Noel Gallagher says he’s been put off dating because women he meets are ‘insane’ after his split

Noel Gallagher has said he’s been put off dating because the women he meets are “f***ing insane.”

The former Oasis singer, 55, recently split from wife Sara MacDonald after 12 years of marriage in January.

Speaking on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast about his current love life, he said, “Dating, I’m not sure about that.”

He explained, “The women I meet are absolutely insane.”

He also revealed that he would be moving back to London and getting a new place, saying, ‘I’m getting a new house.

Exes: The former Oasis singer, 55, recently split from wife Sara MacDonald after 12 years of marriage in January (pictured in 2014)

“When this tour is over, which will be sometime in 2024, I’ll be back in London and starting the routine of a new life I look forward to.

“These have been turbulent years to say the least. But I’m old enough now to know that all things must pass and eventually things will calm down and I’ll be able to cruise again.”

Discussing the breakup last month, Noel told The Big Issue: ‘It’s not uncommon for people who have been in long-term relationships to go their separate ways after the age of 50. That midlife crisis thing applies to men and women.’

It comes after Noel recently opened up about his breakup from Sara, 51, revealing that the couple “got tired of each other,” which he says isn’t unusual for couples in their 50s.

Talking to Ireland Hot Press magazinethe publication reported that Sara, with whom he shares sons Donovan, 15, and Sonny, 12, was furious about her husband’s partying.

In the candid interview, Noel said, “It’s not unusual for people to hit 50 and go, well, you know…”

He also seemed to imply his heavy touring schedule and “four years on the road” also contributed to the divorce.

Noel confirmed the relationship collapsed during the lockdown – and his woes were compounded when he caught covid TWICE as it crumbled.

He first shared how he contracted the virus in the same six-month period last year after stating that he refused to wear face masks to protect himself at the height of the pandemic.

Split: It comes after Noel recently opened up about his breakup from Sara, 51, revealing that the couple “got tired of each other,” which he says isn’t unusual for couples in their 50s. (pictured together in 2011)

He said: ‘I didn’t get Covid until it was gone – and then I got it twice! I thought, ‘I have great antibodies coursing through my veins’, went to Glastonbury last summer where there was a wave of it, caught it and got it again just before Christmas.

“Felt pretty nasty both times, but thankfully no complications.”

He stated in 2020 that he thought the Covid pandemic was a bunch of ‘f*****gb*****ks’ and said he refuses to wear masks on public transport and in shops – calling it a part of an insult to ‘civil liberties’.

And in 2021, he said he only got his first Covid shot after his doctor told him he would be “foolish” not to get the vaccine.

Noel’s new High Flying Birds album Council Skies – which is on its way to the number 1 spot on the UK album charts – was created as his marriage was crumbling and features heartbreak lyrics.

But the singer once said that the benefit of being cooped up with his relationship crumbling around him was that he was able to finish the songs on the record.

He added, “Even though I hated lockdown, I had to finish all these songs I half wrote and write a bunch of new ones.

“The silver lining for a really dark cloud is that I actually had some free time during Covid.”

Noel also admitted that Council Skies’ Dead To The World ballad was about how he tried to salvage his relationship with Sara.

All over: He also seemed to imply his heavy touring schedule and ‘four years on the road’ also contributed to the divorce (pictured in 2019)

Tough times: Noel confirmed relationship collapsed during lockdown – and his woes compounded by catching Covid TWICE as it crumbled

It features the poignant chorus, “And if you say so, I’ll bend over backwards for love,” and Noel, when asked if it was about Sara, said, “Yeah, that was written during a broken relationship.”

The rocker also said he might produce a full-on breakup record like Bob Dylan’s searingly bitter Blood On The Tracks if it accidentally poured out of him.

When asked if it was in him to use an entire record to cathartically dispel his feelings about breaking up with Sara, he said, “I don’t know.” If I did, it would be by accident. It’s like (Dead To The World) – when I hit the chorus it suggested a mood and it came out.

And Noel said he had enjoyed the time with his sons, which he had with Sara, as well as his daughter Anaïs, 23, with his ex-wife Meg Matthews, 57, by taking them to gigs, including one of Bono’s.

Noel met his second wife, a Scottish publicist, in Ibiza nightclub Space in 2000, a year before his divorce from his first wife Meg Matthews – the mother of his eldest child.

The former couple were notorious for their partying lifestyle at the height of Brit Pop in the mid-90s, as they indulged in rowdy nights with North London’s infamous Primrose Hill set, which included supermodel Kate Moss and actress Sadie Frost .

But after their split, it was reported that Noel had an affair with Sara during his first marriage – a claim they both denied.

The couple married at the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest in 2011 in a £60,000 ceremony with guests including Russell Brand, but younger brother and former bandmate Liam said he wasn’t invited.

“He goes on about how he wasn’t invited to my wedding. There was no one at my wedding except Nic’s [ex-wife Nicole Appleton] mom and my mom. Get over it, mate. I wasn’t invited to his wedding,” Liam told the Chicago Sun Times.

Liam doesn’t get along with Sara and has had a slew of public arguments with the PR manager in the past.

He even hinted that she was the reason there wouldn’t be an Oasis reunion, with Noel furious at Liam’s relentless public criticism of his wife.

The brothers themselves have had little contact for the past ten years, after Noel left the band in 2009.