Okay, but what about now? Come on, the man is still spry. He’s got that twinkle in his eye. There are rumors, aren’t there? I’ve seen the comments. “Who’s that woman he’s always with?”
Well, that woman is usually a producer, a camera operator, or—brace yourself—his assistant. He has a famous right-hand woman named Erica McAdam for years. She’s the one who keeps his schedule and makes sure he doesn’t fall into a volcano. But she’s not his partner. She’s his professional lifeline.
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The British press has poked around. They’ve asked colleagues. And the answer is always the same: “He’s married to his work.” It sounds like a cliché, but with Attenborough, it’s true. His romance is with the beetles of Madagascar.
So, no secret girlfriend in a cottage in Richmond. I promise. If there was, we’d know. The Daily Mail would have a drone outside his window by now.
Why Doesn't He Want Another Partner?
This is where it gets human. David has said that he’s not lonely. He has his children, his grandchildren, and a frantic film schedule. But more than that, he’s said that he had “the best” with Jane. Can you imagine that?
He once joked that finding a new partner at his age would be a “terrible intrusion” on his work. “I can’t be interrupted when I’m narrating a penguin hatching,” he probably said. The man is dedicated.
It’s also a generational thing. Men of his era often didn’t remarry after being widowed. They grieved quietly and moved forward. For Attenborough, moving forward meant talking to a camera about coral reefs.
