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Billy Corgan said wife Chloe Mendel’s youth gave their relationship an “advantage” because she had not been “wounded” by life like many women from his generation.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman said Mendel brought self-confidence and openness to love when they began dating in 2012, when she was 19 and he was about 44.

Corgan and Mendel became engaged in 2022, married in 2023, and now share three children.

Billy Corgan has an explanation for why things worked out with his wife, Chloe Mendel, who is 26 years younger than him. According to the former TNA Wrestling president and Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Mendel's youth gave their relationship an "advantage" because, unlike some women from his generation, she hadn't been "wounded" by life.

Mendel was 19, and Corgan was 44, when they began dating in 2012.

The 59-year-old rocker unpacked that theory during an Oct. 22 appearance on The New York Times' Popcast .…