Jack White + Meg White 'almost never talk' any more

Jack White has discussed his current relationship with ex bandmate Meg White, stating that he "almost never" talks to her.

Speaking in a very revealing interview with Rolling Stone, he opened up about various subjects, including nearly working with Kanye on Yeezus, women, concert crowds and perhaps most revealing of all, his relationship with Meg White.

In past interviews, White has attributed the breakdown of the band to Meg, including an interview with the New York Times in 2012, when he said that she made the call to end the band when pushed. However, in the Rolling Stone interview, when asked about the issue he states that it was more down to her personality. 

"I don’t think anyone talks to Meg," said White. "She’s always been a hermit. When we live in Detroit, I’d have to drive over to her house if I wanted to talk to her, so now it’s almost never."

He continued: "She’s one of those people who won’t high five me when I get the touchdown. She viewed me that way of ‘Oh, big deal, you did it, so what?’ Almost every single moment of the White Stripes was like that. We’d be working in the studio and something amazing would happen: I’m like, ‘Damn, we just broke into a new world right there!’ And Meg’s sitting in silence.

"I remember hearing Ringo Starr say, ‘I always felt sorry for Elvis, because in the Beatles we had each other to talk about what it felt like. Elvis was by himself.’ I was like, ‘Shit, try being in a two-piece where the other person doesn’t talk!’."

White also failed to address the issue of a reunion, but did go on to emphasise just how important she was to the band. 

"I would often look at her onstage and say, ‘I can’t believe she’s up there’", he said. "I don’t think she understood how important she was to the band, and to me and to music. She was the antithesis of a modern drummer. So childlike and incredible and inspiring. All the not-talking didn’t matter, because onstage? Nothing I do will top that."

29/5: Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom *
30/5: Lubbock, TX - Wild West *
2/6: Shreveport, LA – Municipal Auditorium *
3/6: New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre *
5/6: Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte *
26/6: Dublin, Ireland – Royal Hospital Kilmainham
29/6: Paris, France - L'Olympia
30/6: Paris, France - L'Olympia
3/7: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
5/7: London, England - Eventim Apollo
20/7: St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre +
21/7: Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom +
23/7: Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre +
24/7: Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre +
27/7: Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Outdoors +
28/7: Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre +
30/7: Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre +
31/7: Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre +

* with Kelley Stoltz
+ with Benjamin Booker