The Game: Age Ain't Nothing But A Number
Age ain't nothing but a number for these older women. Find out what younger men they have snagged.
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Tasha Mack & Danté - Tasha Mack has found the man of her dreams in Danté. While he might be significantly younger than Tasha, it hasn’t stopped the two from falling in love. We take a look at other relationships featuring mature women and younger men.
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Omar “Slim” White & Vivica A. Fox - Vivica A. Fox has finally found love again, and it’s with 27-year-old club promoter Omar “Slim” White. White proposed to the 46-year-old Fox over the holidays after spending more than a year dating. Less than two years ago, Fox was quoted as saying, “I haven’t found a man that I want to answer to.” It appears Slim is that man.
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Usher & Tameka Foster - Usher isn’t a stranger to dating older women, as he’s previously had relationships with Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Naomi Campbell. So it shouldn’t have been a total surprise when he married Tameka Foster in 2007. Often criticized in the blogs, the couple had two children together before divorcing in June 2009.
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Erwin Bach & Tina Turner - After a tumultuous, abusive marriage to Ike Turner, Tina Turner met German record executive Erwin Bach at London’s Heathrow Airport in 1985. Turner eventually moved to Europe in order to be with her beau, who is 17 years younger than her. How do they make it work? In a “60 Minutes” interview, Bach claims Turner “is the boss.”
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Porta de Rossi & Ellen DeGeneres - Following failed relationships with Anne Heche and Alexandra Heidson, Ellen DeGeneres met actress Portia de Rossi backstage at an award show. When the same-sex marriage ban was lifted in California, DeGeneres, 53, married de Rossi, 38, in 2008. To this day, the couple is still going strong, with de Rossi legally changing her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.
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Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey - Little did Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon know what was in store for them when Cannon directed her “Bye, Bye” video. After weeks of dating, Carey, 40, married Cannon, 30, on her private estate in the Bahamas. The couple is expecting twins later this year.
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Jesus Luz & Madonna - Pop icon Madonna has no problem dating men less than half her age. Why should she? When you look like her at 52, it’s no surprise that younger men are interested. That was the case with 24-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz, who dated Madonna for nearly two years. Madonna moved on with another 24-year-old boy toy, Brahim Zaibat.
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Carmelo Anthony & LaLa Vazquez - It took nearly six years, but Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony and LaLa Vazquez finally tied the knot in July 2010. Anthony, 26, proposed to the 31-year-old former MTV VJ on Christmas 2004. In a sign that Vazquez wears the pants in the household, Anthony has been lobbying for a trade that would land the couple in either New York or Los Angeles, which would be beneficial for her career.
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Hugh Jackman & Deborah-Lee Furness - Hugh Jackman met Deborah-Lee Furness on the set of an Australian television series in 1995 and married her less than a year later. A Hollywood couple that lasts over 15 years is impressive enough, but factor in the 14-year age difference between the two and you’re talking about two people who must really be meant for each other.
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Gabriel Aubrey & Halle Berry - Halle Berry and French-Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubrey met at a Versace photo shoot in 2005, and six months later the actress claimed she was in love. With two failed marriages in the past, Berry, 44, had no intentions of getting married to Aubrey, 34. Despite having a daughter together, the couple split last year, setting off a nasty custody dispute.
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Tony Parker & Eva Longoria - San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker and actress Eva Longoria met in November 2004 and dated for two years before eventually getting married in July 2007. Longoria, seven years older than Parker, had to deal with rumors that her husband was having an extramarital affair shortly after they married. Whether it was the age difference or not, the couple divorced in 2010 after a story circulated that Parker had slept with the wife of a former teammate.