Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan did not need candlelight, roses, or some carefully staged celebrity getaway to make their romance feel alive. During a 2021 PEOPLE interview, Susan revealed that one Amsterdam tour date took an unexpectedly dark detour through a torture museum, describing the outing as a “kinky, fun date” while discussing how the couple protect their time together. Rather than pretend the destination was too bizarre for polite conversation, Duff fired back with the perfectly timed five-word wink: “Nothing wrong with that either.”
And honestly, that tiny reply said more than any glossy anniversary speech could have managed. The Guns N’ Roses bassist did not turn the museum visit into a grand philosophy of marriage, nor did he try to sell a strange tourist stop as a universal blueprint for couples everywhere. He simply let the joke land, proving that after years together, shared laughter may matter just as much as the supposedly romantic details people expect from famous couples.
Their Amsterdam memory came up while the pair reflected on keeping date nights alive amid the relentless motion of Duff’s touring life. For many long-term couples, the glamorous image is usually the first thing to crack once flights, schedules, children, work demands, and exhaustion enter the picture. But Susan and Duff made their answer feel refreshingly unpolished: sometimes the date is not a five-star dinner, sometimes it is wandering into a museum built around humanity’s creepiest historical instincts.
That may sound less like romance and more like a challenge issued by a very weird travel guide, but that is exactly why the exchange works. Susan embraced the oddness instead of apologizing for it, and Duff’s response made clear he was happily in on the bit. Their chemistry was not presented as flawless, staged, or endlessly sentimental; it came through as two people still capable of surprising each other and still willing to laugh when the evening takes a wildly unexpected turn.
There was no new song being promoted, no movie scene to decode, and no dramatic red-carpet confession designed to dominate headlines. Just a married couple talking about the practical work of preserving fun when one partner spends huge stretches of life on the road with one of rock’s biggest bands. That context made Duff’s comment hit even harder, because it turned an unusual date into a small but revealing sign that the relationship still has room for spontaneity.
In the end, “Nothing wrong with that either” was not a rulebook, a relationship lecture, or a declaration that every couple needs a torture-museum date to survive. It was a dry, affectionate little punch line from a husband who understood the assignment: keep showing up, keep making time, and occasionally let your date night get gloriously strange.