About 18 months after Nathasha Richardson passed away, Liam Neeson began dating a 30-something English blonde named Freya St. Johnston. That was circa September 2010, and last year, The Enquirer claimed Freya and Liam had gotten engaged, although Liam and Freya never confirmed or denied it. Anyway, these are some new photos of Liam and Freya leaving a restaurant in London over the weekend. I can see a faint resemblance to Natasha. It’s not a Rebecca or Vertigo-level creepy resemblance, but there’s something there. Also, Freya has a touch of Chloe Sevigny, right? Anyway, they look okay together. I’m glad Liam hasn’t drowned himself in an endless stream of young girls. He found a nice lady, and they seem to be settled and content with each other. It’s nice.
There are about a million smaller Liam stories this week, probably because he’s promoting Wrath of the Titans (#2 at the box office this past weekend) and Battleship (it’s out next week) and he’s talking to various media outlets about random things. Here are some highlights:
*He has a cameo in The Dark Knight Rises. I don’t know what to make of that. Neither does Liam, who said, “I don’t know anything about it, mate. Seriously. I honestly, genuinely don’t know anything about it.”
*He hates the internet, and his sons are always trying to teach him how everything works. Liam admitted, “I can send an email, slowly… But I don’t get any of the rest if it. Even the Internet is scary to me. The other day my son said, ‘Go on, type ‘free p-rn’ in there and I did and I was like, ‘What the f***is that!’ It was terrifying.”
*He’s signed on to a new movie written by Paul Haggis, which will shoot in the fall. His love interest? OLIVIA WILDE. Ugh. Liam said, “I’m doing a movie in September for four weeks with Olivia Wilde. We have some serious love-making to do so I have some push-ups to do… It’s a really interesting part and I get to go to bed with Olivia Wilde! It’s a small film. It’s a really interesting script… It’s a love story between different couples. I play a writer – or at least, I think so at the minute. It’s about a writer trying to get over a tragic death that he emotionally tries to access through the characters he writes about. He imagines their reactions to this tragic death of a kid drowning in a swimming pool.”
*Liam and Ralph Fiennes did an interview together about how they have, in Ralph’s words, a “a romance, a Godly bromance.” Ralph was talking about Wrath of the Titans, of course, but I think it suits their real-life bromance too.
So… Liam sounds good. It’s been more than a year since his heart-wrenching interview with Esquire, in which he discussed Natasha’s death at length. At that point, he seemed to still be in a psychological state of deep grief, and I’m hoping that he’s feeling a bit lighter these days. It’s not that I think he’s “forgotten” Natasha or that I think he should or could forget her. I’m just saying that three years have passed, and he’s got two healthy sons and a thriving career, and I won’t begrudge this lovely man some lightness and happiness.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame/Flynet.
He seems to be doing very well in both his private life and his career, I’m happy for him.
“I’m glad Liam hasn’t drowned himself in an endless stream of young girls. He found a nice lady, and they seem to be settled and content with each other. It’s nice »
Kaiser are you serious??? for real???
Ok I Know he had a couple of very sad and rough year, he is a good actor and everything but HE IS drowning himself into foolish territories chasing young women since the “nice lady” is 36 while he is 60!!!
that is just as wrong as Alec Baldwin, Kelsey Grammer or bruce willis!
I am utterly shocked with this age difference this is very creepy!
I am maybe even more shocked than with the other old fools, because I expected way better from him
Agreed. But I understand Kaiser’s reference (if true) that he hasn’t been skirt chasing.
He may be dating a woman a generation younger, but at least is monogamous doing so.
As a woman that is 39, I am here to tell you it is not the same.
Very big difference when you are 35+ versus under 30. 35 and up, you are dipping toes in the middle age pond. You have more life experience. I am not who I was at 28 or even 35 and I also know that much more.
I don’t have a problem with men and women and age difference once everyone has reached a certain age. A 40 year old with a 62 year isn’t the same as a 27 year old with a 50 year old. It just isn’t.
