Supermodel Helena Christensen pays tribute to former boyfriend Michael Hutchence

Helena Christensen has remembered her late boyfriend Michael Hutchence, 25 years after the INXS star’s death.

Danish supermodel Helena Christensen has shared a series of stunning throwback photos of her and former boyfriend, Michael Hutchence, 25 years after the INXS star’s death.

Christensen was in a four-year relationship with Hutchence after he split from Kylie Minogue in 1991.

On the anniversary of his death, she wrote: “Hey Michael, was just on the phone with some friends of yours who all love you very much.

Helena Christensen dated Michael Hutchence in the early 1990s. Picture: Getty Images

“We shared some beautiful memories and of course we laughed a lot cause being around you was so fun and joyous.

“You made everyone feel alive and loved, there was always such a magical light around you ~ a light that will never go out.

“Thank you @fabrizioferriofficial for sharing these contact sheets with me. ️

The stunning black and white photos showed the then loved up couple topless and looking completely smitten.

Helena Christensen has posted an emotional tribute to Michael Hutchence. Picture: Instagram

Celebrities such as Natalie Imbruglia, Julianne Moore, Jamie Oliver, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington all posted messages of support.

The post came after Hutchence’s half-sister Tina, lashed out at Christensen for not revealing the INXS star suffered a brain injury during a holiday in Denmark in 1992.

Tina Hutchence said her family only found out three years ago that her famous brother suffered a brain injury after he was punched by a Copenhagen cab driver.

Tina Hutchence said she remained “angry” with Christensen for not letting the star’s family know what had happened to him.

Helena Christensen pictured at Michael Hutchence’s funeral in Sydney in 1997. Picture: Supplied

“I know Michael was so happy with Helena and there was a time when I could not imagine them not being together,” she told The Sun.

“But I did feel angry when I first found out about the assault, as I felt it was her duty to say something to his family.”

Tina Hutchence said the family were distressed about the “awful stories” about the star following his death, including that he died from a sex act gone wrong. She said the model could have privately contact their family.

“There were all these awful stories about Michael after he died, so for Helena not to tell us about the head injury was wrong. She was very close to our parents and could have easily reached out,” she said.

Bono has revealed he cut ties with Michael Hutchence due to the INXS singer's drug use. Picture: Supplied

“I’m sure that if Michael didn’t have that accident in Denmark, he would still be with us today.”

It comes as U2 frontman Bono recently opened up about the deterioration of his friendship with Hutchence after the INXS star spiralled into heavy drug use.

In his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story Bono wrote that he and his wife Ali Hewson were close with Hutchence and later with his partner Paula Yates after she and the INXS frontman got together in 1994.

But he says things changed when Hutchence and Yates went into “free fall – spiralling down the vortex of a recreational drug use that had become hard work for everyone, especially their family, especially the younger ones”.

Helena Christensen said Michael Hutchence’s “light will never go out”. Picture: Supplied

“As their behaviour changed, our friendship became strained and we grew uncomfortable during their visits,” Bono writes in the book.

He says the friendship was over for good after Hutchence and Yates asked Bono and Hewson to be godparents to their daughter Tiger Lily who was born in 1996.

Bono says the couple were so “wigged out” by Hutchence and Yates’ drug use, that they declined, hoping the troubled couple would re-evaluate their choices.

The move only estranged the two couples further.

“It only made them think again about us,” Bono writes.

“That we can half live with our conscience is no substitute for the fact that we can’t live at all with our friends. They are gone.”

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