Celebrity wives are no secret in Hollywood! There are women who see no shame in being in a relationship with far younger men – and they’re happy and confident about their preferences! We don’t think the guys have any issues either. It’s all about experience (and anti-aging creams), people! So what if you’re a generation or two apart? If it rocks your boat, go with it! Some have gone so far as to put a ring on it! However, others are ashamed it seems because they just refuse to admit they are into younger men! Whatever the case, the hottest celeb cougars are listed here for you to read about – enjoy!
Demi Moore - 15-Year Age Gap
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher didn’t just date – they got married in spite of a 15-year age difference between them. But alas, Kutcher reportedly cheated on Demi, with some blonde girl at some nightclub, some random night. It could have happened even if Demi was 20 years younger than she is, but that’s another story. Demi, being the determined woman she is, planned to take revenge for Ashton’s infidelity financially rather than emotionally.
Mariah Carey - 11-Year Age Gap
Mariah Carey seems ageless – she hasn’t aged a day in the last two decades or perhaps longer! She was married to Nick Cannon and they had an 11-year age gap, which didn’t actually cause any problems at all. In fact, perhaps they wouldn’t have gotten together if it wasn’t for the gap – as Nick is an unapologetic fan of cougars! While divorce settlements have been made, things are amicable between them and there’s still love and respect.
Robin Wright - 14-Year Age Gap
In 2011, on the set of Rampart, Robin Wright met Ben Foster and something started cooking. In early 2012, they were spotted cozying up to each other and from there, things just went with the flow. They dated on and off and ended their engagement in 2014, but only really threw in the towel in 2015. Their age gap is 14 years. Robin had mentioned that her relationship with Foster helped her move on from her painful split from Sean Penn.
Ellen DeGeneres - 15-Year Age Gap
Ellen DeGeneres became an American sensation mainly due to her daytime talk show. She's one of the richest women on the planet and well-known around the globe. Her Hollywood acting career did face some issues when she came out. However, as years passed, she became one of the biggest LGBT advocates. She met Portia De Rossi who appears in Suits, back in 2004. They tied the knot soon after legalization of LGBT weddings. They're still making it work and hopefully it'll stay that way!
Vivica A. Fox - 11-Year Age Gap
Vivacious Vivica A. Fox is one hot cougar – she’s well known for her preference for younger men, and her relationship with 50 Cent, eleven years younger than her, was hot gossip! But the gossip didn’t stop there; in fact, it escalated after their split! They had several public spats and the drama kept going! 50 Cent accused her of using the relationship as a publicity stunt – but she still claims he was the love of her life! Couples’ therapy, anyone?
Cameron Diaz - 9-Year Age Gap
Cameron Diaz hasn’t only dated men several years her junior. She’s been in a couple of relationships with guys her age too, and even one older – so we’ll call her a semi-cougar! She hooked up with Justin Timberlake, nine years her junior, and Tyrese Gibson, seven years younger. Diaz has mentioned, in a way, that she is drawn to people by “who they are, not what age they are." She had a private wedding and sealed the deal with Benji Madden in 2015, with an age gap of just six years between them.
Nicole Scherzinger - 8-Year Age Gap
With Nicole Scherzinger’s staggeringly good looks, there’s no question as to how she manages to date some of the hottest young guys around! Of course, a sizzling body helps – and would you believe she's not on a diet?! Anyway, Talan Torriero, her ex, is eight years her junior, and Lewis Hamilton is hardly any better at six years younger. Funny thing is, it was reported in In Touch Weekly that Scherzinger left Torriero because of the age difference – but only to date someone just two years older! Odd, to say the least. Well, such is Hollywood, no?
Susan Sarandon -31-Year Age Gap
If you thought Sharon Stone or Madonna were topping the list, that was only until Susan Sarandon entered the equation! Sarandon sure has been doing a good job at keeping the wrinkles at bay, for very few have snuck in for her age! Sarandon and her ex, Jonathan Bricklin, have a crazy 31 years between them! Sarandon shared her hurt feelings when Jonathan developed an interest in Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, Marina Picasso, who Sarandon claims she knows.
