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The 30 Biggest Age Gaps In Celebrity Relationships
Celebrities. They're just like us, only they're not. They live far more glamorous lives than us mere mortals. However, they're just like us in that they often go looking for love. However, as we've seen by many a celebrity news headline, their romances are often not as long-lasting. There is also the question of age. Many celebrities seem to have quite the age gap romances. Or perhaps that's just scrutiny from the media. I mean, everyday people do age gap romances all the time, too.
While the normal age gap between partners is usually just a few years, like 3-5 on average, some people have much more significant ones. And celebrities are no exception. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars can sometimes surprise us with romances that vary in age. It's a bit icky to think that some of these celebrities were already grown adults when their partners were born. Let that sink in for a moment. Nevertheless, let's explore this list of age gap romances!
[post_page_title]Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, 10 years[/post_page_title]
Adam was a bit of a playboy before he settled down. I'm sure anyone from the early naughties remembers. But then he finally settled down in June 2012 after meeting his future wife Behati. At the time Levine was 34, while Prinsloo was 24. Probably one of the shorter age gaps, this romance didn't begin without its fair share of drama. Levine got with Prinsloo after ending a relationship with Prinsloo’s close friend and fellow VS model, Anne Vyalitsyna.
The couple became engaged in 2013 and later married in Cabos, Mexico in 2014. They had their first baby girl, Dusty Rose, in 2016, who was then followed by another baby girl, Gio Grace, in February 2018.
[post_page_title]King and Queen of Bhutan, 10 years[/post_page_title]
This couple is 10 years apart. 39-year-old King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his 29-year-old wife Jetsun Pema first met at a picnic when Jetsun was only 7 years old. Do the math and it's got a bit of a creep factor.
Although Jetsun Pema is technically a commoner, her family has lots of connections to the royal family. There's a rumor that while at the picnic, seven-year-old Jetsun innocently confessed her love for the teenage prince. He was touched by her confession and made her a promise that when she grew up he would marry her if they were both still single and in love. Eventually, they married in 2011, and Justin gave birth to their son in 2016. Cute story, but still a little weird.
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[post_page_title]Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder, 10 years[/post_page_title]
Thirty-one-year-old Reed and 41-year-old Somerhalder both began their relationship in 2014, something which greatly excited vampire fans everywhere. Both Reed and Somerhalder each starred in very successful vampire franchises - Reed in Twilight and Somerhalder in the Vampire Diaries.
Reed and Somerhalder got engaged after six months of dating. An excited Reed accepted and the couple married that same year. The couple had their first child, a baby girl named Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder, in July of 2017.
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[post_page_title]Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, 11 years[/post_page_title]
This couple who have an 11-year-old age gap engaged in July 2018 after only two months of dating. That same year, the couple hosted an array of lavish wedding ceremonies in December. There were two complete ceremonies as well as multiple festivities in India. While the age gap has been brought up by fans, the couple couldn't care less.
In fact, all Nick seems to prefer older ladies. A source close to Jonas has stated, "The age difference is not a big deal to them whatsoever. He loves dating older women, and if anything it makes Priyanka even more attractive to him." The source also added that Jonas has "always been very mature for his age” and is “an old soul.”
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[post_page_title]Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, 11 years[/post_page_title]
This couple met back in the early part of 2010 when Lively was only 22 and Reynolds was 33. They met on the set of Green Lantern but didn't begin dating until 2011.
The couple then married in September 2012. They don't seem to let the age gap make much of a difference, as they seem happily married and are parents to two little girls, James and Ines. They always appear together on red carpet events arm-in-arm.
[post_page_title]Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender, 11 years[/post_page_title]
This cute couple began dating in 2014, not long after they met on the set of The Light Between Oceans. At the beginning of the relationship, they kept it lowkey in front of the cameras.
However, 30-year-old Vikander and 41-year-old Fassbender got outed as newlyweds when they returned from Ibiza in 2017, following a very secretive wedding.
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Everyone's favorite power couple goes way back to 2001, when 32-year-old Jay-Z asked out the then 20-year-old Beyonce. The couple tied the knot on April 4, 2008 during a super-secret wedding ceremony.
The couple welcomed their first baby, Blue Ivy Carter, in 2012. Then Beyonce broke the internet a few years later in 2017 when she announced the impending arrival of the couple's twins on Instagram. Later that year, the couple welcomed Rumi and Sir.
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[post_page_title]Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, 12 years[/post_page_title]
This Desperate Housewife and her Shameless actor husband had quite the long trip to the alter. Prior to getting married in 1997, the couple dated on and off for 15 years. At the time of marrying, Macy was 47 and Huffman was 35.
