en.wikipedia.org
Family and relationships
Collins has been married and
divorced three times. From 1975 to 1980, he was married to Canadian-born Andrea Bertorelli.
[203] They met as 11-year-old students in a London drama class and reconnected when Genesis performed in
Vancouver. They married in England when both were 24.
[203] Collins adopted Bertorelli's daughter
Joely (b. 1972), who became an actress and film producer.
[242] They had one son,
Simon Collins (b. 1976), who is the former vocalist and drummer of the progressive rock band
Sound of Contact. In 2016, Bertorelli took legal action against Collins pertaining to his account of their relationship in his autobiography.
[243]
In 1984, Collins married his second wife, American Jill Tavelman. They have one daughter,
Lily Collins (b. 1989).
[244] The marriage encountered problems that culminated in Collins twice having an affair while touring with Genesis in 1992 with Lavinia Lang, a former drama school classmate. The two were previously engaged, but the relationship ended before they married.
[244] In 1994, Collins openly stated that he had fallen out of love with Tavelman and had filed for divorce, which finalised in 1996. As part of the settlement, Collins paid £17 million to Tavelman.
[244][245]
Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey, a Swiss national whom he met on tour and who worked as his translator,
[246] in 1999.
[247] They have two sons, Nicholas (b. 2001) and Matthew (b. 2004).
[248] They lived in the former house of
Jackie Stewart in
Begnins,
Switzerland. In 2006, Collins announced their intention to
separate, which was followed by their divorce in 2008. Collins paid £25 million to Cevey, which became the largest settlement in a British celebrity divorce.
[249] Collins continued to live in
Féchy, Switzerland, while he also maintained homes in
New York City and
Dersingham,
Norfolk.
[206]
From 2007 to 2016, Collins was in a relationship with American news anchor
Dana Tyler.
[119] In 2008, Cevey and her two sons moved to
Miami,
Florida. Collins recalled: "I went through a few bits of
darkness; drinking too much. I killed my hours watching TV and drinking, and it almost killed me." He said in 2015 that he had been
teetotal for three years.
[250] In January 2016, after moving to
Miami Beach in the previous year to be closer to his two youngest sons,
[250] Collins said he had reunited with Cevey and they were living together in his Miami home.
[251]
Collins' brother
Clive is a cartoonist. Phil appeared at his brother's investiture ceremony at
Buckingham Palace in 2012 when he was awarded an
MBE for services to art, with Phil stating, "I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing. He used to do Christmas cards and birthdays cards for the family."
[252]
Wealth
In 2012, Collins was estimated to be the second wealthiest drummer in the world, only surpassed by
Ringo Starr.
[253] Collins was estimated to have a fortune of £120 million in the
Sunday Times Rich List of 2018, making him one of the 25 wealthiest people in the British music industry.
[254]
