angeles.

In photos obtained by Page Six, the couple can be seen holding each other on a street corner.

The duo — who wore sunglasses, a white T-shirt, black shorts, and matching sneakers — shared a sweet embrace as they spoke before saying goodbye.

Kyrberg appears to have already integrated into the rocker’s family, as his daughter, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Teddy Mellencamp, was also in attendance.

John announced on Monday that he was dating someone new while appearing on “Club Random with Bill Maher.”

During the interview, the “Jack & Diane” singer revealed that he met his new girlfriend – who was not named at the time – “unexpectedly” seven months ago and has “never left his side” since.

“It’s a beautiful 57-year-old woman who unexpectedly walked into my apartment in New York,” he explained.

“She was with a couple of friends. She walked in. She didn’t know I’d be there. I didn’t know she was there. We ran into each other.”

John claimed that the pair fit so well that Kyrberg was never angry with him.

“It’s very hard to believe, I know. She has a really high threshold of tolerance,” he joked.

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Prior to his latest romance, John was in an on and off relationship with Meg Ryan from 2011 until 2019.

After their recent split, the Grammy winner admitted he was a “bad boyfriend” to the “When Harry Met Sally…” star, whom he once claimed hated him “to death.”

“She’s such an amazing girl,” he told Esquire in June. “I love Meg Ryan. I went with her for 10 years. She doesn’t like me very much.”

After 61-year-old Ryan, John was linked to a few other women, but the relationships were always short-lived.

He has been married three times and has five children. Meanwhile, Kerberg is a mother of two sons.