Celebrity Couples Who Didn't Let an Age Gap Stand In Their Way

A lot of famous couples typically differ in age. In Hollywood, age doesn't seem to matter. Between George and Amal, Leo and Camila, find out what other celebrities tied the knot with decades between them.

George and Amal Clooney, 17 Years

The Hollywood superstar and international human rights lawyer George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin officially married in 2014. They had a gorgeous Venetian wedding in Italy. Despite their 17 year age gap, they're one of Hollywood's closest couples.

Welcoming Twins

In 2017, George and Amal had a set of twins, Ella and Alexander. They keep their personal lives extremely private and live mostly in Lake Como, Italy. There have been some pregnancy rumors swirling recently about whether or not the couple is expecting again.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, 11 Years

This former Gossip Girl star and the current Deadpool have been together since 2011. They met while filming Green Lantern in 2010 when Lively was just 22 and Reynolds was 33. They got married in September of 2012.

Three Little Girls

The celeb couple is now parents to three girls, James, Inez, and Betty. They have brought their kids to a few events, but mostly they keep their private life to themselves. They are currently raising their family in Canada, where Reynolds is from.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila Morrone, 23 Years

The couple has been together for three years, meeting when Morrone was just 19. While DiCaprio is now 43, the age gap doesn't seem to bother them one bit. They keep a very low profile,  but she did accompany him to the 2020 Academy Awards.

Living a Normal Life

Hollywood knows DiCaprio loves to keep his life very under wraps. He even goes so far as to wear disguises in public. Looks like Morrone has no issue with their lowkey lifestyle, either, because they are frequently spotted doing everyday things like running errands or walking their dog. 

Beyoncé and Jay-Z, 12 Years

These two music icons met back in 2001 when Beyoncé was just 20 and Jay was 32. They'd been off and on for seven years until secretly tying the knot in 2008. The various scandals that have surrounded their relationship, like Jay-Z cheating, fueled her "Lemonade" release, but the couple is still going strong.

Party of Five

In 2012, Bey announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child, a daughter named Blue Ivy. In 2017, she famously broke the Internet with another pregnancy announcement, and she later gave birth to twins Sir and Rumi. Blue Ivy has made appearances within her parents' music careers and even placed on the Billboard charts.

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, 11 Years

The youngest Jonas Brother proposed to actress Priyanka Chopra after just two months of dating. She is 11 years older than him, but it doesn't bother either of them at all. Jonas has always loved dating older women, and he thinks he's very mature for his age.

Two Traditional Weddings

Once the two announced their engagement, they made plans for two traditional wedding ceremonies. Both wanted to honor Chopra's Indian heritage, so one celebration was held in India, and one was held in the United States. Both were equally as beautiful and romantic.

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger, 10 Years

After Pratt divorced actress Anna Faris, he started seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter, Katherine. They dated for a short time before getting engaged in January. They had their first child together in 2020.

Devoted To Faith

Pratt and Schwarzenegger are both devout Christians who are very open with their practice. Pratt "lives boldy in faith" in his marriage and enering into fatherhood for the second time.

Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, 10 Years

Maroon 5's Adam Levine has been married to model Behati Prinsloo since 2014. He met her after breaking up with her close friend Anne Vyalitsyna. Known for his womanizing past, it was a shock to Hollywood that he finally settled down, and with someone a decade younger.

Rockstar Daughters

In 2016, Prinsloo gave birth to the couple's first daughter, Dusty Rose. Their second, Gio Grace, was born in 2018. Following their births, Levine announced he would be leaving "The Voice" to focus on his family.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia Di Rossi, 15 Years

The talk show host and actress have been married since 2008 when California legalized same-sex marriage. They met in 2004, and despite the 15 year age gap, they moved in together the following year. DeGeneres said of Di Rossi, "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." 

A Philanthropic Couple

DeGeneres and Di Rossi are one of Hollywood's champion couples for LGBTQ rights. They've appeared on nearly every red carpet, and Di Rossi has even been a guest on "Ellen." With her show facing major backlash in August of 2020, Di Rossi has still supported DeGeneres.

Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey, 13 Years

The Blockbuster actor met his model wife in an LA nightclub when she was just 23 years old. It took a lot of persuasions, but he eventually won her over and proposed in 2011. They have three kids, Levi, Livingston, and Vida.

Hollywood Heartthrob

Known for his womanizing roles in films like "Failure to Launch" and "How To Lose a Guy in Ten Days," McConaughey's career has turned toward the dramatic the last few years. He earned top credited roles in "Dallas Buyer's Club" and "The Lincoln Lawyer." His role in "Dallas Buyer's Club" earned him an Academy Award.

Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 20 Years

Statham, 52, and model Huntington-Whitely, 33, started dating in 2010. They confirmed their engagement six years later, but haven't married yet. They had their first child in 2017, a son named Jack. 

