drugs i imagine played a part in the marriage, the divorce and the aftermath for him for sure. for both of them in the beginning.

I thought she was an alchy and a control freak.

i remember her saying he was ending things with joni mitchell when they met and he did the same thing to joni: cut her off and would have nothing to do with her

I agree. It was so mature of her to talk about her marriage and such a beautiful way during the divorce. I couldn't imagine living out my life for the whole world to see.

Yea now women call CPS on their ex husbands, bring up false accusations, and bad mouth them. My how things have changed.

+Johann Wilder that's so true but Carly and James were enemies for so many years after their divorce and did not speak a word to each other. She talked about on talk shows a few years back.....but he did do a lot of damage while in the marriage so.......

+Lisa Edwards He was the one who didn't talk to her. He still to this day refuses to talk to her, acknowledge her, or even speak her name. Sad. Very small minded of him - and I LOVE his talent. It's just a shame he doesn't know how to be more human and forgive - especially for the sake of the 2 children they had, and her feelings toward him (recent bio she says he is the great love of her life.) Very sad.

that's so true and the gall since he caused a lot of the problems in their marriage with the drug addiction and infidelity!

It's unfortunate that you'll never truly get to know how many people you impact with your decision to do divorce the right (& hard!) way. Certainly your kids' lives are better for it, & their futures will be better. And their children, if they have them, will know that love & respect don't end because the relationship has. And their children, too, perhaps, & on & on thru the generations of children who won't have to bear the weight of that mistake adults can make. But also who knows how many of those generations will advise their friends on long dark nights of the soul. How many of those generations will help their friends & exes & brothers & sisters find a better path thru love & endings. Anyway, my way of saying congratulations on your wisdom & effort to do right by your family. You've changed the present & the future for all of them for the better, which is all a parent can ever really hope to do. Well done!

@@tothelighthouse9843 thank you for those kind words, it's greatly appreciated!

I hope that telling you that you are a highly evolved person, likely in many regards, doesn't sound uh, cheezy. Beautifully panoramic view you have, sir of ways to make life easier (and better)on many levels for self and significant others.

@@davidmurray2539 thank you for that

You. Are. An angel. I love your comment and I think you sound like a beautiful person ♥️♥️♥️ your kids will appreciate and learn so much from having you as their role model. Thanks for being a super dad and a thoughtful, considerate ex husband. I hope you get all the love you deserve. ♥️♥️♥️

wannababrit I would hope one would realize every celebrity is a human being, no matter how they come across in an interview

@@in2food Exactly, until you've been on the world's stage, you can't really imagine what it must be like. Many privileges for sure, but many detriments too.

Carly is a man not a woman I would think everybody knows that by now

She is decent and polite ; classy as well.

Yeah? Catch her when the dress shop in Martha's Vineyard closes at 6 PM but she shows up at ten of and insists you keep it open overtime while she tries stuff on and then doesn't buy anything. This princess never had a blue collar job in her life and can't relate to it.

She didn't say anything of substance.

@@zyrrhos What is there to say of a broken heart?

Considering he was a heroine addict who had his mistress holed up in one of their apartments, there's nothing great about this passivity. This swallowing righteous anger is why you women end up snapping.

@@jakestroll6518 keeping your private life private is commendable. This is especially true with children involved.

@@jakestroll6518 "you women?".

You don't know. She saw him on the cover of Time magazine and decided she wanted to marry him. How fair was that to him? to marry some fame/star chaser who didn't love him for him, but for his fame?

I think that James has problems internally that frankly are beyond his control that led to his ostracizing people in his life including Carly, but I think it's shame, I think it's coming from a place of shame that he wasn't able to really talk or be around her again, I think it's a shame on his part, he admitted that he really didn't understand what it meant to be in a committed relationship, he took responsibility for it..

I always liked his music, but I liked hers more. He has mistreated her and that’s appalling. She said she tried to co-parent with him but it’s hard when someone won’t talk to you. He wouldn’t let the kids give his number to her. She’s their mom and why didn’t he show more respect toward her?

@@nealm6764 You obviously know nothing about Carly Simon. She had quite a bit of fame going herself. The Simon family was way more prominent than the Taylors and she grew up with very famous people at her dinner table every night. . She was dating many super stars and wrote Anticipation about Cat Stevens before she met James. Read her autobiography sometime....

@@RJLKMRD Taking responsibility and acting responsibly are two different things. .If he knew he failed so miserably then he ought to have behaved better after the divorce. No excuse for his emotional abuse and lack of caring.

I think it was largely his addiction to heroin she just could not handle...I know I could not stay with someone I loved deeply who might destroy.themself at any moment accidentally...it would be like living with someone you love and watching them play Russian roulette over.and over...simply unbearable. But maybe she had other reasons..that would have been my reason..just that one thing alome would have been enough for me to.say no more.