Regarding marriage and her hesitation, Huffman told Tribune News: "I was so scared of marriage that I thought I would've preferred to step in front of a bus." Looks like she's since gotten over it since the couple now have two daughters together - and we've seen the headlines regarding the college thing, right?
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[post_page_title]Julius Tennon and Viola Davis, 12 years[/post_page_title]
This celebrity couple have been married since 2003. Fifty-four-year-old Davis first met 66-year-old Tennon on the set of the TV show, City of Angels.
Regarding the couple's first meeting, Davis told People magazine: “The only thing I thought was, 'He’s good-looking. He’s really good-looking.'" While Tennon has two kids from previous relationships, both Davis and Tennon adopted their daughter Genesis in 2011.
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[post_page_title]Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey, 13 years[/post_page_title]
This couple met in a Los Angeles nightclub back in 2006. At the time, McConaughey was 36 and Alves was 23. It wasn't happily-ever-after right away. In fact, it took some convincing on McConaughey's part to get Alves to go out with him.
The couple finally began dating and McConaughey proposed to Alves on Christmas Day, 2011. The pair then married in June 2012. Together, they have three children: sons Levi and Livingston and daughter Vida.
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[post_page_title]Megan Fox and Brian Austin, 13 years[/post_page_title]
This couple got their start back in 2004 on the set of the sitcom Hope & Faith. At the time Fox was barely 18 years old. Not weird at all.
The couple became engaged in 2006 but then split three years later. It wasn't the complete end, however, since they later reconciled and married in 2010. Together, Austin and Megan Fox have three boys, as well as Fox being a stepmom to Green's son from a previous relationship.
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[post_page_title]Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness, 13 years[/post_page_title]
We keep seeing age gaps where the man is older than the woman, but this celebrity couple has the reverse. 51-year-old Jackman met his wife, 64-year-old Lee-Furness, on the 1995 set of the Australian show Correlli. The show served as Jackman's breakout role following drama school.
The couple married in 1996. Afterward, they adopted two children together: Oscar and Ava. Hugh Jackman told People that despite their age difference, he's still more of the adult in the relationship. "I’m literally the adult in the relationship. She’s just like a little kid. I’m the [one saying], ‘Babe, this is not a legal parking spot," says Jackman.
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[post_page_title]Guy Ritchie and Jacqui Ainsley, 13 years[/post_page_title]
This couple has been together for five years. During that span of time, they have had three kids together.
The couple finally made the decision to make it official in 2015 during a lavish summer wedding ceremony.
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[post_page_title]Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, 15 years[/post_page_title]
A very cute couple indeed, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia began dating in 2004, and in typical lesbian fashion, the relationship moved pretty quickly. By 2005, the couple were living together and Ellen told People: "It's the first time that I've known in every cell of my being that I'm with somebody for the rest of my life."
It took a little while for them to make it down the aisle because same-sex marriage hadn't been legalized in the state of California. When it finally was, the couple married in 2008 and have been together ever since.
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[post_page_title]Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 16 years[/post_page_title]
The One Tree Hill actress and The Walking Dead actor were set up by Morgan's Supernatural co-star, Jensen Ackles, and began dating in 2009.
In 2010, the pair welcomed their son Gus. They were married in 2014. Then, in 2018, they welcomed daughter, George Virginia.
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[post_page_title]George and Amal Clooney, 17 years[/post_page_title]
The world was shocked when eternal bachelor George Clooney announced his engagement in 2014. Then 52-year-old decided to settle down with Amal Alamuddin, an international human rights lawyer, who was 35-years-old at the time.
The couple officially married in September of 2014, only a year after meeting, in a lavish Venetian wedding. They welcomed two kids, twins Ella and Alexander, in June 2017.
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[post_page_title]Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy, 17 years[/post_page_title]
One half of the Olsen twin, Mary-Kate has an age gap romance with French banker Olivier Sarkozy. Following two years of dating, the couple became engaged in 2014.
Sarkozy and Olsen married in a small ceremony in 2015, where the party decor apparently included "bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes." An interesting choice to say the least. The couple currently live in a $6.25 million townhouse in New York.
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[post_page_title]Jason Statham and Rose Huntington-Whiteley, 20 years[/post_page_title]
This couple with a 20-year age gap began dating back in 2010. They confirmed their engagement in January 2016.
A year later, Jason and Rose announced the news that they were expecting their first child. The model gave birth to the couple's son, Jack Oscar Statham, on June 24, 2017.
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[post_page_title]Princess Charlene and Prince Albert, 20 years[/post_page_title]
This couple first met in 2000 at a swimming competition in Monte Carlo. At the time, Princess Charlene was 22 with Prince Albert II of Monaco being 42.
