Derryn Hinch's final love story: the relationships that defined Australia's loudest voice

Derryn Hinch is gone. The radio shock jock and sometime politician died at 82 after years of health troubles, leaving behind a messy, dramatic love life that was almost as loud as his on-air persona.

The man made headlines for what he said on the microphone, but he made tabloid gold for who he was saying it to. Hinch married multiple times, each union seemingly more contentious than the last. His relationships had a habit of exploding very publicly — the kind of breakups that newspapers actually covered because Hinch was always willing to talk about them.

His final romance was framed as his most passionate, described as a "raging inferno" by those close to him. After everything else — the marriages, the affairs, the very public feuds — this last relationship apparently burned brightest. Whether that's romantic or just another chapter in a life lived loudly depends on who you ask.

What made Hinch's love life genuinely newsworthy wasn't just the affairs themselves. It was that he refused to keep quiet about any of it. While other public figures might've hired PR firms to manage their image, Hinch went on his show and talked about it. He got angry. He defended himself. Sometimes he didn't.

His ex-partners occasionally fired back through the same medium — radio interviews, press statements, the whole circus. These weren't private disputes. They were broadcast entertainment, which, honestly, was exactly how Hinch would've wanted it.

The radio personality had built a career on being the guy who said what everyone else was thinking but wouldn't dare speak aloud. That same fearlessness (or recklessness, depending on your view) defined his romantic choices. He didn't hide, didn't apologize excessively, didn't play the game most celebrities play.

Whether that made him admirable or just stubborn is something people will probably argue about now that he's dead. But there's no denying he lived exactly how he wanted to live — messy, loud, and completely unfiltered. His relationships were no different.