Love Knows No Bounds: Loved-up Celebrities With Large Age Gaps
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Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko: 13 Years
It must be true what they say: opposites attract! At 6″6 and 5″1, the actress and Ukrainian boxer looked quite the part when going out together. Panettiere rose to fame from her time on Nashville and they two fell in love back in 2009.
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At the time, she was 24 and Klitschko was 37. The couple shares a baby daughter today, but sadly they split in 2018. It is unclear why they decided to separate, but they officially called off their engagement to the horror of fans everywhere.
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Don McLean and Paris Dylan: 49 Years
The biggest age gap on our list belongs to Don McLean and Paris Dylan. With 49 years between them, the American Pie singer is nearly three times older than her!
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It’s unsure how long the 73-year-old and 24-year-old have been dating, but Instagram photos of the two of them go back to November 2016. Here they are in Paris together. Do you approve of the romance?
Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke: 46 Years
The Mary Poppins star has found the perfect way to stay young! In 2012, the 92-year-old married Arlene Silver, a lady 46 younger than him! They met in 2006 during the SAG Awards.
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They probably won’t have a long marriage, but one thing is for sure: Van Dyke is clearly having fun in his golden years. He is double her age.
Sean Penn and Leila George: 32 Years
There’s an ‘impressive’ amount of years between Sean Penn, 58, and his 26-year-old girlfriend, Leila George. The two started dating in 2016 and appear to still be very much in love.
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Sean Penn has previously been married to Madonna and Robin Wright. His daughter, Dylan Penn, is six months younger than George.
Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey: 13 Years
The Oscar-winning actor met his lovely wife in a Los Angeles nightclub all the way back in 2006. Apparently, Camila Alves was not totally impressed by the star at first and needed convincing to accept his date proposal!
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Now, the two of them are happily married and share three children together – two sons Levi and Livingston and a daughter called Vida. Two of their children were already born by the time their wedding came around in 2012.
These two first met in 2002 at the Golden Globes ceremony and hit it off from day 1. They dated for seven years in total before Harison Ford finally popped the question in 2009. As the true romantic, he did it on Valentine’s Day – how could she say no?
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They had a wedding that year in New Mexico and the two of them adopted a son together. At 76, Harrison Ford is kept young by the energy of Calista Flockhart and a younger child.
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They say love is blind. When we find that special someone who makes us happy, smile, protected, or supported – all we want to do is put a ring on it. Sometimes people marry for more questionable reasons, such as money or fame.
Here are some celebrities who have found each other and settled down together – despite an unconventional age gap between them. Whether it’s grabbing a bite in their local restaurant or strutting down the red carpet, these couples sure know how to make an impression!
Celine Dion and René Angélil: 26 Years
Celine Dion met her husband, René Angélil, when she was 12 years old and he was 38. They began as professionals – he was her manager – and their relationship was kept a secret until 1991.
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He was such a fan of her talent that he mortgaged his own home to fund her first album. The two remained happily married until his passing in 2016. The couple had a set of twins, Eddy and Nelson, and Rene Charles.
