It’s an sadly widespread phenomenon of our society that males will usually date youthful ladies — particularly in terms of male celebs. A variety of well-known male celebs have even “dated” youngsters. I say “dated” as a result of a few of these folks have been actually minors — and albeit, in my view, in the event you’re “dating” a young person in your 30s and even 20s*, you are a predator.
Some time again, u/Pranav_p_n posed a query about beloved celebs which can be really creepy, and I seen there have been a ton of celebs nominated for allegedly problematic relationships with minors and youngsters. Read on to search out out which of your faves are simply main creeps.
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Millie Bobbie Brown was solely 16 when she reportedly dated then 20-year-old TikToker Hunter Ecimovic. They by no means went public with their relationship, however images got here out of them kissing, and later when Ecimovic was accused of grooming Brown, he agreed, although he then acknowledged “Everything that I did was completely legal” and that he “had nothing to apologize for,” additionally alleging Brown’s mother and father have been effective with the connection.
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Bret Michaels dated Tracy Lewis — who he later wrote “Every Rose has its Thorn” about — when she was 16 and he was in his mid-twenties.
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Woody Allen’s sexual abuse allegations are well-documented, however his relationships with youngsters are lesser-known. Besides having met his spouse when she was underage (she was his spouse’s adopted youngster — although they didn’t begin courting till she was of age), he additionally dated 17-year-old Stacey Nelkin when she was nonetheless in highschool, and Christina Engelhard claimed they’d dated when she was 16 and he was in his forties.
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Kobe started courting his future spouse Vanessa when she was 17 and nonetheless in highschool — the 2 grew to become engaged when she was nonetheless a senior. The two have been collectively till his demise in 2020.
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Lily-Rose Depp was solely 16 when she reportedly started courting 24-year-old mannequin Ash Stymest (who had beforehand been married and had a baby). In truth, Stymest even joined her household on trip just a few months after they reportedly started courting. They’re rumored to have damaged up after two and a half years, at which level they’d nonetheless by no means confirmed their relationship.
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Here’s one case the place the person wasn’t essentially well-known, however it was nonetheless tousled — Lorde was equally 16 when she started courting photographer James Lowe, who was 7 years older than her. The two reportedly cut up close to the top of 2015 after three years collectively.
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There have been heavy rumors that Kylie Jenner and Tyga have been courting when she was 17 and he was 25. Just days after Tyga denied they have been courting, Kanye West, then Jenner’s brother-in-law, mentioned, “I believe he obtained in early, I believe he was good. They’re nearer in age than lots of relationships I do know.” Tyga then appeared to substantiate their relationship on Instagram a month later.
Kylie’s sister Khloe Kardashian additionally appeared to substantiate they have been courting when Complex requested her concerning the two: “I think at 16, I was probably fucking someone that was in their 20s, for sure. I wouldn’t say I was even dating, probably just sleeping with them. But again, Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old.” Tyga additionally obtained a tattoo of Kylie’s identify.
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As the lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler has been beloved for many years. But for some purpose, folks appear to disregard the truth that he as soon as “dated” a 16-year-old. He actually admitted to it in his memoir, writing, “She was 16, she knew tips on how to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it.”
It’s seemingly that Tyler is referring to Julia Holcomb, who really sued him final 12 months for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional misery again within the ’70s. Like Tyler acknowledged in his memoir, she claims that Tyler persuaded her mom to signed over guardianship to him, which is corroborated in Tyler’s personal memoir, by which he writes “her parents fell in love with me, signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.” Tyler was 26 on the time.
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Chad Michael Murray proposed to One Tree Hill additional Kenzie Dalton in 2006, when she was a senior in highschool and he was 24. She was reported to be 18 on the time. They two had met when Kenzie was 17 (each episodes Kenzie appeared as an additional in have been filmed/aired when she was 17), although there aren’t any reviews they dated earlier than she was 18.
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Similarly, Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere didn’t announce that they have been courting till Panettiere was “barely 18” and he was 29 — however they’d been showing on the present Heroes collectively for a few 12 months, so it is unclear when the connection turned from coworkers to courting, although that they had denied courting prior to now.
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Elvis Presley met his spouse Priscilla in Germany when she was 14 and he was 24. They started a relationship that concerned mendacity in mattress with their arms round one another nightly — though Priscilla maintains they didn’t sleep collectively till they have been married. They stayed in contact after he went again to the US, and Priscilla says he finally satisfied her mother and father to let her transfer to the US and dwell along with his household (however not him) when she was 17. However, she quickly moved in with Elvis as a substitute. She was nonetheless in highschool.
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Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers additionally admitted to a relationship with a minor. He as soon as informed the story of a Catholic faculty woman who had come to his live performance that he slept with, and her finally revealing she was 14, a runaway, and her father was the chief of police — Kiedis mentioned, “I did need to get her the hell again dwelling instantly. So, we had intercourse another time.” He was in his mid-20s.