With that said, I ain’t ready for wrinkly balls quite yet, so I tend to stick with those born in the 70’s. If you weren’t alive for the release of the first 2 movies in the Star Wars Saga, you are too young for me…
I am 36 myself! and sorry dating a 60+ man is not common at all for women in the thirties… and even in their 40’s.
still very disgusted… and sorry 36 is young not middle-aged and well far far far away from truely ageing 60’s territory.
Still disgusted!
I’m 46 and would never date a 60 year old. In real life these age differences don’t happen
I agree, at some point age differences become less. At 14-18, anything more than 2-3 years older is kinda icky. From 18-25, I’m willing to extend it to about 5 years, but not more than that because an 18 year old and a 25 year old would be at different places, same with a 21 year old and a thirty year old. After 25, I think age gaps mean less and they continue to mean less as you get older. At 49, my mother dated a 32 year old and they were both fine with it, so 35 to 60 isn’t a big stretch to me.
@lili: sorry but I pass for under 30 every single day. My father is almost 85 and minus a turkey waddle, has no wrinkles. Same with my mother. My 50 year old cousin looks 35. Some 23 year old girl was taking about “our generation” and included me with her. I said, “love, I can be your mother”.
Sorry if you weren’t blessed with fabulous genes, but.I was. I have never lied about.my age ever. I prefer the shock of upsetting the generation under.me when they realize they probably won’t look like me in 10 years.
@hahaha: let’s agree to disagree. I have lived a hell of a life and clearly have whorish tendencies in comparison to a few of you that you have no idea that some men can continue to “go at it” past 50 & that there is a difference between almost 38 year olds dating a 21 year old vs. a 36+ year old dating a 60 year. Btw. Both could have birthed there girl friends and the 21 year old is most likely easier to manipulate. That’s the difference.
@lili: ps: jealous and bitter of what? Mama I am still young and even better, I still LOOK young. And I think you need to reread what I wrote young buck. He assumed. I never said I continued to let him think otherwise. I am proud that I turn 40 this year. You should PRAY you have genes like me. seriously. Start praying now, because at 23, I had to go through bouncers giving me the side eye at the door WITH MY ID.
Oh and I still get into the club. The bouncers ask me for my identification and their mouths fall open when they see it. some people are genetically lucky. I assuming you’re unable to believe me, b/c I guess you are not. Sucks to be you.
Sometimes I wish I presented as older. My preference is 5 years above and 5 years below. I am sick of getting hit on by men I could have birthed…
She is a career woman in London with two kids, so no bimbo. He is a handsome and charming and interesting man. Few men hitting sixty are like him. She is average looking and has probably never been with a man as handsome as him no matter the age.
Many true words!
But nature never lies when we put our clothes off… a handsome 60+ man is still at that time of the day 60…
I’m 30 and I’d hit it. I’d hit it so hard I’d need a running start.
That man is sexy.
I don’t deny sexy… but I would rather in my fifties!lol!!
I like “bedtime activity”;) too much to trade a thirty something at the top of his physical game for a man older than my parents with some “dysfunction” (after 50 they all have…)
But good for you for willing to experiment “geriatric” physical adventures 😉
Hah! Me too. I read the story thinking man, I’d love to be his young piece. He’s technically older than my parents but there’s something ageless about him.
HAHAHA: Not every man over 50 has ED. My husband does not.
@bluhare:
Not wanting to disrespect you but I tend to believe more proven medical track records and besides those exact same medical studies underline that with time the sexual capacity of men decline, with less and intercourses and a more mediocre quality to them (shorter and shorter), since the physical abilities are plunging.. maybe you are just very very lucky!
But this decrease begins for men in their mid-forties to dramatically take a more drastic plunge after 50… and it’s well normal since age take its toll, but the sexuality suffers greatly from these factors.
She makes him look old.
I’m turning 35 this week, and my husband is 48. I honestly don’t see the age difference. I mean, it’s there, obviously, but we’re a perfect match as people. We dated for seven years before marrying, and for four before that I was in love with him (and he with me), but refused to date him because of the age thing. That was stupid of me. I’ve never been more happy in my life than since I’ve been with him.
