His current relationship with Kristin Kehrberg, however, flies a little more under the radar.

“Oh, women hate me,” he said on the"The Howard Stern Show.

““I think it’s because I’m a child.

John Mellencamp performing

I throw fits, I gripe, I complain.

Every bad thing that a fella can be, that’s me,” he explained.

“They hate me when they’re with me.”

Kristin Kehrberg and Dick Tarlow

But it sure seems safe to assume Kehrberg doesn’t feel that way.

So,who is Mellencamp’s girlfriend?

Here’s what you should probably know about the woman who’s captured the rocker’s heart.

Kristin Kehrberg poses for photograph

But what do we know about Kristin Kehrberg and her previous relationships?

Kehrberg is a widower and was married to advertising executive Richard “Dick” Tarlow.

Some of his clients include big brands like Revlon, Max Factor, Ralph Lauren, and Neutrogena.

Kristin Kehrberg posing

The latter he founded with his then-wife, Sandy Carlson.

Carlson died in 2003 at the age of 59, perThe New York Times.

Tarlow and Kehrberg met at a restaurant, and two years later, in 2009, they were married.

John Mellencamp walking beside a pickup truck

They were together until Tarlow died at the age of 81 on May 27, 2022.

Before she connected with her rockstar beau, she worked as a movie producer.

As of this writing, she has one credit: 2017’s “The Wilde Wedding.”

John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan

The rom-com has an impressive roster, including celebrated actors Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Patrick Stewart.

Kehrberg’s late husband, Dick Tarlow, was also credited as an executive producer on the film.

Despite the star-studded cast, the movie was met with mixed reviews.

John Mellencamp performing onstage

One of the more positive reviews comes from Vertical Entertainment’s co-president, Rich Goldberg.

She has lived a life of luxury, and her homes have attracted public interest.

In 2016, Kehrberg and Tarlow gave an interview about their then-new home toCottages & Gardens.

“We were ready to live very differently,” Kehrberg said.

Their house, also on Shelter Island, was nothing short of picturesque.

We decided that would be our ever-changing canvas.

We just wanted to feel like you could be outdoors even when you’re indoors.”

“She has not left my side in seven months,” he gushed.

“Listen, it’s been great.”

The way Mellencamp tells it, sounds like fate brought them together.

“She was with a couple of friends.

She didn’t know I was going to be there.

I didn’t know she was there.

We met each other.”

There is certainly an age difference between Mellencamp, who is 71, and Kehrberg.

However, that’s nothing new for the pair.

Could they get married one day?

“It’s so hard to believe, I know.

She has a really high threshold for tolerance,” he said.

“She’s never even gotten angry at me.”

Slate is the daughter ofTeddi Mellencamp Arroyave, who is one of Mellencamp’s five kids.

At least one member of Mellencamp’s family was introduced to Sherrill, Barrett, and Agosto.

However, they weren’t introduced to one another by Mellencamp.

According toUs Weekly, Agosto and Mellencamp actually met through Teddi.

And according toCloser, Teddi and Sherrill knew one another before Sherrill dated Mellencamp.

And according toPeople, Barrett came into Mellencamp’s life thanks to you guessed it Teddi.