Katie Couric - 6-Year Age Gap
Katie Couric is the legendary newswoman who is married to John Molner, who happens to be six years younger than her. Brooks Perlin is her ex, who is 17 years her junior! Her ex-husband is 15 years younger than her – Jay Monahan. And so it can be said that she is a cougar indeed. Katie announced her engagement to Molner and created a stir – but he’s far better off than her exes when it comes to the age difference!
Sam Taylor-Wood - 23-Year Age Gap
Sam Taylor-Wood is finding her name more well known after she’s been signed on to direct Fifty Shades of Grey. She hit headlines with her marriage to Aaron Johnson, who put a ring on her finger in spite of the 23-year gap between them! He’s had to adjust to fame pretty quickly but he says he doesn’t handle intrusive questions well. Sam, on the other hand, is perfectly happy that she isn’t allowing herself to worry about “other people” and what they have to say about her choices. Hey, whatever works, guys!
Courteney Cox - 13-Year Age Gap
Courteney Cox is very much like her Cougar Town character – she’s got a taste for younger men. David Arquette and Courteney are six years apart and they were married for 14 years. It’s said she adopted a ‘motherly’ role in the marriage, which was understandably a passion killer. However, her Snow Patrol partner, Johnny McDaid, is all of 38 years old – a thirteen-year gap! They are planning a wedding in Ireland this summer, so we’ve got our eyes peeled!
Gabrielle Union - 9-Year Age Gap
Gabrielle Union is lighting up the set with her drama series called Being Mary Jane and she’s slipping between the sheets with hot NBA superstar husband, Dwayne Wade – who is nine years younger than her. Granted, as compared to some of the other age differences discussed on this list, it doesn’t seem like much anymore! On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Gabrielle made fun of her husband’s age, which shows they’re comfortable with it! In a way, Gabrielle is actually ageless – it sure looks like it! She suggests water is the best anti-aging secret.
Tina Turner - 16-Year Age Gap
Tina Turner is an icon – a legend of sorts! She and Erwin Bach spent 27 years as a couple before they decided to get hitched! Turner was 73 years old for her wedding to the 57-year-old record executive – rather bizarre! The quiet Buddhist civil ceremony happened in 2013. She was first married to Ike Turner in 1962 till 1978, but that’s long forgotten as this couple has been together forever! Everyone is just glad they finalized it – at last!
Bo Derek - 4-Year Age Gap
Bo Derek and John Corbett are one of our favorite celebrity couples because they look so good together – and they make a relationship look so easy! They revealed that their secret is to spend quality time with each other. It means more time at home, which they consider a vacation since they travel so much anyway! So no calling the travel agent for this couple – their romance is in the privacy of their home! And it sure must be working because they seem happier than ever!
Eva Longoria - 10-Year Age Gap
Eva Longoria sure can’t be described as a desperate woman in her forties. When she hit forty, she was dating Penelope Cruz’s brother, Eduardo Cruz, who is ten years her junior! Of course, with wrinkle-free skin like hers, she could get away with it! The composer was last seen with the famous TV actress back in 2013, though, it appears that a year of dating was enough to figure out they weren’t right for each other! This cougar’s newest boy toy is actually five years older than her – so she’s scratched off the cougar list for now!
Jennifer Lopez - 18-Year Age Gap
Age is certainly nothing but a number, most especially to the sizzling Jenifer Lopez, who dated Casper Smart, the actor-choreographer who is 18 years younger than her. We don’t know whether to believe Jen when she says the relationship simply came to a natural end, or whether the reports that they broke up because he refused to attend a charity event with her are true. Either way, it seems they were never meant to walk down the aisle, anyway!
Eva Mendes - 6-Year Age Gap
Eva Mendes, star of The Fast and the Furious, and the hunky Ryan Gosling are certainly another favorite among Hollywood couples! They starred together in The Place Beyond, which led to them hooking up and they’ve been at it ever since! They’re just six years apart, but it counts on the list! They have two kids together and seem happier than ever. Mendes has revealed she’s hopped on the coconut oil bandwagon for skincare – we’ll be joining her so we'd look as good as she does… hopefully!
