Despite being a chart-topping heartthrob in the wildest era of rock ‘n’ roll excess, singer Richard Marx claims he never gave in to the endless stream of groupies vying for his attention during the height of his fame in the 1980s and ’90s.

In an exclusive interview with Page Six, the Grammy-winning heartthrob of hits like “Right Here Waiting” admitted he had his share of attention, but added, “Of course I had groupies, but that wasn’t really much of a trapping for me back then.”

According to Marx, he had two reasons for steering clear of obsessed fans and their wild temptations.

“I was already dating the woman who would become my first wife,” he said of his first wife, “Dirty Dancing” star, Cynthia Rhodes. “And we were together for almost 30 years.”

Marx also said he did not want to

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