The widow of music producer Jack White (1940-2025) has a new partner: Rafaella Nussbaum (41) is in a relationship with Berlin entrepreneur Jan Kluwe (52). In a joint interview with the magazine "Bunte", she explains that he is her partner, best friend, and important support during a difficult time.
'We weren't in calm waters,' Kluwe says about the beginning of the relationship, 'but started in a storm when we met.' Together with her new partner and her children, Nussbaum is now looking forward. 'Fortunately, I finally have a lot of love around me,' she says, raving about Kluwe: 'I love his heart, his soul, his intelligence, his appearance. But most of all, he gives the children and me a sense of security and trust.'
'We learned to love each other in this exceptional situation'
The two had met about three years ago in a Berlin restaurant where a friend was celebrating her birthday and they happened to be seated together. After this fleeting first encounter, Rafaella Nussbaum and the entrepreneur met again last summer in a large group with friends at a beach club in the South of France. 'Rafaella and I quickly had more intense conversations about her situation. At that moment, there was no room yet for more than a friendship. That only developed very slowly,' Kluwe recalls. Everything else grew gently, 'naturally, unplanned, not calculated. We learned to love each other in this exceptional situation.'
Jack White died by suicide in October 2025. At that time, the music producer and Rafaella Nussbaum had already been living separately under one roof for almost a year.
In the "Bunte" interview, she also explained that her children are living 'without trauma.' Angelina, who was born in 2023, is still too young. Max, born in 2019, has realized 'that his daddy is no longer there. He talks about Jack, but is very positive, loves school, chess, and tennis. He is embedded in a wonderful family structure.' Her son is 'not at all jealous' of Jan, who is also the father of a daughter, she further reveals.
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