That said, 36 and 60 is a 24 year difference, as opposed to our 13.5 years difference. I’m not sure it matters, though. Sure, sometimes the age differences are a little startling, and sometimes they are obviously based on an old dude wanting a young piece of arm candy (though the age difference in those is often wider), but this seems to be a legitimate relationship between two people who love one another and who happen to have an age gap.
I don’t see the issue, personally.
(To the person who spoke about how they al have some sort of, ahem, “dysfunction” after 50…I don’t think so. My husband will be 49 soon, so not quite over 50, but he’s very fit, and happy to go at it 3 times a day. I’m ready for that to die down a little, to be honest. His sex drive blows mine out of the water! I’m no cold fish myself, either. In that sense, he seems way, way younger than he is. I keep thinking, ‘isn’t his testosterone supposed to dwindle or something?’ lol!)
And may we add, she is a 36 y.o. Single mother adding a whole other level of maturity to the mix.
And nope. 36. Not so young anymore either. If you blink too long, you turn 40 in an hour.
And why do people equate age with sex drive? I had a lover that was 10 years older than me. I normal don’t go more than 5 years over, but he was a trainer, and looked 10 years younger (he’s a dirty old man b/c he thought I was around 25. I was 37. I look young.), and his body? Oh. My. God. I don’t think anyone told him his sex drive was supposed to slow down b/c I was the one hanging on for dear life by the 5th round.
Life experience has taught me not to assume and to try not to judge. 24 years is really not a huge stretch when you are 36 and a single mother that is mature and independent regardless if what anyone thinks. I am way more freaked or over leonardo decaprio’s age differences between him and his children, I mean girlfriends, than I am over grown people with more life responsibities over 30 dating people 24 years older…
The downthere “dysfunction” is actually a medically proven fact it doesn’t hit exactly at 50 but around, and it is a medical fact it hits all men,it’s the decrease of androgen(that has begun at 42 but take a more dramatical plunge after 50)the beginning of andropause…
Glad you are not experiencing it yet, but as menopause it is unavoidable and always happens…
@Luckie: “24 yrs is not that of huge stretch once you hit 36”
what is then a huge stretch?There is a whole generation betwin them! one is still young the other is behind ageing territory!
Leonardo di Caprio makes way more sense than this he is a man in his 30’s dating women in their 20’s, way less shocking than 30’s dating 60’s.
plus it is very sexist because I assume that if it was David Gandy and let’s say Goldie Hawn people will be truely agressive toward that kind of pairing and very much shocked!
@Lukie:
Let me give you a 23 yrs old point of view: To me thirties are still hot forties not so much!
to begin with to me a 36 yrs old(Charlize Theron , Diane Krueger, Eva Longoria, Shakira, Liv Tyler) is still young (well still, for not so long but sill, since men still drool over her and they can still be hotties and considered so), you can still make the cover of FHM, you can still play a love interest, while a 40yrs is too old,it’s mom-ish
at 36 you still can get in the club if you are pretty, at 40 you can’t even if you are good looking.that’s why we talk about the big 4-0 aren’t we?it’s the biggest shake in adulthood: leaving the youth and entering middle-age, so why are you trying to take that away from someone who is still in “youth” definition? nostalgic and envious much?
You were too since you pretend that at 37 yrs men thought you were 25…ahem.. were you still able to pass for in your 20’s at 40?
and sorry 24 years of difference is just huge not matter what incredible explanation one can give, it’s a still young woman with a more than ageing man, and it’s everything BUT normal in real life
Honestly given a choice between Leo and Liam, I would choose Liam. He seems to have an inner life as opposed to just dating super models. More to life than youth and perfect pecs.
So happy for him
I think they were broken up for awhile. No sightings of them since last summer, I think. and a month ago he was just talking about his sixtieth birthday he had no plans, that he didn’t want a party and at his age going to a strip bar or night club was silly to celebrate, and said he felt like dating was over, he said he just felt that time had passed for him. So they must have reunited.
