It is an sadly widespread phenomenon of our society that males will typically date youthful girls — particularly relating to male celebs. Quite a lot of well-known male celebs have even “dated” youngsters. I say “dated” as a result of a few of these individuals have been actually minors — and albeit, for my part, in the event you’re “courting” 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 might be really creepy, and I seen there have been a ton of celebs nominated for allegedly problematic relationships with minors and youngsters. Learn 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 photographs got here out of them kissing, and later when Ecimovic was accused of grooming Brown, he agreed, although he then said, “Every part that I did was fully authorized” and that he “had nothing to apologize for,” additionally alleging Brown’s mother and father have been fantastic with the connection.
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Woody Allen’s sexual abuse allegations are well-documented, however his relationships with youngsters are lesser-known. Apart from 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 Engelhardt claimed they’d dated when she was 16 and he was in his 40s.
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Kobe started courting his future spouse Vanessa when she was 17 and nonetheless in highschool — the 2 turned engaged when she was nonetheless a senior. The 2 have been collectively till his loss of life 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 reality, Stymest even joined her household on trip a number of 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 is 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 seven years older than her. The 2 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. Simply days after Tyga denied they have been courting, Kanye West, then Jenner’s brother-in-law, mentioned, “I believe he received in early, I believe he was sensible. They’re nearer in age than plenty of relationships I do know.” Tyga then appeared to substantiate their relationship on Instagram a month later.
Kylie’s sister Khloé Kardashian additionally appeared to substantiate they have been courting when Complicated requested her in regards to the two: “I believe at 16, I used to be in all probability fucking somebody that was of their 20s, for positive. I wouldn’t say I used to be even courting, in all probability simply sleeping with them. However once more, Kylie isn’t a standard 17-year-old.” Tyga additionally received a tattoo of Kylie’s identify.
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Because the lead singer of Aerosmith, Steven Tyler has been beloved for many years. However for some cause, individuals 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 find out how to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it.”
It is possible that Tyler is referring to Julia Holcomb, who really sued him final yr for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional misery again within the ’70s. Like Tyler said in his memoir, she claims that Tyler persuaded her mom to signal over guardianship to him, which is corroborated in Tyler’s personal memoir, through which he writes “her mother and father 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. The 2 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 stories they dated earlier than she was 18.
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Equally, 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 couple of yr, so it is unclear when the connection turned from coworkers to courting, although they’d 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 ultimately satisfied her mother and father to let her transfer to the US and reside together with his household (however not him) when she was 17. Nevertheless, she quickly moved in with Elvis as an alternative. She was nonetheless in highschool.
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Anthony Kiedis of the Pink Scorching Chili Peppers additionally admitted to a relationship with a minor. He as soon as informed the story of a Catholic faculty lady who had come to his live performance that he slept with, and her ultimately 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 house instantly. So, we had intercourse yet 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 is also 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 a number of months later — Ryder turned 18 in October 1989 (4 months later), and in accordance 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 received 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.
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Jimmy Web page, in accordance 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 Web page has ever addressed or responded to those claims.
Lori claimed he “principally kidnapped” her after telling her he was going to be along with her, then typically 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 by no means thought there was something incorrect with it, however perhaps there was. I used to get letters telling me he was a pedophile, however I’d by no means consider him like that.” However 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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Yet one more rockstar who “dated” an underage lady? Invoice 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 they’d intercourse when she was 14. Wyman didn’t instantly contradict these claims, however mentioned, “It wasn’t the way it was reported to be. Lots of people understood, however quite a bit 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 understand she was so younger. That is the one lady I ever went out with who was that younger. I wasn’t courting her. We simply went to a restaurant, and that was it.” He confirmed their relationship a number of 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 they’d met when she was 17, and she or he referred to as it “love at first sight.” Nevertheless, her music “29” is all about “courting” a 29-year-old at 17 and feeling taken benefit of, and plenty of consider it is about Valderrama.
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In reality, this seems to be a sample for Valderrama. He additionally dated Mandy Moore when she was “16 and 17,” in accordance 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 submit 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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On the time of his loss of life at age 40, Paul Walker was courting 23-year-old Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell. The 2 had reportedly met and began courting when Pilchard-Gosnell was solely 16, and Walker was in his early 30s.
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Lita Gray was solely 8 when she met Charlie Chaplin, and the 2 later reconnected through the casting course of for his movie The Gold Rush, when Lita was 15 and Chaplin was in his mid-30s. They started “courting,” and Gray received pregnant…so Chaplin secretly married her to keep away from felony expenses, in accordance 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 situation 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 eventually, we’ll finish on one the place they might not have dated till they have been each of age, however that is nonetheless fairly sus: René Angélil and Céline Dion. Whereas Angélil and Dion didn’t formally begin courting till she was 19, Dion mentioned their romantic relationship had begun round a yr earlier. And Dion had recognized Angélil since she was 12 years outdated, when the then-38-year-old turned her supervisor, calling him “a part of the household” and saying she’d pined for him in secret. They later married.
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