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"Melissa George has revealed that she thinks Russell Simmons is &amp;quot;extraordinary&amp;quot;. The Australian actress, who split from Simmons earlier this year, said that she did enjoy a &amp;quot;big love&amp;quot; with the 54-year-old hip-hop mogul, but their relationship was impossible because of the long distance between them.  &amp;gt; Melissa George joins BBC One spy thriller &amp;#039;Nemesis&amp;#039; George said when asked by Herald Sun if she has a thing for older men: &amp;quot;I do, but Russell&amp;#039;s not old at all. He&amp;#039;s younger than most, really. He&amp;#039;s so vibrant; he&amp;#039;s the air everyone should breathe.  &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s an extraordinary man. He&amp;#039;s a yogi and vegan and healthier than 20 men put together. And he makes me laugh until I&amp;#039;m rolling on the floor.&amp;quot; George continued: &amp;quot;We have a big love. It&amp;#039;s something that&amp;#039;s not going to be easy to let go of, but I&amp;#039;m on a job and he&amp;#039;s busy. I was going back and forth and we had a great holiday in St Barts. But, at some point, a man needs a woman around.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s something we need to figure out, but we&amp;#039;re very, very close and good friends. I have two more months of work here and then I&amp;#039;ll be back in New York, so we&amp;#039;ll see.&amp;quot; It was originally reported that the actress left her husband Claudio Dabed for Simmons, but she said: &amp;quot;I had six months on my own before I met Russell.&amp;quot; George said that she is currently having &amp;quot;the best year&amp;quot; of her life, adding: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m having a good old time. It&amp;#039;s been a lot of fun and I think it&amp;#039;s only going to become more fun.&amp;quot; She also said that she is &amp;quot;enjoying&amp;quot; living the single life, &amp;quot;but respectfully&amp;quot;. &amp;gt; Melissa George &amp;#039;ended marriage because of desire for children&amp;#039; Watch a Digital Spy interview with Melissa George below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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