Whereas presenting producer and long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff with the Producer of the Decade award at Selection’s eighth-annual Hitmakers occasion, Lana Del Rey made a uncommon point out of her husband Jeremy Dufrene, crediting Antonoff’s marriage to actress Margaret Qualley as “a giant purpose” why she married the 49-year-old Louisiana boat captain.
“I’m grateful for [Antonoff] for the instance he gave me in his marriage to [Margaret Qualley],” Del Rey stated. “I noticed the best way he checked out her when he met her, and he’s a giant purpose why I waited so lengthy to get married, and why I met my wonderful husband.”
Del Rey formally launched Dufrene to the media in September, when she introduced him as her plus-one to the glitzy New York marriage ceremony between mannequin Karen Elson and Lee Foster. Just a few weeks afterward Sept. 26, the pair bought their marriage license and had been married the identical day.
“I really feel like there’s a singers’ curse round assembly an sincere companion who has no pores and skin within the sport, no canine within the race,” Del Rey continued. “It’s tremendous nerve-wracking to carry on to an harmless notion of how issues might go whenever you’re in an trade the place possibly your values and your morals don’t fairly match up with what’s happening. Particularly when individuals suppose you most likely don’t have any morals or values.”
Dufrene serves as captain for an alligator boat tour boat firm simply outdoors of New Orleans. In response to Dufrene’s bio on the firm’s web site, “Jeremy determined life at a chemical plant working 7 days per week and shrimping on trip days was not his calling. After just a little convincing by his household, he bought his captain’s license and began operating excursions. He shortly realized that this was a fantastic match and he has by no means considered going again to his earlier profession on the plant. Jeremy’s a fantastic airboat captain and loves interacting with wildlife & prospects.”