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He additionally “dated” Ione Skye when she was 16* and he was in his mid-20s. She even moved into his home.
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It’s additionally a bit unclear when Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder started courting — they met at a premiere in June 1989, when Ryder was 17 and Depp was 26. Depp described it as “love at first sight,” and mentioned they began courting just a few months later — Ryder turned 18 in October 1989 (4 months later), and in line with US Weekly, they started courting in February 1990.
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Melanie Griffith moved in along with her boyfriend Don Johnson when she was simply 15 after assembly him at 14 — he was eight years older than her. They later obtained engaged when she was 18, then cut up earlier than coming again collectively to remarry and have Dakota Johnson.
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Joel Madden dated teen Disney Channel star Hilary Duff for 3 years beginning when she was solely 16 — he was in his mid-20s.
(*29*)
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Jimmy Page, in line with Rolling Stone, started an affair with Lori Maddox (typically spelled Mattix) when she was 14 years outdated and he was in his late 20s. It doesn’t seem Page has ever addressed or responded to those claims.
Lori claimed he “basically kidnapped” her after telling her he was going to be along with her, then usually left her on the lodge with safety on the door. Lori — who additionally claimed she slept with David Bowie when she was underage — mentioned within the context of #metoo, “I never thought there was anything wrong with it, but maybe there was. I used to get letters telling me he was a pedophile, but I’d never think of him like that.” But she additionally mentioned, “I don’t suppose underage women ought to sleep with guys. I wouldn’t need this for anyone’s daughter.”
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One extra rockstar who “dated” an underage woman? Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones. He met 13-year-old Mandy Smith in 1984 (when he was 47), and married her after she turned 18 (allegedly having groomed her for these 5 years, whereas he was in his 40s). Smith mentioned that they had intercourse when she was 14. Wyman didn’t immediately contradict these claims, however mentioned, “It wasn’t the way it was reported to be. Lots of people understood, however lots didn’t, particularly the media.”
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Jerry Seinfeld was within the top of his fame, in his late 30s, when he equally “dated” a young person (Shoshanna Lonstein), although he claims she was 18 once they started the romantic side of their relationship. After she turned 18, he informed Howard Stern, “I didn’t realize she was so young. This is the only girl I ever went out with who was that young. I wasn’t dating her. We just went to a restaurant, and that was it.” He confirmed their relationship just a few years later.
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Demi Lovato initially equally claimed that she was 18 when her romantic relationship with 29-year-old Wilmer Valderrama started, although that they had met when she was 17, and she or he known as it “love at first sight.” However, her music “29” is all about “dating” a 29-year-old at 17 and feeling taken benefit of, and plenty of consider it is about Valderrama.
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In truth, this seems to be a sample for Valderrama. He additionally dated Mandy Moore when she was “16 and 17,” in line with Moore herself. Valderrama would’ve been in his early 20s.
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Valderrama additionally dated Lindsay Lohan when she was 18 — although they have been first linked when she was 17. On her 18th birthday, they have been seen kissing. He was 24.
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We clearly all know R. Kelly is a creep, however we could not go this entire publish with out mentioning him. Kelly famously married Aaliyah in 1994, when she was 15 and he was 27— a wedding that was annulled as a result of Aaliyah was too younger. Witnesses have claimed that R. Kelly started a sexual relationship with Aaliyah when she was 13 or 14.
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At the time of his demise at age 40, Paul Walker was courting 23-year-old Pilchard-Gosnell. The two had reportedly met and began courting when Pilchard-Gosnell was solely 16, and Walker was in his early 30s.
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Lita Grey was solely 8 when she met Charlie Chaplin, and the 2 later reconnected throughout the casting course of for his movie Gold Rush, when Lita was 15 and Chaplin was in his mid-30s. They started “dating,” and Grey obtained pregnant…so Chaplin secretly married her to keep away from felony prices, in line with Vice.
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Rocker Ted Nugent additionally “dated” a minor — Pele Massa — when she was 17 and he was 30. VH1’s Behind the Music even reported that he had gotten parental approval and have become her authorized guardian, however Nugent has since denied claims that he “adopted” her, and the guardianship problem is unproven.
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Beloved French singer Claude Francois reportedly had an affair with 17-year-old France Gall in 1964, when he would’ve been 25.
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And lastly, we’ll finish on one the place they could not have dated till they have been each of age, however that is nonetheless fairly sus: René Angélil and Céline Dion. While Angélil and Dion didn’t formally begin courting till she was 19, Dion mentioned their romantic relationship had begun round a 12 months earlier. And Dion had recognized Angélil since she was 12 years outdated, when the then-38-year-old grew to become her supervisor, calling him “part of the family” and saying she’d pined for him in secret. They later married.
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