Paulina Porizkova takes a jab at relationship with ex-husband Ric Ocasek 6 years after his death

{ "title": "Paulina Porizkova Reflects on ‘Selfish’ Marriage to Ric Ocasek, Makes Subtle Jab Six Years After His Death", "subhead": "Model and actress posts a lengthy Instagram reflection on the sixth anniversary of the Cars frontman’s death, revisiting their marriage, split and estate dispute", "body_markdown": "Paulina Porizkova posted a lengthy Instagram reflection on Monday marking the sixth anniversary of the death of her ex-husband, Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, describing their relationship as a “selfish” fit shaped by childhood scars and saying she had tried to help and mend him.\n\nIn the post, Porizkova said their personalities and pasts “fit perfectly” and recounted wanting to “mend him” and “heal the little scared boy in his heart who he was so intent on protecting that he armored up against even me.” She added that she wanted to “make him a better parent,” while saying Ocasek wanted “to be adored by someone of public value” and “someone who would make him look good.” She concluded the message by expressing gratitude for the years they shared.\n\n\n\nPorizkova and Ocasek married in 1989 and separated in 2017; their split became public in 2018. They had two sons together, Jonathan and Oliver. The couple’s estrangement intensified after Ocasek’s death in 2019 at age 75 from heart disease. At the time, Porizkova said she found him asleep after bringing him his Sunday morning coffee and realized he had “peacefully passed on.”\n\nFollowing his death, Porizkova said she was written out of Ocasek’s will; estate paperwork cited allegations that she had “abandoned” him, a claim she called unfair. Porizkova said she had been caring for Ocasek after surgery prior to their split. She and the estate reached a settlement in October 2021. In interviews that year, she described feeling betrayed and said she could not understand why she had been removed from the will.\n\nPorizkova has addressed the dynamics of the marriage in public before, at times framing the relationship as a close but mismatched pairing. When the couple announced their separation, she used a metaphor to describe the breakup: "Our family has always has been — and still is — a well-built car. When the four of us are together, we can go wherever the road takes us. But