Peter Holm

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Peter Holm (born June 13, 1947) is a former pop singer and Swedish playboy who was married to actress Joan Collins between 1985-1986. He was 12 years her junior and sported a blonde mane with a center parting. He became her manager and co-produced two of her mini-series, Sins and Monte Carlo.

According to Collins, the marriage quickly degenerated into a string of "interminable arguments... and hearty crockery-throwing rows." She said Holm was a bully with a ferocious temper and "the most combative person I've ever met."

The marriage was annulled in December 1986 and Holmes was locked out of Collins's new house. Undaunted, he gave poolside interviews in leopard-skin briefs blaming Collins's identification with her Dynasty character. "Joan is consumed by Alexis, that's why she' s doing this. She really loves me and I love her and we'll get back together, I know it." He contested a pre-nuptial agreement, limiting him to 20 per cent of Collins's $5 million earnings during their 13 months together. Collins hired flamboyant divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson and the proceedings became a media circus.

When Holm and his supporters picketed Collins's Beverly Hills house waving placards, he became a national punchline. David Letterman joked about Peter Holm's Top 10 Grievances Against Joan Collins, which included "No. 5. Wouldn't Support His Campaign for Presidency of 'Weaselly Gigolo Club'" and "No. 2. Somebody Finally Told Him What 'Parasite' Means."

At the trial, Mitchelson produced Holm's secret lover, an aspiring starlet called Romina Danielson, and grilled her so intensely she fainted on the stand, conveniently revealing her cleavage right by photographers.

Holm lost his case, collecting only $1 million as agreed in the pre-nup. A New York radio station hosted a fundraiser for him and he retreated to Switzerland. Directly after her final court appearance Collins famously declared "I don't need a husband, what I need is a wife!"

Holm's pre-Collins singing career began with a psychaedelic phase in the late 60s before his high-pitched voice found its natural home doing Euro pop. His best known song is "Monja" aka "Monia" in the French version. Other songs included "Syster Jane" and "You Will Be Mine."

Collins gave her candid side of the break-up in Second Act, her second volume of memoirs, and subsequently referred to him only as "the Swede."