Jo Wood

Josephine Wood (née Karslake; born 15 March 1955) is an English model, television personality and entrepreneur. She is the former wife of the Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. She accompanied him regularly on tour, looking after his diet.

Wood worked as a model until she was 22 and was The Sun's "Face of 1972".

Family In 1973, Wood eloped with Peter Greene in Las Vegas. They had a son in September 1974. They divorced in 1976.

She met Ronnie Wood in 1977. They married on 2 January 1985. They have two children together. She and Ronnie Wood divorced in 2009.

Wood has ten grandchildren: Four from Jameson (Jamie), two from Leah, and four from Jesse.

Mrs. Paisley's Lashings In 2009, Wood set up her own pop up restaurant 'Mrs Paisley's Lashings' with Arthur Potts Dawson. The restaurant was set up in Wood's house with her aim to promote sustainable dining and green living.

Charity

Wood supports various charities. In January 2009 she went to Bangladesh with the People Tree Foundation to support the production of ethical and fair-trade fashion, and in August 2010 she made the pilgrimage to the sacred Mount Kailash in Tibet with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev writing features for National Geographic Green Guide and Hello! magazine. Wood also visited Sadhguru's Project GreenHands initiative in India which plants trees to help combat the effects of climate change.

In 2009 she worked alongside daughter Leah to promote 18 Degrees of Inspiration for climate change charity Global Cool. In the same year she also joined the 10:10 project, a movement that encourages people to reduce their carbon emissions.

Television appearances

Wood makes regular appearances on television, which have included Heston's Feast, Mary Queen of Shops, Britain's Got More Talent, Market Kitchen and Who's Doing the Dishes. In 2009, she partnered Brendan Cole in the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. The duo was eliminated in Week 6 of the competition when they received 14/40 for their samba. she talks to other celebrities and members of the public who believe they have had close encounters or simply think there are other planets with life in the universe.

Writing Wood writes editorial columns in Fabulous & Natural Health magazine and has written a book called How to Look and Feel Healthy, Energetic and Radiant the Organic Way.

In November 2019, Wood released an autobiography, Stoned: Photographs & treasures from life with the Rolling Stones. She published Hey Jo in February 2013. In 2025, Wood published her debut novel, The Resurrection of Flo.