The couple then dated for 10 years before finally getting engaged in 2011. That same year, they married in a lavish royal wedding. Princess Charlene wore a stunning Giorgio Armani gown.
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[post_page_title]Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, 22 years[/post_page_title]
This couple first met in 2002 at the Golden Globe Awards. At the time Ford was 60 and Flockhart was 38. The pair continued to date for seven and a half years before Ford proposed to Flockhart on Valentine's Day 2009.
The couple then married in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the same year. Together, they adopted a son.
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[post_page_title]Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson, 23 years[/post_page_title]
Another couple where the woman is older than the man. Sam announced her engagement to Aaron in 2009. It caught fans by surprise since they have 23 years between them.
According to the Daily Mail, the couple met when Sam was directing the film Nowhere Boy. In a 2014 interview, Aaron supposedly told Men’s Health: “She’s such a young, beautiful soul that you wouldn’t even know.”
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[post_page_title]Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis, 23 years[/post_page_title]
Another couple with 23 years between them is Emma and Bruce Willis, who tied the knot in 2009. They have two daughters together despite their age gap.
The Sixth Sense star was previously married to Demi Moore before he married his second wife Emma. They seem to be doing pretty well together.
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[post_page_title]Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, 25 years[/post_page_title]
While this couple may have an age gap that is a whopping 25 years, they actually share the same birthday: September 25. The couple met in 1996 after they were introduced at the Deauville Film Festival.
In 1999, Douglas proposed only a month after confirming rumors that Zeta-Jones was pregnant. The actress gave birth to son Dylan later in 1999, in August. The couple were wed in November 2000. Following a brief separation in 2013, they reconnected and are happier than ever.
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[post_page_title]Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, 25 years[/post_page_title]
There is a total of two and a half decades between media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his wife, former-model Jerry Hall. Previously to marrying Murdoch, Hall was married to Rolling Stones front-man Mick Jagger - with whom she had four kids - before splitting in 1999.
Murdoch was also previously married and has children from those unions. Despite the age gap and previous marriages and kids, the pair fell in love. The 60-year-old Hall and 85-year-old Murdoch married in 2016 and look happy.
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[post_page_title]Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, 26 years[/post_page_title]
This couple is 26 years apart! When they met in 2011 Hilaria was working as a yoga instructor, the couple moved quickly into a relationship.
In 2013, Hilaria gave an interview with Beach magazine and said, “Five months into our relationship, we got an apartment together; then we started talking about getting married; then he proposed; then we got married; now we have a kid. So it all went quite fast!” Together the couple has four children.
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[post_page_title]Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster, 27 years[/post_page_title]
In 2007, the legendary rockstar Rod Stewart married his girlfriend, model Penny Lancaster. She is his third wife, proving that the third time is the charm.
The couple have two sons together - Alastair Stewart who was born in 2005 and Aiden Stewart who was born in 2011. However, Rod Stewart also has six other kids from his previous marriages. That's a lot of children.
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[post_page_title]Eliot Spencer and Stephen Fry, 30 years[/post_page_title]
Stephen Fry played the iconic role of Oscar Wilde, and it seems like he has something in common with the historical figure: a much younger lover.
Fry and Spencer are 30 years apart. But that didn't stop them from hitting it off in 2014 when they first met. As reported by The Sun, the couple married a year later in 2015.
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[post_page_title]Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, 31 years[/post_page_title]
This celebrity couple got the gossip flying in 2015 when star of American Horror Story, Sarah Paulson, confirmed her relationship with the much older Holland Taylor.
In a 2016 interview with the New York Times, Paulson said, "What I can say absolutely is that I am in love, and that person happens to be Holland Taylor."
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[post_page_title]Alexis Roderick and Billy Joel, 33 years[/post_page_title]
Billy Joel has had several wives. In 2015, he married his fourth, and now-wife, Alexis Roderick at home in his Long Island estate. Hopefully, fourth time is the charm.
Together, the couple welcomed their daughter Della Rose in 2015. Their second daughter Remy Anne was born in 2017.
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[post_page_title]David Foster and Katharine McPhee, 34 years[/post_page_title]
Can you imagine being 34 and looking at a baby and being like, "that's my future wife?" Yeah neither can I. But somewhere along the way, ages change and suddenly a 34 year age difference isn't that weird. At least it's not to David Foster and Katherine McPhee."It doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but it does to us," McPhee said about their relationship in an interview with People.
This couple first met in 2006 when Foster was mentoring McPhee and other Season five American Idol contestants. While they didn't get together right away, the dating rumors started flying in 2017, following Foster finalizing his divorce from Yolanda Hadid. Foster and McPhee confirmed their engagement in 2018.