She looks absolutely nothing like Natasha. Natasha was far more striking. This woman might look like Chloe though. I see that.
I agree with the fact that they must have taken a huge break. Also he is showing up to events drunk and it is starting to make quite a bit of noise…
Add to the fact that Getty rarely gets candid photos and they did get these ones.
He spent a lot of time in Europe for Taken 2 and no pictures of them anywhere. I do not believe he is happy, I believe he is getting worse and a bit lost. Tweet search neeson drunk and you might find some comments.
I don’t think he is showing up to events drunk. He always seems professional. I think on a personal level leaving restaurants and bars he is definitely drunk, like on location recently in Poland or wherever he was and leaving a bar trashed, trying to pee in an alley. I think on his downtime he is using alcohol to numb the pain and working as much as possible.
He was drunk at the COTT premiere on the 29th and bypassed the fans to go directly to the bar, and really upset them. Some were waiting for hours in line. Pictures can be found on private twitters…
In some of the press junket the comment also was made that he was not sober.
I’m sorry but I can not find happy liam ! where are the same smiles, she not look very nice …. even rather unpleasant … damage ….he is not happy …. it feel it …
You are right… look also the pictures from St.Tropez after their kiss… Face and thoughts like … Yes ! I did it !!! Hope he can see soon what she thinks and wants from him… deffinetely she is not his Lady…
I bet Christie Brinkley was trying to get her claws into him since he lives in the NY and she in the Hamptons and there aren’t many men available in her age bracket that are hot. Thank God he stayed away from her. She seems like a primma donna.
I just realized Freya looks like Paul McCartney’s ex.
Natasha called him her soulmate and said they get through the hard times and enjoy that great times. I remember the photos of them the year before she died and they were hugging and kissing on the beach like newlyweds. I always found her amazing. Here is an interview before she died. Shocking because she talked about Liam almost dying and being so lucky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCN4LY330U8
Um his life his business. Quit being so judgmental you don’t know these people.
He suffered a terrible loss. The GF looks like a normal person. Try being happy for him.
There, feels good right?
Thank you, Lola. He seems much more upbeat and that’s really good to see after what he’s been through.
Thank you for the link to the Esquire interview link…I’ve ALWAYS adored him and Natasha…as actors and lovers…
You are never the same after the loss of a loved one…
Never…
Oops, I posted the wrong link. That interview was about dying young. This is the one where she cries talking about almost losing Liam to a motorcycle accident. She had such a keen intelligence and grace, unlike so many actresses today. You could see why he loved her so much and what they had in common with the arts, both being trained in the classics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAbpye5rb6k
Not surprised he went younger with his new girlfriend. Don’t they all?! (major eyeroll) As for this new movie where he beds Olivia Wilde. She’s in her 20s and he is 60! He could be her grandfather! ewwwwwww
I’m 39 and I’d totally tap that. Liam is HOT.
Their age difference is too big? My sister is 16 and he’s literally her nr.1 Hollywood crush! I personally think he’s a little old (I’m 19) even though he’s talented and good-looking but she’s seriously in love with him 😀
ewwww!!! Your sister has a serious case of gerontophilia!!! It s not normal at all!!! I am 23 and the simple idea of him in undies gets me nauseous!!! Yurk!! It would be like just lusting after one of my grandpa s buddies,puke!!! I found him Even too old for my mom or one of my aunts (46, 43 and 44) cou should tank to Your sister because ite not normal at all! Ewwww
Wow. Judgmental much? Geezus. As if a random stranger’s sister’s crush personally affects you. Maybe she is a fan of his demeanor, grace, etc.
Judgemental? for telling to someone that her 16 year old sister’s crush on a 60years old man is UNHEALTHY, really???
so if it was your sister weren’t you worried for her? that’s what I am pointing, its not healthy at all, you can admire grace and demeanor throughout other feelings by admiration (I admire my teachers, I admire Bill Gates, Writers , I admire Liam Neeson as an actor!)
