Russian-born beauty Oksana Grigorieva, the girlfriend of Mel Gibson's child, is ready to step out into the limelight on her own terms - not as the girlfriend of an A-list celebrity. The 39-year-old classical pianist, who is releasing her debut pop album “Beautiful Heartache” on iTunes and her own web site through Gibson's Icon Entertainment, has been a subject of fascination since the Oscar-winning director and actor went public with their relationship after his wife of nearly 30 years, Robyn, filed for divorce in April 2009. Grigorieva said she is very much in love with the “Braveheart” actor, but plans to keep separate residences for now. She wants the public and media to learn who she is. “I'd like to be judged if so, by my art, by my music. That's primarily why I'm here. Of course, if the tabloids wrote the truth about most of people, maybe it would be really boring,” Grigorieva told Reuters in her first interview. Grigorieva also has a 12-year-old son, Alexander, with former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton, but she and Dalton parted ways seven years ago and share joint custody. Asked whether or not marriage was on the table, Grigorieva grinned: “Marriage? I don't know. If it happens, I'll tell you. We're just very happy. He's an amazing man,” she said.
