Of course, the dancer admitted that she and Mick—who share a 9-year-old son named Deveraux—aren’t in a rush and have taken their relationship slowly ever since they met in Japan, where the Stones and the American Ballet Theatre were both touring at the time.

"We didn't even exchange phone numbers," Melanie shared. "At the time, I wasn't in a relationship, but he was.”

Acknowledging that there was "maybe a spark" with the rocker—who was dating the late model L'Wren Scott at the time—she added, "But nothing incredible, like, 'Come on, I'll blow your mind and we'll travel the world.'" 

Prior to his engagement to Melanie, Mick was married to actress Bianca Jagger—with whom he shares daughter Jade, 54—from 1971 to 1978, and fathered seven children with other past partners: Karis, 55, Elizabeth, 42, James, 40, Georgia May, 34, Gabriel, 28, and Lucas, 26, as well as late daughter Corrina, who was stillborn.

But to any doubters of their 44-year age gap, Melanie has an answer.

"Am I happy? Yes. Are the people in my life happy? Yes. Am I hurting anyone? No," she told The Times in September 2021. "OK, they can mind their own business.”

Read on to see who else attended the Vanity Fair Oscars Party.