Thank you Carly for representing the epitome of the classiest woman musician alive today in America. G-d bless you and may you always give strength and courage to those women musicians facing adversity and discrimination in this incredibly competitive and misogynistic career choice. Your humanity, sincerity, kindness, mindfulness, gives us all hope ❤

More simple time?! You mean like the turbulent late 60s and early 70s with all the rioting going on over Vietnam and everybody's rights feminist movement and all that shit yeah simpler time where the fuck where you been living! Simpler time my ass

@@williamrichards3707 I was a pre-teen, so yes, for me, those were simple carefree days.

Something special ??? Read her book. She fkd anything that had a pulse !

wow. mean comments! btw, shes not dead. & is STILL A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. 💘💪

@@yourturn777......she ain’t dead yet.....give her a few years.....she’ll be dead as a door nail ?

Simon.

YES, ME TOO. ACCEPTANCE, AND LOVE. TRY IT SOMETIME , FOR ALL THE HATERS OUT THERE, YOU MIGHT LIKE IT.

Smart man

Luck man. Married 30 yrs. Met at 16 married at 18. We’ve had more downs than ups growing up together and now have grown apart. It happens.

Awwwwwe, beautiful.

Dolly White Thank you! VERY TRUE! Be safe!

WOW..THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL...I WISH MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART HAD SAID THAT TO ME...BUT HE WALKED OUT WHEN I GOT PREGNANT...YET I LOVE TO HEAR STORIES ABOUT A MAN LOVING HIS WIFE...AND A WOMAN LOVING HER HUSBAND....GOD BLESS YOU BOTH...

Well I think the reason is this, and I could be wrong: I am on my third marriage and I think the last one but I know from the first two I always hoped to get back together me and don't separate easy I think men are caught oftentimes off-guard now I know there's exceptions to this but I think when a woman leaves a man's she left a long time ago in her mind so it's done with a man he always is hoping at least for the first year or so haha that they can get back together just my thoughts may be totally wrong

@@jamescantrell1916 I think you are correct James. Hope this marriage brings you happiness

yeah....she knows there is no turning back as the reporter is typical in his non involved attitude. Leaving all options opened.

@@jamescantrell1916 totally right I think, usually.

It's an interviewing technique, it will provoke a correction every time, which is more genuine than just answering a question... plus the response she gives will be more impulsive and unfiltered.

@Doug Kirk WOW, REALLY???? WHERE DOES YOUR HATRED COME FROM???? TRY HUMBLE, AND KIND.

selfishness self- centeredness that we think is the root of our troubles!

I noticed it too, he kept finishing her sentences! I think he thought he was helping her, because he knew he had asked her a difficult, personal question. But a good interviewer asks the question then shuts up, and listens to the answer without any interruption or interjection.

That interviewer was a total wnkr

yeah. I would have kicked that guy by the curb ! he was meddling......

Oh my god, yes.

She was doing fine just sharing some insights into her personal breakup, and it was very demeaning, rude for Rose to keep finishing her sentences.

Yes, he did. People don't realize this.

What was horrific about it? Serious question.

Alison Galligan her childhood was just as bad if not worse. He has a serious mental condition. It’s likely still there. His poor new wife. What does he have to do these days when he’s not good? Better yet, what does wifey have to go through? Ms. Simon knows all too well.

@@deniseelalahoho50 what is it ? Has he spoken about it ?

@@sunset6010 Depression is part of it.

So strong? You mean for a moment she actually came down to Earth and stopped being a mega star and saw sense?

Celtic Whisper You are such an idiot.

I feel it's because James and Carly are intelligent and have class and possibly kindered souls ,just maybe......

James DID NOT show Carly ANY respect during and after the divorce. He wouldn’t even allow his children to speak her name in his presence - do your homework before you comment.

@@janjr165 true that. I am so conflicted about James. As much as I love him as an artist, he has been dreadful to Carly. Cut her off completely after he married wife number 3.

@@marathonfortruth4768 Yes, I love his music but I do not respect the man.

Well, he"s. James Taylor and he's amazing

Until we stop rewarding petty, attention seeking type of behavior in these situations by paying attention to it, we will continue to have it.

I think the hard feelings came later as she realized what a schmuck he was going to to be to her.

@@kevinshaughnessy9361 Amazing drug addicted selfish creative genius ... Glad he cleaned up most of his act.

Yes. To those who don't know, think "SIMON and Schuster."

But she is down to earth, and filled with love, and is humble, and kind. That's a true class act.

I think she seems a tad vain.

