Paulina Porizkova shares warning for women after husband's death left her broke and 'devastated'

Paulina Porizkova is getting candid about being publicly disinherited from her late husband's will.

The former supermodel, 57, is on the cover of SheKnows magazine's "The Money Issue" where she opened up about struggling with her finances after ex-husband Ric Ocasek died.

Porizkova was "searingly" honest on social media after she was left out of Ocasek's will. Speaking on that decision, she said, "I wish I could have just given it up on Instagram and [said], ‘I'm so fu-ed right now. Like, I don't have money for groceries, and my friends are buying all the food, and I’m freaking out about trying to sell my house. 

"But that would have been sawing off my legs at the knee. It would have made me feel better, but it would have screwed me."

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Porizkova first met The Cars singer in 1984 on the set of the music video of "Drive." She was 19 at the time, and he was about 40. 

Ocasek died in 2019. 

"I was so devastated and so crushed, I couldn't make myself a sandwich or take a shower, never mind go to a business manager or an accountant and try to figure out what the hell I'm supposed to be doing with my finances," she told the magazine.

Fast-forward four years, Porizkova still is unsure after taking over her own finances.

"I don't feel confident," she said. "I've spent 57 years of not knowing sh-t about finances, stuffing it into teddy bears and giving it to business managers. I didn't suddenly wake up one day and become financially savvy. I still feel like I'm learning this in little bits." 

Porizkova said turning over her finances to her husband in the first place was a "mistake."

"Handing over the responsibility of my autonomy to somebody else — what a terrible mistake that was," she admitted. 

"It's not that I made a mistake in trusting [my husband]; the mistake was in handing myself over to him like, ‘Here. You take care of me.’ That was a tremendous lesson, and one I've learned well. I'm never handing myself over to anybody ever again." 

The former couple married in 1989, but after nearly 30 years of marriage, they decided to separate in 2018 after Porizkova said she decided to support him amid marital struggles in 2018. 

At the time, Ocasek was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Porizkova said, "He was the only guy who didn’t thank his wife on the podium."

On an episode of "Red Table Talk" in November, Porizkova said she started openly dating even though she and Ocasek still lived together in separate bedrooms and was in love with another man when her husband died.

Porizkova and Ocasek shared two sons together. "Witnessing the pain of my children was probably one of the worst things that has happened to me," she said on Jada Pinkett Smith's show, fighting back tears. 

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Not only was she disinherited from Ocasek's will, leaving her broke, but Porizkova was also abandoned by her boyfriend on the day she was moving out of the home she shared with Ocasek "when I probably need him most."

"Now I’m 57, and I’m in the dating pool," she laughed. "It’s a small pool – dirty little puddle. It sucks." She said men her age willing to date women her age have already slept with her friends. 

"There’s like five guys we keep passing around," she joked. 

Chris Hemsworth fans support 'Thor' star amid retirement claims after learning he's high-risk for Alzheimer's

Chris Hemsworth put his mind and body to the test for the National Geographic and Disney+ docuseries, "Limitless."

After thorough genetic testing, Hemsworth discovered he has two copies of the APOE4 gene – one from his mother and one from his father – which studies link to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. 

Adding more severity to the discovery, the National Institute of Health recorded in a 2021 study that one in four people carry a single copy of the gene, but less than 3% of the population have both.

Despite the recent release of the trailer for "Extraction 2," rumors have swirled that Hemsworth is "slowing down" on the work front.

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A source told Page Six that while Chris isn't exactly retiring, "he doesn’t plan to take on many roles because of [learning about his high risk for] Alzheimer's."

"Stay healthy Chris! We love you, you’re such a great actor and if it’s true you are taking a break from acting, we support you because your health comes first," one fan wrote on Instagram.

Another wrote, "Take care of your health Sir. We're all praying for you. Love you 3000."

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"May it be long past for your illness," another fan wrote. "You have a very happy family. I hope you can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's to the lowest levels. We love you Chris."

Hemsworth is set to star in "Furiosa" with Anya Taylor-Joy, a sci-fi flick in post-production and slated for a 2024 release.

He's also the only actor billed in the as-yet untitled Hulk Hogan biopic, and will portray the wrestling legend whose full name is Terry Bollea.

His claim to fame, though, is starring as the God of Thunder – aka "Thor" – in a handful of MCU movies, a role he'll reprise for "Avengers: Secret Wars" in 2026.

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Hemsworth does not have any more future projects listed on his IMDb account.

In November, the Australian actor revealed he completely changed his life after finding out about his genetic makeup. He told Vanity Fair that the discovery was his "greatest fear."

"There was an intensity to navigating it," he said of hearing the news. "Most of us, we like to avoid speaking about death in the hope that we'll somehow avoid it. We all have this belief that we'll figure it out. Then to all of a sudden be told some big indicators are actually pointing to this as the route which is going to happen, the reality of it sinks in. Your own mortality."

Knowing he was predisposed helped him navigate the next steps to actively benefit his mind and body.

"If you look at Alzheimer's prevention, the benefit of preventative steps is that it affects the rest of your life," the "Thor: Love and Thunder" star said. 

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"When you have preposition to cardiovascular heart disease, cancer, anything—it's all about sleep management, stress management, nutrition, movement, fitness. It's all kind of the same tools that need to be applied in a consistent way." 

Shooting "Limitless" helped Hemsworth reevaluate what was most important in his life – his family.

"It really triggered something in me to want to take some time off," he said. "And since we finished the show, I've been completing the things I was already contracted to do. Now when I finish this tour this week, I'm going home and I'm going to have a good chunk of time off and just simplify. Be with the kids, be with my wife."

He said that acting still "excites" him, but it's time to recharge and focus on the future. 

"I'm in a state of, not passive, but a little more surrendering to [the idea that] things are as they are. I don't mean that in a sort of apathetic way, but there's a stillness to my thinking about it all now," Hemsworth said. "I can talk to you for hours about what I want to do, but it doesn't fill my head 24/7 like it used to. That's not out of having lost any of the passion for it, it's just a sense of contentment, and with being very proud of what I've done and the experiences I've had. I welcome whatever comes next."

He added, "I'm not talking about retiring by any means, but like you said: it's a more curated approach to things."