Mick Jagger has denied reports that his girlfriend, who glories in the name of L'Wren Scott, is causing a Yoko-stylee rift between him and his bandmates during their current 'A Bigger Bang' tour. The Daily Mail had published comments from an unnamed source saying that Scott, a stylist, felt that the band should smarten up, and that she had tried to stop Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood from chain smoking. The source concluded: "Because she is a stylist she thinks she has the right to completely take over the Stones' style"
Jagger has now had enough of the speculation and released a statement to say that none of it is true: "We have not had any disagreements about clothes, smoking or L'Wren, and this is all very hurtful for her. It is completely untrue to say that L'Wren has caused a rift between myself and the rest of the band. This is all nonsense, everyone has their own style." Jagger went on to say that Scott "would not dream of interfering with a band who have been on the road for 40 years. In fact the band, their wives and girlfriends are all getting along extremely well."
Ronnie Wood's wife Jo Wood has also pitched in, commenting in the statement on the assertions that L'Wren had tried to get the Stones' guitarist to quit smoking: "Ronnie is the only one who can stop himself from smoking. No one can tell him to stop. Me and L'Wren went together to stop smoking in Boston three years ago."
She continued: "It's ridiculous about the clothes. Ronnie has the same look which he has had forever and that's not about to change. L'Wren did give some wonderful jackets to Ronnie that I loved and I told her if she found anything else I'd love to see them. L'Wren has got great taste, is fantastic company and is just one of the girls on tour."