@@Lillbimbo No, actually she is known to have horrible stage fright.

@@Lillbimbo "You're so Vain" 😅. No I don't think so. She has to overcompensate because of her extreme vulnerability.

+Deirdre Turner - He's a terrible interviewer.

Because she so stoned she can't do it herself.

It was the way it was in those days. The man had the floor and you were lucky to get a word in edgewise.

.. Howard Stern's the king of interrupting..

Sounds like it's Charlie Rose - he always did that!

It would have helped if James had kicked heroin while married to Carly instead of kicking her to the curb and cleaning up for the next wife. I am sure that caused Carly a lot of grief and anger.

I have to say she is a nice person talking like that about a delicate subject with class and being straight . . over a painful situation.... God Bless Her...

Me too

She didn't say anything of substance.

Carly Simon aged MUCH BETTER than James ....

Who cares!!!

@@kevincouture627 NOT YOU, SOUNDS LIKE?? SO HAVE A LITTLE CLASS. MAYBE WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR RESPONSE.

@@tracybird8668, you go girl! 💯👋

She loved him more than he loved her

Sad that she was so in love with a heroin addict

@@alanam9103 that's my story.

You mean higher than a kite. 🙄

He chose his drug addiction over her, and while he did sober up, I am sure there were things said we cannot hear, but feelings still felt that weren't acknowledged. It's hard to love someone when they are struggling, but its harder to love them continuously and the person supposed to receive love back doesn't give it in return.

@@outinsider So very true a heroin addict will love his drug like a lover more than he would any person in front of him. He was also jealous of her astonishing success and rise in music industry and her brilliant albums were selling... In the past, he really regretted being a drug addict. he said he was never there for his two oldest children. I've often wonder and noticed in the movie industry and music industry the first spouse/partner is with them in the beginning through the hardships and sacrifice, but when they make it big... Why is it they throw away their first partner?

@@Sentimentalgal05 I think you gave the answer in your comment about jealousy. His use of heroin probably was used as a way to cope with his feelings. I can only speculate, because its not like Carly didn't try and he wouldn't use his feelings in a good way from time to time. It is just there. Maybe he is ashamed of himself from that time and puts the blame on her, and that's on him to figure out, but I would think having two children they would at least talk to each other better. I can't imagine having to attend their children's life events and the children having to worry about where Dad is going to sit and where Mom is going to sit.

@@outinsider I agree with what you wrote Outsider.. my husband can't stand his ex (she's a whole mess unto herself) And we had to go to family functions, it was difficult and awkward. So I can imagine James Taylor's kids getting married, where is Dad going to sit... how far away from Mom on the opposite side of the room? lol I grew up having my dad, mom and stepdad all get along and be best friends. Which is extremely unusual. 24 yrs ago my dad was getting worse in the hospital, there is nothing more they could do for him. Dr.s told me to get all family thete. My dad asked to see my mom and my stepdad. I quietly step from the room, leaning out in the hallway and I just heard all three of them say how much they loved each other and they were so grateful they were in each other's lives.. My mom passed away 20 months later. I realized in that moment what a lucky girl I was. I just lost my last parent my stepdad on March 23rd, 20. It was hard, because they said me being his stepdaughter. I wasn't legally his family, so I couldn't make any arrangements for funeral. We had to try to locate my step-brother who none of us has seen in 30 yrs, my husband found him. Now we're just waiting for covid-19 to be gone, so we can take his Ashes to the military cemetery to have him buried with his brothers in arms from Vietnam. Its really different time for everybody in this country and around the world.

People move on after they split. I expect she does not love him, at all, but tolerates his presence as he is the father of their children. She loves who ever she is with, at the time. Very different from a man's point of view. Love comes and goes......really, it does. I am a woman, I know ! men get better with time....new ones.....not the ones from the past !

She left because he was drug addicted and dangerous for the kids to be around.

Not weird at all. I feel the same. (Also felt the same about Annie Lennox's divorce, somehow. Probably 'cuz she's just as lovable and sweet as Carly!).

I remember being sad when Antony & Cleopatra called it quits.

@@meadow9441 Why do all celebrity couples split? Husband cheats on wife....

@@lynnturman8157 *blinks back tears*

It was the best that happened to them. You do not get that ?

I think he was a guy who got high n drunk and went on the road and screwed around...pure n simple..he felt guilty and so he pushed those feelings off on her as her being "a drag" when she was home with the kids being responsible..obviously HE wasn't ready for marriage....

+Susan Thames and James Taylor is my favorite singer/ songwriter - bar none - but the older I get I realize he is "human" and I just think all the scars come out as time goes bye

Susan Thames YOU got it!! he put her thru hell/ she is still very much in love with James Taylor/ but in the end he couldn't stand her!!!

