After a relationship with record producer Lou Adler that produced her second child, Nicolai Adler, born in 1973, Ekland got involved with singer Rod Stewart after being introduced to him in 1975 by Joan Collins. They lived together for two years, during which time Stewart reportedly made her pay rent. She later sued him for palimony.
In 1984, she married Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, who was 19 years younger than her. They had a son, Thomas Jefferson, in 1988, and went their separate ways in 1992.
Today, Ekland is happily single. She told The Guardian in 2020 that she’s been practicing “self-partnership”.
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