An Unconventional Romance

While they've been engaged for nearly five years, Statham and Whiteley are in no rush to tie the knot. They met at a London party in 2009, and they haven't looked back since. Despite the two-decade age gap, they feel age is just a number.

Scott Disick and Sofia Richia, 15 Years

Sofia Richie met her boyfriend Scott Disick when she was just 19 years old, and he was 34. They've been together since 2017, shortly after his off-and-on relationship Kourtney Kardashian entered another "off" period. Disick has three kids, all of which get along with Richie.

Matt Bomer and Simon Halls, 13 Yeras

Matt Bomer wed his partner Simon Halls when he was 34 and Halls was 47. The Magic Mike actor and his Hollywood publicist husband have been married since 2011. They have three sons, Henry, Walker, and Kit.

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz, 13 Years

The former supermodel married her 29-year-old Tokio Hotel guitarist husband when she was 45. They first started dating in 2018 and tied the knot the following year with a lavish Italian wedding. She said of Kaulitz, "He's an amazing person. I couldn't be happier."

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, 25 Years

Though they're 25 years apart, Douglas and Zeta-Jones share the same birthday, September 25. They met at the Deauville Film Festival in 1996, and Doublas proposed in 1999 after confirming rumors that Zeta-Jones was pregnant. After a brief separation in 2013, they have since gotten back together.

Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher, 17 Years

After six years together, Butcher and Murphy announced they were getting married in 2018. They have yet to plan a wedding, but the notoriously private couple doesn't seem to mind the wait. They have two children together, Izzy and Max.

Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie, 39 Years

After breaking up with model Santa Auzina, who was 32 years younger than him, Quaid met Savoie. He proposed to her in 2019. "I didn’t go out looking for an age gap or someone really younger than me. I met her at a business event and then the relationship developed," he said.

Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston, 30 Years

The 67 year old actor married the 37-year-old former gymnast in 2014. The 30-year age gap doesn't seem to bother them one bit. Thye've welcomed two sons together since being married.

Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender, 12 Years

Vikander, 31, and Fassbender, 43, met in 2014 on the set of The Light Between Oceans. They kept their relationship under wraps from paparazzi for a long time. They were outed in 2017 after returning from their secret wedding in Ibiza in 2017.

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, 31 Years

Rumors started swirling about the American Horror Story star's new romance in 2015. Paulson, 41, has been dating Taylor, 72, for nearly five years. She said in an interview,  "What I can say absolutely is that I am in love, and that person happens to be Holland Taylor."

Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy, 17 Years

French banker Olivier Sarkozy, 50, married actress Mary-Kae Olsen, 33 in 2015. They married in a small ceremony where apparently the decor included bowls filled with cigarettes. They live in a townhouse in New York City.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, 12 Years

The Desperate Housewives actress dated the Shameless actor off and on for 15 years until marrying in 1997. Macy was 47, Huffman was 35. "I was so scared of marriage that I thought I would've preferred to step in front of a bus," Huffman said. 

The King and Queen of Bhutan, 10 Years

King Jigme Khear Namgyel Wangchuck, 40, and his wife Jetsun Pema, 29, met when she was just 7 years old. Though she doesn't have any royal connections by blood, her family does have lots of political connections to the royals. When they met, she innocently confessed her love for the prince, and they promised that if they were still single when they were older they would get married. 

Julius Tennon and Viola Davis, 12 Years

Davis, 54, has been married to Tennon, 66, since 2003. They met on the set of the TV show, City of Angels, and she told People magazine all about their first encounter. “The only thing I thought was, 'He's good-looking. He's really good-looking.'" They have an adopted daughter, Genesis, and Tennon has two children from previous relationships.

Princess Charlene and Prince Albert, 20 Years

This royal couple met at a swimming competition in Monte Carlo in 200, when Princess Charlene of Monaco was 22. They dated for 10 years before getting engaged in 2011. Charlene wore a gorgeous Giorgio Armani gown.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green, 13 Years

Fox, 33, and Green, 46, met on the set of Hope and Faith in 2004 when she was just 18. They got engaged in 2006 but broke up 3 years later before marrying. They reconciled in 2010 and married that year. They have three sons together but separated again in 2020.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness, 13 Years

Jackman, 51, met his wife, Lee-Furness, 64, met on the set of the 1995 Australian show Correlli, which was also his first big break. They married in 1996 and adopted two children, Oscar and Ava. He told People Magazine that their age difference doesn't affect them. "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."

Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder, 10 Years

Reed, 31, and Somerhalder, 41, started dating in 2014, and vampire fans were losing their minds. Reed played a leading role in the Twilight franchise, and Somerhalder played one of the brothers in Vampire Diaries. They got engaged after only six months of dating, and had a baby girl, Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder, in 2017.

Harrison Ford and Calista Fockhard, 22 Years

The Star Wars hunk met his wife at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards, when he was 60 and she was 38. They dated for seven years before he proposed on Valentine's Day in 2009. They married that year in Santa Fe, New Mexico and have one adopted son.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, 26 Years

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin first met in 2011 when she was working as a yoga instructor. They started dating quickly, and she told Beach Magazine in 2013 that, "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." 