Rebecca Ferguson - 6-Year Age Gap
Rebecca Ferguson had a bit of a rough time for dating her ex who was six years younger than her – but it was probably because he was just eighteen! We’re talking about Zayn Malik, and while he has little to say about the relationship, it’s Rebecca who has revealed details about their affair. In the mix, she mentions she would foot the bill for dinner, in spite of the fact that Zayn was already a star. 'Anyone else senses some bitterness? Rebecca refers to the brief relationship as a ‘blip.'
Joan Collins - 32-Year Age Gap
With Joan Collins at 85 and Percy Gibson at 53, this couple tops the list from here with their 32-year age difference! Percy is Joan’s fifth husband. Joan recently shared a picture of herself prepped for her role as Hilda for her up and coming film, and Instagram users were taken aback, to say the least! She sported wrinkles, dark circles, and prosthetics to complete the character – and boy, was it convincing! What a talented woman – brave enough to ditch her glamor if a role requires it!
Kim Cattrall - 22-Year Age Gap
Kim Cattrall hooked up with chef Alan Wyse, 22 years younger jer junior. It all ended in 2009, but it was after five years together. Alan’s father claims the relationship didn’t work out because Alan didn’t want to give up his new job. Apparently, Kim had free time when Alan didn’t – he was often on standby whenever she wanted him to accompany her for events, etc. Oh well, Kim looks great even with only a smidge of makeup, so she’ll have no problem replacing anyone who doesn’t fit her bill!
Elizabeth Taylor - 20-Year Age Gap
Elizabeth Taylor walked down the aisle with Larry Fortensky in 1991, when she was 59 and he was 39. Larry was no star; he wasn’t famous or well known or an artist, a director or anything of the sort you would expect. Larry was a humble construction worker who nobody had heard of. They met at the Betty Ford Clinic, where Taylor had checked in for treatment of her addiction to pills and him for his beer-related issues.
Tilda Swinton - 18-Year Age Gap
Tilda Swinton has a strange setup! She lives with her kids, the father of her kids, and occasionally, her lover, too! Yes, all under one roof! John Byrne is the father of her twins, and Sandro Kopp is her lover who is a part of the family. He is 18 years her junior and she says they “are all a family," adding further that they’re very happy. What we would like to call it is an affair, but, perhaps we’ve all been indoctrinated and that’s why this sounds so bizarre to us!
Sadie Frost - 14-Year Age Gap
Film producer, actress, and fashion designer, Sadie Frost got over her dissolved marriage to Jude Law the best way she knew how – by replacing him with a specimen 14 years younger than herself, of course. Jackson Scott was the fortunate specimen, but unfortunately for them both, things didn’t work out as they wanted it to and they split in 2005. It was reported vaguely that they were in two very different stages in their lives, and that they wanted "different things out of life."
Kylie Minogue - 11-Year Age Gap
Kylie Minogue shared that her relationship with Andres Velencoso was the most fulfilling relationship she’s experienced. The Spaniard is 11 years younger than her, but that didn’t seem to be an issue at all! Olivier Martinez is her ex who stood by her through the grueling cancer treatments and they split soon after the worst was over. She met Velencoso during his shooting for a men’s fragrance ad campaign. It is ironic that work brought them together, though it's rumored to have been what led to their falling apart.
Julianne Moore - 10-Year Age Gap
Julianne Moore is one woman wh0 knows how to appreciate life! Instead of reaching for every anti-aging product she can get her hands on, she’s opted to embrace the process of aging and appreciate the fact that she is alive and healthy. It is certainly something almost every Hollywood star should learn! While she and her husband, director Bart Freundlich, have ten years that separate them, they couldn’t be any closer!! They got hitched in 2003 and they’ve kept the flame alive ever since!
Sheryl Crow - 9-Year Age Gap
Sheryl Crow hooked up with Lance Armstrong – nine years younger than her. It was in 2006 that they called everything off, just five months after their engagement. The relationship lasted three years and it appears amicable. He supported her at events, while she went to his races. Armstrong admitted they wanted different things; basically, Sheryl Crow wanted to settle down and have children, but he didn’t. He had just gotten out of a commitment, and he’s had kids in that marriage. Bottom line, “her biological clock,” told them time’s up!
