Noel Gallagher thinks he is ‘punching above his weight’ with his new girlfriend.
The 56-year-old singer – who is best known as part of rock group Oasis with his estranged brother Liam – was pictured with Sally in March when he took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
And he has now spoken out about his new relationship for the first time.
He told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: ‘She’s a good woman. She doesn’t show up often, but it was nice to see her [at the Royal Albert Hall].
‘She says she sees a steely look in my eyes. She’s looked into my eyes countless times down the years. I’ve punched above my weight several times in my life, and I think if you can make a girl laugh the battle is more than won.
Noel Gallagher thinks he is ‘punching above his weight’ with his new girlfriend (seen performing last December)
The 56-year-old singer was pictured with Sally (circled) in March when he took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London but was also seen with her here in Paris last November
‘I mean, when you drop your trousers, you’d rip them off and show them the little nubbin of fury. If they do laugh, you’re halfway there for a peck on the nubbin.’
The Wonderwall hitmaker – who was previously married to Meg Matthews from 1997 until 2001 and has 24-year-old daughter Anaïs with her but also has sons Donovan, 16, and Sonny, 13, with second wife Sara MacDonald – now believes that a relationship can only work if each party is interested in the other for who they are.
He said: ‘I think if you have to act a certain way [to get a woman] then you’ve to act like that for the rest of your life. She’s either into you for what you are, or the quest continues
These days, the High Flying Birds star – who divorced Sara in 2023 – has gone on a health kick and cut out alcohol for a period of three months in order to deal with the ‘weird space’ the split had landed him in.
Fans will note that his new partner’s name is the same as the woman his band sang about in their iconic hit, Don’t Look Back In Anger.
The 1996 classic features the line ‘So Sally can wait’ – but he said at the time: ‘I don’t actually know anybody called Sally. It’s just a word that fit.’
It comes after Noel recently opened up about his split from Sara in January after 12 years of marriage.
He revealed that the couple ‘grew tired of each other’ which he said was not unusual for couples in their 50s.
Noel has sons Donovan, 16, and Sonny, 13, with his second wife Sara McDonald who he is now divorced from
Sara is Noel’s second wife, who he met at an Ibiza nightclub Space in 2000, a year before his divorce from his first wife Meg Matthews – the mother of his eldest child, Anaïs
Sara is Noel’s second wife, who he met at an Ibiza nightclub Space in 2000, a year before his divorce from his first wife Meg – the mother of his eldest child, Anaïs.
The former couple were notorious for a party-hard lifestyle at the height of Brit Pop in the mid ’90s as they lived it up during rowdy nights with north London’s notorious Primrose Hill set, among them supermodel Kate Moss and actress Sadie Frost.
But following their split, it was reported that Noel had an affair with Sara – an allegation they both denied.
Noel and Sara married in 2011 at the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest in a £60,000 ceremony with guests including Russell Brand in attendance – but younger brother and former bandmate Liam said he wasn’t invited.
They share sons Donovan and Sonny.
