Love conquers all — even vital age gaps.
Whereas the age distinction between a pair can current some challenges, these {couples} have managed to make their relationships work. From Beyoncé and Jay-Z who’re 12 years aside to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi who’re 16 years aside to Holland Taylor who’s 30 years older than her love, Sarah Paulson, these celeb pairings have confirmed that age can generally simply be a quantity.
Beneath, see among the celeb {couples} who’ve massive age gaps however are utterly suitable nonetheless.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé
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Age Distinction: 12 years
Married: 16 years
Jay-Z and Beyoncé have been collectively because the early aughts and although they’ve a 12-year age distinction between them, the facility couple have managed to make their lengthy relationship work.
The pair, who started courting someday between 2000 and 2001, received married in an excellent secret ceremony in 2008.
Requested whether or not or not she felt stress to get married, Bey told Ellen DeGeneres, “I imply it is totally different for everybody, I used to be actually younger [when we first began dating] I am solely 27. So I used to be actually younger and I really feel prefer it’s necessary for men and women to have their very own objectives and their very own life earlier than they’ll full another person.”
They share three youngsters — daughter Blue Ivy, 12, plus twins Rumi and Sir, 7.
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon
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Age distinction: 12 years
Married: 21 years
Viola Davis has has by no means been shy about letting the world know that her husband Julius Tennon is an answered prayer.
“I mentioned I need a huge Black man from the South who’s most likely been married earlier than. Has youngsters, as a result of I do not need any stress in that division,” she informed Oprah of her prayer again in 2022.
“Somebody who’s perhaps been an actor who understands the creative group,” she continued. “Somebody who goes to church and loves God. I mentioned, ‘When you give me that, I am going to begin going to church, God. I actually will. I am dedicated to it.’ After which I signed off, similar to writing a letter.”
Shortly thereafter, Davis met her husband on the set of the CBS sequence Metropolis of Angels in 1999. They wed in 2003.
Davis and Tennon share daughter Genesis, 14, whom they adopted in 2011.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
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Age Distinction: 15 years
Married: 16 years
Although Ellen DeGeneres and her spouse Portia de Rossi first laid eyes on one another in 2001, it wasn’t till 2004 that they received collectively romantically. On the time of their first assembly, de Rossi hadn’t publicly come out as a lesbian, however she informed PEOPLE it was love at first sight. “I keep in mind considering that she was the good, most fascinating, stunning, funniest particular person I would ever met,” she mentioned.
The couple dated for 4 years earlier than getting engaged in Might 2008. They tied the knot in August of the identical yr.
Camila Alves McConaughey and Matthew McConaughey
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Age Distinction: 13 years
Married: 12 years
Former PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive Matthew McConaughey received his coronary heart stolen by his now spouse of 12 years, Camila. The pair met at a West Hollywood nightclub known as Hyde in 2006 — and the connection was prompt.
“She confirmed up, and she or he moved proper to left in entrance of my eyes throughout that membership,” the actor informed PEOPLE of their first assembly. “It was as if she was floating. And I didn’t say, ‘Who’s that?’ I mentioned, ‘What is that?’ After which launched myself. Since that night, I’ve not wished to spend time with every other lady.”
The pair welcomed their son Levi Alves on July 7, 2008 after which added to their household with Vida Alves born on Jan. 3, 2010. They’d go on to get married in June 2012 earlier than welcoming their third youngster Livingston Alves on Dec. 28, 2012.
Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Age Distinction: 23 years
Married: 12 years
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his spouse Sam first met when he was auditioning to play a younger John Lennon in Sam’s directorial debut concerning the musician’s adolescence, Nowhere Boy again in 2008.
Sparks instantly flew and the pair started courting and had been engaged by 2009. And whereas the pair fell in love effortlessly, they’ve needed to navigate the chatter round their age distinction.
“I assume that curiosity was extra once we received collectively, which was now 14 years — initially, was fairly intense,” the Again to Black director admitted on BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life.
“And that type of fascination, as a result of he’s youthful than me, which you understand, we couldn’t actually fathom the fascination … it’s type of gone away a little bit bit.”
Aaron and Sam welcomed their first youngster collectively, a daughter named Wylda Rae, in 2010 and adopted up with one other child woman named Romy Hero in 2012 earlier than they received married that very same yr.
Aaron can be stepdad to Angelica and Jessie Phoenix, Sam’s older daughters, whom she shares together with her ex-husband Jay Jopling.
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Age Distinction: 25 years
Married: 24 years
It appears the important thing to Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ long-lasting relationship is open admiration. The couple, who share the identical birthday — September 25 — posted candy tributes to one another this yr, with Zeta-Jones writing, “Glad Birthday to Michael and to me!! This was us on our birthday 25 years in the past!” alongside a black-and-white throwback pic of her husband planting a kiss on her cheek.
Douglas then responded, “To my birthday sister, I really like you with all my coronary heart! Might your new yr be the most effective! @catherinezetajones ❤️,” in his personal birthday publish.
The couple first met again in 1998 on the Deauville Movie Pageant. They had been engaged in 1999 and received married the next November. They share two kids — son Dylan, 24, and daughter Carys, 21. Douglas additionally has on older son, Cameron, 45, whom he shares together with his ex-wife Diandra Luker.
Via their 20 years collectively, Zeta-Jones and Douglas have by no means made their age distinction a problem.
“My husband is 25 years older than me; that is not a secret,” she informed the Wall Street Journal in 2021.
“With any relationship, it would not be regular if there weren’t any ups and downs. The fixed is love is respect. We have by no means, ever misplaced our humorousness, and we get pleasure from one another’s firm.”
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
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Age Distinction: 20 years
Married: 14 years
Although they’ve been married for 14 years, Harrison Ford and his spouse Calista Flockhart have been collectively for 22 years, because the pair began courting in 2002.
The Indiana Jones actor met the Ally McBeal alum at 59th Golden Globe Awards in 2002 and although Ford was nonetheless married to his second spouse Melissa Mathison on the time, she had filed for authorized separation in 2001. Their divorce was later finalized in 2004.
Ford and Flockhart would go on to create a quiet life collectively. He adopted Flockhart’s son Liam, 22, who she had welcomed through adoption in 2001, previous to having met Ford.
The actor can be father to 4 different kids — Malcolm, 38 and Georgia, 34, who he shares with Mathison, in addition to Benjamin, 58, and Willard, 55, whom he shares together with his first spouse, Mary Marquardt.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham
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Age Distinction: 20 years
Collectively: 14 years
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham have been collectively since 2009. The British couple crossed paths at a celebration in London and “it was prompt chemistry,” she mentioned in a Q&A session on her Instagram Story, per The Daily Mail.
The pair have been going sturdy since then. They received engaged in January 2016, and welcomed their first youngster collectively, son Jack Oscar, on June 24, 2017. They then expanded their household 5 years later with the delivery of daughter Isabella James on Feb. 2, 2022.
Requested what the most effective a part of being with an older man is, Huntington-Whitely informed Glamour, “His data and power are actually inspiring and enticing, and that may include a person who’s had a little bit of time.”
She continued, “We have now a connection that has nothing to do with age. Work comes and goes, however in case you have somebody at residence who thinks you are the best particular person on the planet, that retains you going.”
Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston
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Age Distinction: 31 years
Married: 10 years
Going to the gymnasium turned out to be nice for Jeff Goldblum in additional methods than one: He met his spouse, former Olympian Emilie Livingston, at Equinox.
“We had been at Equinox on Sundown Blvd., the gymnasium. I noticed her from throughout a crowded room, and I marched as much as her, entranced, and started some form of dialog,” he informed Wired of their meet-cute.
They received married in November 2014 and welcomed their first son, Charlie, lower than a yr later, in July 2015. They welcomed their second son, River, in April 2017.
Although he admitted there are some generational variations Goldblum told Hoda Kotb, “Properly, to this point, I am stuffed with vitamin A and nothing has gone fallacious,” because of the age hole.
Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor
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Age Distinction: 30 years
Collectively: 9 years
Proving that sliding into somebody’s DMs completely works, Holland Taylor caught the eye of Sarah Paulson after hitting her up on X, previously Twitter, in 2015. Although the actresses had crossed paths years prior, it wasn’t till they began speaking on the social media platform that fireworks sparked.
They’ve been collectively since and are publicly loopy about one another, although Taylor did not too long ago say she often does fear about their age distinction.
“We have now a giant generational distinction between us, which worries me for her sake. However, you understand… what can I do?,” she mentioned. “We do have a beautiful resonance. We’re very fascinated with the identical sorts of issues, and but we share huge variations.”
