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Andy's marriage has been on the rocks for some time now and conflicting reports on the real status of it haven't been too reliable. But now the news is final -- Andy is divorced.
It's unfortunate when a married couple can't work out their differences, even when they've tried as hard as they could. Andy's teenage marriage to pretty Kim Reeder seemed to follow that course.
Andy and Kim were married when he was living in Australia and his career was just getting started. Kim was a receptionist when they met and they spent a wonderful honeymoon on the resort island of Bermuda. Since Kim has claimed the conflict between Andy's career and their marriage was the major influence in their break-up, it might have been that the honeymoon was "the beginning of the end."
During the honeymoon, Andy was called to Miami, Florida, to record some demo tapes for RSO records. He couldn't pass up such a great opportunity, but having to work during his honeymoon may have caused some friction. Kim reportedly said, "our marriage and Andy's career were two different identities." She didn't like the "hangers on" that surrounded her husband because they were trying to destroy their marriage since he was becoming such an enormous success.
Before Andy gained his popularity, they were very happy. But suddenly there were so many people wanting to be near him that he and Kim rarely had time together. "Some people had keys to our apartment and car," she reportedly said. "There was never any privacy."
After they moved to Florida from Australia, Kim left Andy to go back to her parents in Sydney, Australia. Then came the reports that she was pregnant and might even have twins. At that time, several stories surfaced saying Andy hadn't called Kim to find out about the baby and that he wasn't giving her any money. One story even reported that Kim was going to sue Andy in order that he pay her and their child $200 a week, though these stories were never verified.
Today Andy is the father of a pretty little girl named Peta, who Kim says looks very much like her father, though he hasn't seen her. During their separation, Andy didn't speak about their troubled marriage much or what was to become of it. The most he would tell people at that time was, "We're discussing a separation agreement. It is a very personal matter and I don't really want to discuss it."
But now the final decision has been made without much fuss or publicity -- Andy and Kim have received a divorce. Even though marriage and family is very important to the entire Gibb family, Andy felt it was better to be apart if he and his wife were unhappy together.
Now that his personal problems have been cleared up, Andy is going full steam ahead with his singing. It's the most important thing to him now and he wants to give it everything he's got!
NOTE: This is an article from a teen magazine.
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