But when you are a teen having a crush in a romantic way for a 60 yrs man is everything but normal!it is a symptom of an underlying psychological unhealthy state, if she was my sister I would try to understand and help her.
Jeez…What this world has come to… it’s perfectly normal to let a teen believing that having a crush elderly person is absolutely normal!
What I was trying to get at was that a crush doesn’t always have to be sexual. Calm down. I have crushes on female
actors and am not lesbian or bi. It could have nothing to do with sex
that woman has an excellent bitchface.
good for Liam.
I think she definitely looks more like Chloe Sevigny (sp?) and I am soon to be 38 and would definitely hit him hard. He does not look 60 and its really all that matters LOL
so to summarize: it’ s absolutely normal to be attracted to someone who is Your father or grandfather’s age and at the advanced age of 60 it is accepte for a man to be considered sexy but if you are attracted to someone younger Even if he is not young enough to be Your son you are then a pathetic granny chasing Your lost youth ??
So who sets this double standard??? Aren’t we women the ones who give a solid ground to sexism??? After reading all the comments on JLO and then on this this topic I tend to bielive that women themselves trap themselves in this sexist jail!!!
A 42 yrs old gorgeous women gets burn for dating younger and a 60 yrs man gets accolades and props for doing the same with a way more shocking age gap!!!
Ps: and don’t give me the classical ‘ it was designed by nature to spread our species’ as nature designed young people to be parents men fertility decreases after 42 and past 50 most are done, at Liam’ s age fertility is a just a souvenir…same for natural sexuality…so all of you who want to ‘ride’ that, would probably can’t , lack of possibility…
Spot on. Women are more cruel regarding other women and judging them than men could ever be.
We don’t judge JLo for dating a 24 year old when she’s 42(?). We judge her for dating someone when her divorce wasn’t final and she has a history of not being able to go three seconds without a man. What do you call someone who injects every single guy they’ve ever dated into their young child’s life? How do you think her kids felt when they weren’t seeing their dad anymore and now their mom is bringing some guy around- and inserting him in where their dad should be? She is very insecure.
Mr.Smurf – Kate Hudson. (What do I win?) 😀
@Mr.smurf:
Besides saying otherwise you actually judge JLO for being a woman dating younger, your points say it out loud:
– are you worried that Liam Neeson has introduced to his kids a new women just a year after the death of their mom as much?Why are you pointing her as “insecure” (a word always used to define only women by the way), are men who can’t be alone half an hour insecure? is Marc Anthony insecure?is Reese Witherspoon a bad mom for having introduced all her flames post divorce very quickly to her kids? is she insecure since she was not a single day single after her divorce?
you would not put these names on these people, you know why? because you judge JLO mainly because her man is younger, and far from being insecure, for me it takes guts to actually do it you have to incredibly be confident about yourself.
@HAHAHA
First off, I’m not judging that her boyfriend is so much younger. I don’t care how old he is (as long as he’s legal). Second, Liam Neeson’s kids are not toddlers. Also, Liam waited a year and a half before dating again, and she isn’t so ingrained into his kids life (that we know of). The point is, you should not be inserting every single boyfriend that you have, into your kids’ lives. That is very disrespectful to them and to their father (even if he’s a jerk). My mom has had kids with three different men, and the only man who moved in and was in our lives was the one that she married.
As to the bit about Reese Witherspoon, I didn’t see her going around and having photo shoots with her new boyfriends. And also, her kids were not as young (JLo’s twins are 4 years old?). The only thing I know about Marc Anthony is that he’s got a girlfriend who’s in her twenties as well. I don’t see any photoshoots with her either. The point is, I didn’t hear anyone saying that Reese Witherspoon and Marc Antony were staging photo ops with their new partners two seconds after meeting WITH their kids.
JLO is insecure. I, again, don’t think anything is wrong with the age difference.
Thanks for linking the Esquire article. I just had to read that bit about the dog again. I always liked Liam Neeson, but I loved him after that article.
