This story is pretty complicated, so I’m going to try to be as clear as possible. Robin Gibb is one of the Gibb brothers that make up The BeeGees. Most people know The BeeGees from Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake’s hysterical portrayal on Saturday Night Live, but the group was absolutely huge once upon a time. Robin Gibb is 59 years old and is on his second marriage to a woman named Dwina. Robin and Dwina emply a 33 year old housekeeper named Claire Yang. Claire Yang just gave birth to a baby. The baby, named Snow Robin, is Robin Gibb’s. Yikes.

Dwina and Robin Gibb have acknowledged in the past that they have an “open” relationship. Apparently Dwina is a bit pissed at just how “open” her husband was with the staff, however. Dwina is pissed not only about the affair, but the baby. The Sunday Mirror has details:

Bee Gee Robin Gibb has fathered a lovechild with his housekeeper who’s almost half his age. The mother of the newborn girl lived with Robin, 59, and his wife Dwina at their family home. Twice-married Robin and his lover Claire Yang, who at 33 is 26 years his junior, have called the baby Snow Robin.

Dwina – who in the past has spoken publicly of her “open” relationship with Robin – gave her blessing to the eight-year fling going on in her own house. But she hit the roof when she discovered Claire had become pregnant, saying she felt “betrayed”.

She deemed the pregnancy a step too far… even by her own unconventional ethics in which Robin had her blessing to sleep with other women. Dwina, 56, Robin’s wife of 23 years, has ordered Claire out of their 12th century Oxfordshire mansion.

Claire and the baby, who was born on November 4, are now living five miles down the road in a house rented by multi-millionaire Robin, who makes regular visits. Robin is also paying for a nanny to help care for the baby and yesterday he was seen popping over to the plush converted barn in his sporty Jaguar.

The Bee Gee – who sold 110 million albums with brothers Maurice and Barry and had hits including Stayin’ Alive – is named on Snow Robin’s birth certificate as the father.
Claire had worked as a housekeeper for the Gibbs since 2001, doubling as Robin’s lover and “companion”.

Speaking about their unconventional married life, Dwina has said: “We have an open relationship. Robin has had flings in the past with friends of mine and he talks to me about them. It doesn’t worry me because I trust my friends. And I am, after all, his best friend as well as his wife and lover – and I’m sure we’ll always be together.”

From The Sunday Mirror

Okay, so Dwina doesn’t have any problem with her husband sleeping with all of her friends, but suddenly the maid is the problem? What drugs is this woman on? And why is Dwina “punishing” the maid and not her husband?

Snow Robin Gibb is Robin Gibb’s fourth child – he has three adult children, two from his first marriage and one from his marriage to Dwina. Maybe he’s the kind of guy who marries a girl that gets pregnant? Some guys are like that, maybe that’s what Dwina’s worried about? But wait! Dwina claims that she’s always been okay with Robin screwing around because she’s a Hindu. Uh, no.

Having previously boasted of being a bisexual, Dwina now follows the Brahman religion, a branch of Hinduism which requires people to abstain from sex. But while she became celibate, she was happy for Robin, a teetotaller and vegan, to see other people.

The singer, who is worth £140million, arranged for Claire to give birth at the private Portland Hospital in London, where several celebrity mums have had their babies, including Victoria Beckham, Katie Price and Claudia Schiffer.

Afterwards he arranged for Claire and Snow Robin to live at the rented property, which is just a short drive from the family mansion in Oxfordshire. Under strict rules laid down by Dwina they are no longer allowed into the family home.

A friend of the couple said: “It’s an incredibly unusual arrangement. At first, Dwina was happy for Robin to sow his oats because it allowed her to stay committed to her Brahman beliefs, but she never expected him to actually plant his seed, as it were.”

“Incredibly, Claire continued to live at the family home as her pregnancy developed. When the truth came out Dwina was furious. To say she hit the roof is an understatement. She felt betrayed.”

Snow’s birth certificate names Robin as the father and lists his profession as “musician”. Claire, although unmarried, is described as a “housewife”.

The certificate also gives Snow’s full name as Snow Evelyn Robin Juliet Gibb. Evelyn is Claire’s mother’s name.

In recent years Dwina has also said: “If Robin met another woman and wanted a fling, so what? We have a spiritual, physical bond whereby we know we’re always going to be together.”

From The Sunday Mirror

It really sounds like Dwina is upset because she is genuinely afraid Robin will leave her for the young maid who just had his child. It really doesn’t sound like she was angry about the affair or the child, just what the affair and child would mean – financially or spiritually for her.

I’m sure there are people out there who have had “open” relationships and they’ve worked, but perhaps it might be time for Robin and Dwina to call it a day. On the plus side for her, she’s been with him so long, I bet she gets a sizeable chunk of his estimated $200 million-plus estate. Lord. Who knew singing falsetto could be so profitable?

Robin and Dwina Gibb are shown on 1/9/09 at A Celebration of The Bee Gees. Credit: WENN