Courtney Love Explains Why She’s in a ‘Friends With Benefits’ Situation at 60

Courtney Love has opened up about her non-traditional relationship and her lack of jealousy, even when others surpass her success.

She recently reflected on writing “Doll Parts” in a jealous rage over Kurt Cobain, whom she boldly pursued early in their relationship.

In a resurfaced story, Courtney Love also hilariously recalled turning down singer Liam Gallagher in 2000 due to his poor hygiene.

Love, well-recognized as the lead singer of Hole and the late Kurt Cobain’s partner, recently mentioned that she has been casually dating someone during an episode of “Fashion Neurosis” with Bella Freud on June 11.

During the chat, Love opened up about her views on jealousy, noting she doesn’t often experience it even when others rise to success around her.

She disclosed, “I don’t know if I’m in denial, but I have a friend whom I befriended when he was starting to gain recognition in the art scene. He has achieved remarkable success, and I am genuinely happy for him.”

“I have another friend who I met on her come up and now she’s bigger than I’ll ever, ever be and I’m really happy for her,” Love added, per E! News.

Touching on her love life, the 60-year-old musician and actress admitted that her current relationship is far from traditional.

Speaking openly, she described herself as a free spirit, stating, “The person I engage in romantic activities with is also open-minded, so our relationship is more of a friends-with-benefits dynamic.”

While she declined to name her current partner, she hinted there’s some sensitivity surrounding them: “I don’t like talking about them because there’s jealousy around that person.”

Love previously opened up about writing “Doll Parts,” revealing that the raw emotions behind the song were inspired by her early relationship with Kurt Cobain.

In a since-deleted 2020 Instagram post, the “Sons of Anarchy” actress recalled: “I had to write most of the lyrics on my arm in Sharpie as I ran out of paper. People were pounding on the door as I wrote it.”

“It was played for the first time about an hour later, at the Virgin megastore in Boston. It was about a boy, whose band had just left town, who I’d been sleeping with, who I heard was sleeping with two other girls,” she wrote, according to Rolling Stone.

She shared that the track was born out of heartbreak and jealousy, sparked by rumors that Cobain, whose band had just left town, was seeing other women.

“It was my way of saying ‘You’re a f-king idiot if you don’t choose ME, and here is all the desire and fury and love that I feel for you,” she shared.

In a 1992 interview with Sassy magazine, Love shared how she made the first move in her relationship with Cobain, whom she was married to from 1992 until his tragic death in 1994.

The “Trapped” actress admitted that she was the one who pursued the Nirvana frontman.

“I really pursued him,” she said at the time, per People Magazine. “Not too aggressive, but aggressive enough that some girls would have been embarrassed by it. I’m direct. That can scare a lot of boys.”

Love recalled, “Kurt was scared of me. He said he didn’t have time to deal with me. But I knew it was inevitable.” She described Cobain as “really passionate and cute,” though she admitted she “couldn’t tell if he was smart, or had any integrity.”

Following Cobain’s death, Love never remarried, though she’s continued to honor his memory publicly over the years. She was briefly linked to director Nicholas Jarecki in 2015, but has largely remained single.

Love paid a heartwarming tribute to Cobain on the 29th anniversary of his passing in 2023.

In an Instagram post, she shared a black-and-white photograph of Cobain’s hands and referred to the image captured by R.E.M. musician Michael Stipe as a “powerful photograph” of her beloved husband.

Love further expressed how much she missed Cobain and called him her “twin flame.” Explaining the image, she wrote, “It is one of the only images (or sounds/ tastes, etc.) that makes me miss him deeply.”

She added, “But he chanted with me & often, & truly was moved by our Buddhist practice. Thus, I know he’s in an enlightened place, more so than we here in Mappo are.”