While the age difference is huge, I can’t judge him. Guy lost the love of his life. All bets off.
What is it with men jumping into new relationships with other women before the corpse is even cold? Surely if it was REAL love you couldn’t even look at another person in a romantic way. Ever.
You have to be kidding me. Yes, Liam, live without sex and love and companionship the rest of your life just to prove to nuts like this it was true love. Natasha has been dead for years. Not barely cold in the ground like you say. Men don’t do well alone. Because you can love again doesn’t mean you don’t still love your spouse with all your heart.
Why is it that people think it’s ridiculous for Madonna to be jumping around on stage “at her age,” but this guy plays an action hero and no one says anything about it, despite the fact that he’s nearly sixty? Double standard much?
Exactly what I am desperatly trying to say!
He is praised for doing exactly what madonna is crucified for (dating younger and trying to entertain like you are way younger!)
and the double standard is truely annonying and disgusting!
I agree. Double standard. Eva Mendes gets it too for dating Ryan Gosling. Love interest to Olivia Wilde a woman in her 20’s while you are 60? Distrubing.
She really reminds me of a less cheerful Natasha…
Freya looks like a cross between Uma Thurman and Chole Sevigny to me.
It’s his life and her life, who cares.
36 and 60 may be quite an age difference but they are both grown people, she has at least experienced life on her own.
I only cringe if it’s Hugh Hefner age difference with someone in their 20’s.
I don’t think mourning one’s spouse or SO has a time frame. It’s an individual thing. I do, however, think 18 months is an acceptable amount of time. I just don’t know if I could start dating 18 months after losing my spouse.
oh i didnt even realize he was 60. when i saw the post, i thought they looked close in age and thought ‘how nice for a change; he’s not dating a 22 year old ‘model’. I mean, he looks 50’s and she looks 40’s, to me…..meh.
if you didnt know how old he was, and you were attracted to him, then what? i’m 42 and only in the last few years have i even been a slight bit attracted to a guy considered ‘middle aged’-it’s kind of a weird transition, but i guess it’s a natural one.
my spouse is only 3 yrs older than me, but i’ve always looked super young and he’s always looked older than his age; when i was first dating him, we used to get dirty looks-lol. it was kind of intense to know that ppl were thinking ‘creepy old man’ but i was 27 and he was 30-i just looked 21 and he looked 40. so anyway, you just dont know by looking or meeting someone, how old they are….
maybe she fell for him before she knew his age?
Hmmm…i’m 45, soooo, my mans would be turning 70 soon? Oh HELLS NO
But, he is Liam Neeson. You make exceptions. Clearly he has with her, as she is no replacement for Natasha.
One day, if they get married, all hypothetical of course, but if they did and made the long haul, he would most likely die before her, and she would probably be widowed at the age right about where Liam is now, but i highly doubt she’ll find some guy 24 years younger than she is to replace him!
Well, he is said to have the largest penis in Holllywood. Janice Dickinson said it was massive. Maybe Freya has been dicktimized and age doesn’t matter.
Ah, I had always heard that James Woods and Willem Dafoe claimed that honor (and Milton Berle back in the day).
Why do I know these things??? lol 😉
I thought he was engaged to a brunette mother of 3?
I don’t think this man’s life choices warrant the tone of this CB post. It sounds as patronizing as Zoe Kravitz saying Fassbinder is this poor shy boy. WTF? First, that woman looks nothing like Natasha. Chloe Sevigny, maybe-if she took estrogen pills. But honestly, Liam Neeson doesn’t seem to need anyone’s advice doing the right thing.
I guess I’m OLD based on what some on this thread are saying. Sorry but I still like my “bedroom activities” and I like to go out with friends. Just because you’re 40, life doesn’t stop.
That said, having taken care of my parents when they got older, As a 35 or 36 year old, even at 40+, I don’t think I’d have a relationship with someone that much older. I don’t want to be a caregiver to my significant other. Been there done that. That’s why when I see Bruce, