We can't get enough of celebrity romances, to be honest. You may always check up on the latest relationships and marriage proposals on our site. We delight in witnessing happy marriages. However, one thing that frequently baffles us is how some of the most well-known celebrities date someone half their age.

As hackneyed as the "older men are sexier" mentality has been for a long time, some prominent men go overboard and embrace it. Putting the joking aside, there are many healthy partnerships where the age gap is more significant. There is no denying that Leonardo di Caprio and Steven Tyler's constant flings with young ladies have us scratching our heads.

The story of Michael Douglas, for example, has a happily-ever-after ending. Or, ahem, Hugh Hefner, it becomes, um, inappropriate. Many males in Hollywood are dating women half their age, and we couldn't help but wonder about this. Take a look at some of the best-known male celebrities with long-term relationships with younger ladies.

Dina Ruiz and Clint Eastwood

It's hard to believe Clint and Dina Eastwood (née Ruiz) have already married for 17 years. In 1996, the pair married and moved to Carmel, California, to avoid the paparazzi's attention. According to People, the couple decided to call it quits due to a fundamental difference in values, notwithstanding their 35-year age gap.

Eastwood, who was 65 years old in 1996 when he married for the second time, is well-known for his secrecy. The reality show Mrs. Eastwood and Company, which averaged 1 million viewers every episode on Dina's reality show, was supposedly at odds with this.

His two daughters, Morgan and Francesca, were also featured on the show, although he was said to be outraged that Dina put them on television. Clint stopped wearing his wedding band halfway through the first season, and the couple supposedly separated.

During this trying time, Dina reportedly sought emotional assistance from a former high school classmate, Scott Fisher. Erica Fisher (Scott's wife) feared their relationship wasn't platonic, so she contacted Clint.

According to some reports, there was a romance between Erica and Clint, and Dina went to treatment for a broken heart. Dina began seeing Scott in the following months and married him in 2016. An episode of Wife Swap between Eastwood and Fisher was a dramatic one, to put it mildly.

Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison

The career of Courtney Stodden is another one of those celeb puzzles. When she was just 16, she married middle-aged Lost actor Doug Hutchison, who was 51. They are 35 years apart in age. As a result of Stodden's unorthodox marriage, she became famous in series like Couples Therapy. Considering that her parents had to cosign on her wedding since she was legally too young to consent, her relationship has become tabloid fodder.

Afterward, Stodden gave the nation the creeps by periodically exposing unflattering details of their contentious union, including dubbing the 51-year-old a "tiger" in bed. Stodden made a public plea for Hutchison's return on Instagram after they split in 2017 but changed her mind again. Stodden's young life was spanned across their brief marriage, which lasted only six years.

Her mother supposedly stated in 2017 that the union was a colossal error. You get it from a woman who had an ongoing relationship with her daughter's husband.

Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart

Despite their 26-year age gap, they appear to be genuine. The couple renewed their vows at their 45-acre Essex estate in 2017 to mark their tenth wedding anniversary. Five of Stewart's children from past relationships were also in attendance. That doesn't mean the pair hasn't had their ups and downs during their decade-long union.

Lancaster's Louboutin wedding shoes were tragically killed in Paris when she snapped a heel. Despite his estimated net fortune of $235 million, Stewart once made Lancaster dine at Subway. For a $5 footlong, she was willing to put up with anything for the sake of her lover.

But Lancaster's most significant contribution to Stewart's life was his appearance on Strictly Come Dancing. He became a parent for the eighth time at the age of 66. According to the latest reports, a Ferrari is the vehicle of choice for his children's school pick-ups.

Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere

Wedded in a civil ceremony in 2018, Richard Gere and Alejandra Silva are beautiful Spanish activists and publicists. Gere, 68, and Silva, 35, have been dating since 2014, and their age gap didn't make much of a difference.

Logically, Gere and Silva would wish to keep their wedding a secret, as this is Gere's third marriage and Silva's second. They were rumored to be planning a wedding reception in New York City at a later date.

Genre told HOLA! that he had finally discovered the "peaceful and joyful life" he had been searching for (via US Weekly). Govind Friedland and Silva had a son, Albert Friedland, during their marriage from 2012 until 2015. Carey Lowell, the actress Gere has a son, Homer, and is his second wife.

Paige Butcher and Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy, the venerable comic, and 18-year-old model and actress from Australia, Paige Butcher, have not yet tied the knot. After dating for a few years and tying the knot, the couple welcomed a baby boy in December of that year.

Butcher and Murphy welcomed their second child, a healthy baby boy, and it was Murphy's 10th child overall. When asked, "How isn't Eddie Murphy in some more movies?" the Shrek star has eight additional children from four different relationships. He's had a lot on his plate.

Murphy said to Entertainment Tonight that he has a large brood "My children are the rays of hope in my darkest days. Even the old, gray, bald ones are crucial to my worldview."

At the very least, it appears that the sentiment is shared by "Sources within the couple tell People that "They are all about family." Eddie's children are very close to Paige. They go on vacation and celebrate holidays as a unit. For Paige, motherhood is a joy and a privilege."

It is nice that Butcher and Murphy's kids from prior relationships get along, but we wonder how uncomfortable it was when they realized that Butcher's oldest son, Eric, had been born at 9.

Shawn Southwick and Larry King

When it comes to a relationship, Larry King is a master. If Shawn Southwick's marriage to the late-night TV host is as rocky as his previous eight marriages.

A year-long affair between Southwick, 26 years younger than the TV host, and public-speaking master Richard Greene came to light in 2016. In public, King appeared unconcerned about the reports, but sources say he was split about whether or not to stay with his 19-year marriage. Family members allegedly urged King to quit the relationship because the duo was purportedly sleeping in different bedrooms. Claims that King agreed to an open marriage were circulating at the time.

King and Southwick's relationship has been the subject of tabloid scrutiny before. According to People, their divorce was finalized three months after they filed for divorce, who reported the news. All this bad news may be a waste of time since the pair has appeared happy on the red carpet in previous years.

That being said, King has even made light of their age. I'm come to tell you that if she dies, it will be her fault.." In August 2019, King filed for divorce from Southwick for the second time.

Anne Stringfield and Steve Martin

Funnyman An intimate 2007 wedding between Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield, a former New Yorker writer, was held at their home. Even though Stringfield is 26 years younger than the Saturday Night Live star, they started a family. In 2012, Martin, who was 67, became a father for the first time to Stringfield, who was 41.

In Martin's opinion, having children now was the best moment because it would have been too selfish for him to have done so earlier in life. The Daily Telegraph afterward quoted him saying, "Oh, it's fantastic—you have all the time in the world" (via Vanity Fair). "You have a lot of time on your hands because you're not pursuing a career."

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

In the past, the romance between the two was the kind of publicity a movie studio would die for during the shooting of The Rum Diaries, where Depp portrayed a journalist smitten with Heard's free-spirited young character. The two fell in love and have been together ever then.

Depp was flaunting his wedding ring and boasting about having 100 children by 2014 when the two celebrities started dating in 2012. They married in 2015 when he was 51, and she was 28 years old, and he was the most senior of the two.

However, there was a dark side to this seemingly happy love story. Even in 2014, the relationship may have been abusive, according to a text message obtained by E! An ugly divorce ensued, with shocking videos of Depp's aggressive behavior.

Heard contributed $7 million of the settlement to charity, and they issued a joint statement that appeared odd in light of the numerous allegations against him. The statement read, "Our relationship was incredibly passionate and tumultuous, but always connected by love." Fortunately, there were not 100 children involved in the legal battle.

Ottavia Busia and Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain shared their vital, talented, and young characteristics with his late Parts Unknown co-host. After splitting from his first wife, he married Ottavia Busia, a 22-year-old woman.

She reportedly traveled to the United States with just $300 in her wallet and worked her way up the New York City restaurant industry. The famed chef was smitten with her from the minute she ate a lobster on their first date. "After just a few dates, they'd both had matching tattoos of chef's knives. His marriage to Ottavia and becoming a father resulted from a two-week divorce from his first wife in 2007. "Dedicated to his and Busia's daughter, Ariane.

Age didn't seem to be a problem for two people with so much in common at first, but things quickly changed. "After my shift ended, we'd get together and speak about my day at work over a few drinks. If anyone else was bored or horrified, he found it entertaining "Married to a Chef interviewed her in 2011.

Busia acknowledged that she didn't like it when it came to being on television. Instead of accompanying him on filming trips, she concentrated on her MMA training at the Renzo Gracie Academy. According to reports, after nine years of marriage, the couple had grown apart and decided to separate ways. In June of this year, Anthony Bourdain died. His girlfriend at the time was a 19-year-old Italian actress named Asia Argento.

Solange and Alan Ferguson

Solange Knowles' career exists in the shadow of Beyoncé. Let's face it. Solange has Beyoncé beat when it comes to marrying older men, however. It's no secret that Beyonce is married to Jay-Z, an older man by 12 years. With Alan Ferguson, who is 23 years her senior, Solange has overcome the May-December age gap. In numerical terms, that's double digits over Beyonce. Do you even know if that is legal?

For Solange, who was so enamored with Alan that they married at the age of 28 and 51 in 2014 in New Orleans, it didn't matter one bit. Solange's prior marriage may have played a role in her attraction to her much older boyfriend. According to Harper's Bazaar, she married her high school lover after becoming pregnant with his child at the age of 17. Solange was "emotionally and mentally... significantly older" after their divorce in 2006.

That may be why Solange chose Alan over Pete Wentz and Janelle Monae once they introduced them. A "waiting on you — waiting for you to approach me" type of situation doesn't describe how I act when I'm not "ancient school." Dang. Who is in charge of the entire world?