Jennifer Aniston - 9-Year Age Gap
Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have nine years between them and the age difference might have contributed to why a friend said: “they are just in different places in their lives right now." In relationships that have age gaps and an older woman, the ‘different places’ and ‘different things’ argument appears rather often! Aniston can’t stand her ex Mayer, though they had a great time together from 2008 till 2009. They’ve both moved on to new people and new affairs.
Halle Berry - 10-Year Age Gap
Halle Berry and her nine-years-younger ex, Gabriel Aubry, had a promising relationship once upon a time! He fathered Halle’s daughter, Nahla, but it seemed Halle was happier with Olivier Martinez -for a while, who is a little older than her – just by seven months. Halle has said she’s “done” with marriage, but she could have more kids – she has gone through plenty of therapy to work through her three failed marriages. We admire her for knowing what she wants, though.
Madonna - 30-Year Age Gap
Madonna knows how to create a stir – and she doesn’t care what anybody says or thinks, either! Her affair with Brahim Zaibat, who is 30 years her junior, was certainly enough to create quite a buzz across Tinsel Town and beyond. But when they split, less than a month later, she attended a party with a new ‘toy boy’ on her arm – about the same age as Brahim and even sharing a resemblance! Coincidence, perhaps, but nonetheless, to have moved on so fast had people gossiping like nobody’s business! Madonna did as Madonna would – just added fuel to the fire!
Sharon Stone - 30-Year Age Gap
Sharon Stone is one of Hollywood's hottest cougars and she snatched up Martin Mica, who is a staggering 30 years her minor! She’s dated Christian Slater, too, who is 11 years younger than her, but her eight-month relationship with Martin sure has people talking! There’s no doubt she looks great for her age (probably high-end skincare to thank for that!) and she sure must have plenty of valuable experience – but it’s a shockingly large gap! We’ve got our eye on this one – we don’t know how long she’d be able to keep it up!
Ivana Trump - 23-Year Age Gap
While Ivana Trump married Donald Trump, he’s just three years her senior and it seems he is the exception to her cougar tendencies. Ivana then married Rossano Rubicondi who is 23 years younger than her, but of course, they got a divorce, as she’s now with Marcantonio Rota, who is ten years younger than her. All these young men appear to be keeping Ivana youthful herself – she’s looking good for her 69 years!
Paula Abdul - 12-Year Age Gap
Paula Abdul described her love life as “a horror story," but later she admitted to dating J.T Torregiani, a restaurateur 12 years her junior. She described him as a good guy and mentioned things were looking upwards until things went downwards shortly after. They split in 2008 and very little was spoken about their affair. It was said they split over hectic schedules, and since then, it’s not clear whether Paula has had any relationships - apart from flirting with the idea that something had gone on between her and Simon Cowell!
Sandra Bullock - 12-Year Age Gap
Sandra Bullock happens to be America's sweetheart, but a Hollywood cougar, too! It’s pretty obvious she likes her men young because she and ex-boyfriend Ryan Gosling sported a 16-year age difference, and a 12-year gap between her and Ryan Reynolds isn’t much better either. In her defense, Sandra did date Jesse James and their gap was far less imposing – a mere five years as compared to her other exes! Is it the anti-aging products that trick everyone about her age or just her youthful persona? We don’t know but it works!
Tiger Woods - 8-Year Age Gap
Tiger Woods is known for his high-frequency dating life. He's now dating his 34-year-old girlfriend, Erica Herman, who is known for managing his pop-up restaurant called The Woods. Although there were various rumors, the couple made it publicly official in November, 2018. Since then they are often seen getting comfortable with each other by the paparazzi!
Janet Jackson - 9-Year Age Gap
Janet Jackson found herself in a challenging place in her life – working through Michael’s death, her bank balance not looking as healthy as it once was, and wading through a heartbreaking split from Jermaine Dupri. In swooped Wissam Al Mana, whisking her away to the Middle East for the escape she so needed, his wealth affording privacy she cherished and before she knew it – she was buckled. Janet felt trapped and wanted to take charge of her life again – by separating and filing for divorce. She and Wissam are nine years apart.