Roger Waters Files for Divorce From Fifth Wife Kamilah Chavis
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, 83, has filed to end his five-year marriage to Kamilah Chavis in New York. The filing is listed as contested, meaning issues remain to be settled. It would be his fifth divorce.
Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters, 83, has filed for divorce from his fifth wife, Kamilah Chavis, in the New York Supreme Court this week, ending a marriage of five years.
The former Pink Floyd bassist listed the case as "contested." That means the couple still have issues to resolve between them.
Chavis is reportedly 48. The two married in 2021, and Waters announced it on social media at the time. "I'm so happy, finally a keeper," he wrote.
How they met
Waters and Chavis met when she drove him between his hotel and Coachella during the week of his 2016 appearance at the festival. He described the encounter to an Argentinian outlet in 2018.
"I was in the same place for two weeks and there were a lot of transfers between the hotel and the stadium," he said. His security guard sat in front with her, and the two talked while he rode in the back. "I don't know, something attracted me," he said.
Then came the moment he remembered. "One day I said to her, 'Excuse me,' and she turned around. 'Has anyone ever told you that you have beautiful cheekbones?' I saw a small reaction, and that was the beginning."
Four earlier marriages
Waters married his high school sweetheart, Judy Trim, in 1969. They separated seven years later.
Soon after, he married Lady Carolyne Christie, mother of his two eldest children, Harry and India. They divorced in 1992.
He then met actress Priscilla Phillips, and they married in 1993. She is the mother of his third child, son Jack. They divorced in 2001 after eight years together.
In 2004 Waters began dating filmmaker and actress Laurie Durning. After almost seven years together, they married in 2012 in an intimate ceremony with six guests. They divorced three years later, in 2015.
Pink Floyd legacy
Waters co-founded Pink Floyd and was the primary lyricist on the band's most celebrated albums. They include 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon and 1979's The Wall.
Neither Waters nor Chavis has publicly commented on the filing. The court listing shows the divorce as contested, so the terms of the split are not yet settled.
