Faithfull Turns to Therapy

Young grandmother Marianne Faithfull is said to be so concerned about the loss of her looks that she has turned to therapy.

"Faithfull, now a grandmother, says it is impossible to avoid confronting the question [of aging]. Nicholas Dunbar, her son, whom she had when she was 18, is now the father of two children who, Faithfull says, are 'among her top priorities.' But in keeping with the egalitarian era that shaped her, she made a sharp critique of the double standards from which ageing male rock stars appear to benefit. She believes she is asked about being a grandparent only because she is a woman."

Clinical psychologist Kathleen Cox is quoted by the London Sunday Times online as saying, “If you focus on what you are losing, the loss is greater. If your face is your fortune, your loss is harder. Faithfull doesn’t seem to have moved on. Why can’t she be a granny pop star?”