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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nJane Goodall has opened up about her first marriage and how she wishes it could have played out. <\/p>\n
The 91-year-old primatologist was a guest Wednesday on Alex Cooper\u2019s Call Her Daddy <\/em>podcast, where the two spoke about relationships and how Goodall was able to handle both her job and a love life. <\/p>\nShe met her first husband, the late National Geographic<\/em> photographer Hugo van Lawick, when his magazine sent him to take photos of Goodall while she was studying chimpanzees in Africa. <\/p>\n\u201cThey wanted to make a film and they wanted good photographs, so they sent Hugo van Lawick, and I really didn’t want him to come,\u201d she told Cooper. \u201cI hadn’t met him because I just wanted to be there with the chimps, you know. I didn’t want anybody, and I was afraid they’d be scared of him and, you know, all my hard work would be undone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goodall quickly learned about van Lawick\u2019s love of animals and appreciated the work he was doing to \u201cshare the knowledge that chimpanzees really are like us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2018I definitely wish we could have carried on with that marriage because it was a good one,\u2019 Goodall said (Getty Images for Sierra Club)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThey were soon married for ten years from 1964 to 1974 and welcomed one child together, Hugo Eric Louis.<\/p>\n
In terms of the couple breaking up, Goodall said their relationship \u201cended gradually.\u201d She explained that National Geographic <\/em>stopped paying van Lawick to come to Gombe in Tanzania, where she was studying chimpanzees. <\/p>\n\u201cHe had to go on with his career and he got some money to do films on the Serengeti, and I couldn’t leave Gombe,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to stay \u2026 I couldn’t leave Gombe, and so it slowly drifted apart. And it was sad.\u201d <\/p>\n
Despite the relationship not panning out, the primatologist reflected on the decision, saying it was \u201cthe right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, she added: \u201cYou know, I definitely wish we could have carried on with that marriage because it was a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n
One year after her divorce from van Lawick, Goodall married Tanzanian parks director Derek Bryceson, who left her widowed in 1980. <\/p>\n
She has previously talked about her relationships with the two men, revealing in an interview with People<\/em> back in 2020 why she decided not to get married a third time after Bryceson\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\u201cWell, I didn’t want to,\u201d she told the publication at the time. \u201cI didn’t meet the right person, I suppose, or potentially the right person.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had lots of men friends, many,\u201d Goodall added. \u201cI had lots of women friends, too. My life was complete. I didn’t need a husband.\u201d<\/p>\n
In light of how both of her marriages ended, she told the publication that they still had a profound impact on her life. \u201cIf I hadn’t married him, there wouldn’t be a Gombe today,\u201d she said about Bryceson, noting he helped her establish the Gombe Stream National Park. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf Hugo hadn’t come along, the chimp story [probably] would have ended,\u201d Goodall added.<\/p>\n
She also noted: \u201c Unfortunately, they were both extremely jealous. Both of them. Even jealous of women friends. They were really jealous and possessive … How I could do it twice? I don’t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Jane Goodall has opened up about her first marriage and how she wishes it could have played out. The 91-year-old primatologist was a guest Wednesday on Alex Cooper\u2019s Call Her Daddy podcast, where the two spoke about relationships and how Goodall was able to handle both her job and a love life. She met her first husband, the late National Geographic photographer Hugo van Lawick, when his magazine sent him to take photos of Goodall while she was studying chimpanzees in Africa. \u201cThey wanted to make a film and they wanted good photographs, so they sent Hugo van Lawick, and I really didn’t want him to come,\u201d she told Cooper. \u201cI hadn’t met him because I just wanted to be there with the chimps, you know. I didn’t want anybody, and I was afraid they’d be scared of him and, you know, all my hard work would be undone.\u201d Goodall quickly learned about van Lawick\u2019s love of animals and appreciated the work he was doing to \u201cshare the knowledge that chimpanzees really are like us.\u201d \u2018I definitely wish we could …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}