When you are married your partner is like a mirror. For some it is a reflection they can't stand to see. Obsessive artists often can't put family ahead of their art. They think they can do family like a hobby when they take a break. Family feels neglected. Getting high hides the mirror.

@@susanthames8200 he admitted the same himself years later. I'm a JT fan moreso than Carly Simon but that's just happenstance that I discovered his music and never took much interest in her either way. James has been able to reconcile a lot of things since he got sober. His older children adore him and that certainly would not have to be the case with all the things he put them through...being an addict and being on the road, not to mention anything he may or may not have done to their mother. Maybe Carly just raised them right, with the kind of love they needed, and taught them how to forgive and see the best in people, and to respect their dad. But I also think James did the work needed to enter recovery and mend those relationships. He is in a pretty solid second marriage with twin teenagers and it seems a pretty good second time around. Maybe this is the way JT always wanted to be and the drugs kept him from it. I have grown to like Carly over the past few years too. Recently as the world gets more stressful I find myself really fond of children's programming. On election night 2016 I cooped up to myself and watched a string of Winnie the Pooh movies of all things. I really love her contribution to them. Piglet's Big Movie has a lot of heart and would not have been the same without her music. It's not just the craftsmanship, which is surely there but it's the soul of a mother and a reassurer and someone who understands the complicated questions of young people and how to answer them. So it kind of makes me think about her as quite a figure in the life of her family.

That's so sad but true.

selfishness self- centeredness that we think is the root of our troubles!

Plot twist...maybe heroin,etc. is why he was messed up enough to marry someone like her in the first place...and ultimately it all came full circle??

that was an amazing line. so wise.

In a word - passionate.

I dont think she ever wanted a divorce. She wanted him to clean up his act but he wouldnt. Then right when she was considering taking him back and he was wooing her, he dumped her for another woman. Cruel.

I think it is very hard to have a marriage between 2 super talented stars. That was a big part of the problem. Trying to work out their schedules and professional jealousy/competition. Huge stress on a relationship .. especially when one of them is strung out on heroin.

That's the sound of Charlie Rose's hand in his pants when he interviews women.

Exactly. Why does Rose need to help her talk and finish sentences? She seems competent.

Agreed.

Carly I call bullshit if you had nine wonderful years with them why did you divorce them they weren't 9 with her for years stop the bullshit. It's because James Taylor was a self-centered selfish fuck that didn't give a shit about anybody but himself that's why you divorced them

@@williamrichards3707 How long were you married to JT? What, you weren't?? Then stfu.

She's talking delicately around the true sentence: "James Taylor is a heroin addict and it's not good for me or the kids ..." but you can't do that. She just couldn't dump on James in public, he's a nice dude who had a drug problem.

@@GlennDavey YES, THANK YOU. NO ONE IS PERFECT, AND IT'S SAD THAT THEY COULDN'T MEND THEIR LIVES, AND STAY TOGETHER FOR THEIR CHIDREN, BUT I'M SURE THEY MADE AN EFFORT. I WISH PEOPLE COULD TRY, AND HAVE EMPATHY FOR OTHER PEOPLE. CARLY DOESN'T ACT LIKE A DRAMA QUEEN. SHE'S A CLASS ACT. A BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WOMEN. AND SHE IS HUMBLE, AND KIND. MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT THE HATEFUL PEOPLE ON THIS THREAD MAKING HATEFUL COMMENTS. PEACE TO YOU. (((((((((((((((((💓))))))))))))))))

@@tracybird8668 Most of the hateful comments are coming from men. Noticed that?

or the marriage.

he often was not there for her when she needed him. ben was often very sick as a baby, but james mostly left her to deal w it alone. listen to her song We're So Close from during that period. one of the saddest songs ever written

She was more talented then him and was ahead of him in her career. Men can't handle a women more popular then them.

a long time ago I used to want to be. .

Having all your business put on BLAST by Larry King has got to be a hot seat that I would never want to sit in.

Laura Evenhouse Never been famous, but I'd say there's pros and cons.

@@lisamartin3734 That was Charlie Rose.

how nice you feel so superior

me too but somehow she reminds me of Stephan Tyler

@@MrWigby even odds at steven tyler and carly in a corn on the cob eating contest

Natural beauty from within . Taylor was unworthy of her w/ the heroin addiction . A great disappointment to her AND her children to have such an irresponsible man as father to her children .

My divorce was quite costly but it was a truly happy occasion. I got sole custody of the dog and my dignity back. Things have a way working out. I'm engaged to someone really amazing now, who is not materialistic and vain. We are truly best friends and that's an awesome place to start.

Wasn't he running around?