David Foster and Katherine McPhee, 34 Years

Foster met McPhee when he mentored her on American Idol in 2006, but they didn't get together then. After he divorced Yolanda Hadid in 2017, dating rumors started to swirl. They confirmed their engagement in 2018. "It doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but it does to us," McPhee said.

Guy Ritchie and Jacqui Ainsley, 13 Years

After dating for five years and having three children together, Guy Ritchie and model girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley married in 2015. He is 51 and she is 38, and they had a lavish summer wedding.

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, 16 Years

The One Tree Hill actress and The Walking Dead star got together in 2009 after being introduced by fellow actor Jensen Ackles. They had a son in 2010 and a daughter in 2018. After a decade together, they had a surprise wedding in October 2019.

Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson, 23 Years

After working together on the set of Sam Taylor's film, Nowhere Boy, the pair started dating. They announced their relationship in 2009, to fans' shock. Of the age gap, Aaron said, "She’s such a young, beautiful soul that you wouldn’t even know."

Emma Heming Willis and Bruce Willis, 23 Years

Following his divorce from actress Demi Moore, The Sixth Sense and Die Hard star married his second wife, Emma Heming Willis, in 2009. They now have two daughters together. They get on well with Bruce and Demi's children.

Alexis Roderick and Billy Joel, 33 Years

In 2015, music icon Billy Joel married his fourth wife, Alexis Roderick, at his Long Island home. They have two daughters, Della Rose and Remy Anne. The age gap doesn't bother the couple or their families.

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster, 27 Years

The legendary rockstar married model Penny Lancaster in 2007. She is Stewart's third wife, and she gave birth to two sons, Alastair and Aiden Stewart. Stewart has six other children from previous marriages.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, 13 Years

The True Blood costars fell in love on set in 2008, and they married in 2010. They have fraternal twins together, a boy and a girl. Moyer also has two children from a previous marriage.

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall, 25 Years

There are two and a half decades  between media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall. She was previously married and has four children with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. They split in 1999, and Murdoch and Hall married in 2016.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross, 19 Years

The comedian and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star announced their engagement in 2011 and married the following year. They have a daughter, Marlow Alice Cross, in 2017. Tamblyn recently stated that she believed a woman who accused her husband of making racist remarks toward her.

Elliott Spencer and Stephen Fry, 30 Years

The couple met at a house party three years before marrying in secret. On the age gap, both say that they don't care what anyone says. "Humour is the key to everything," Spencer said, saying they laugh with each other all the time.

Camila Cabello and Matthew Hussey, 10 Years

The pop singer and British dating coach dated for a little over a year before calling it quits. They met in February 2018 at the Today set. They made their relationship debut at Vanity Fair's Oscars after-party in 2019. 

Bob Saget and Kelly Rizzo, 33 Years

This couple got married in 2018. He proposed during an episode of Stranger Things they were watching at home. "I got up to go to the restroom, and I opened the safe and I took out a ring that I had been hiding for four days and I got on one knee,” he said.

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith 11 Years

This couple has been together for 26 years. "My darling angel heart Keely, thank you for bringing such love and beauty into my life, for making these past twenty-six years the greatest joy of my life...Happy anniversary my brown-eyed girl," Pierce wrote on their anniversary.

David Tennant and Georgia Moffett, 14 Years

David and Georgia have been married for nearly a decade. They have five children together. They met on the set of Doctor Who where Georgia played David's character's daughter.

Elton John and David Furnish, 15 Years

The film Rocketman explores many of John's past relationships. Many of them were rocky, and while love didn't always come easily to him, he finally found the one later in life. The 72-year-old is married to Canadian filmmaker David Furnish, and they have two adopted children.

Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld, 17 Years

The comedian married his wife in 1999 after only a year of dating. Jerry, 65, and Jessica, 48, met while they were at the gym and she was still married to her first husband. Now, they have three teenagers and have been together for more than 21 years.

Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman, 18 Years

This relationship is a little bit of a scandal. Lauren and Simon started dating while she was still with her husband, real estate mogul Andrew Silverman. After Lauren got pregnant with Simon's child in 2013, they had to go public.

Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner, 20 Years

Kevin, 65, and Christine, 45, have been married since 2004. They broke up before their marriage after Kevin said he didn't want any more kids since he already had four. Eventually, they reconciled and he changed his mind and they had three more together.

Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble, 25 Years

The momager, 64, and her boyfriend, 39, have been dating since 2014 after her split with longtime spouse Caitlyn Jenner. While he gets along with most of the Kardashian clan, he did butt heads with Kourtney after he tried to give her parenting advice.

Steven Tyler and Aimee Preston, 39 Years

Tyler, 71, is engaged to Aerosmith's 30 year old assistant, Aimee Preston. They went public with their relationship in 2016. She also used to work for Victoria Beckham and the Trump family.

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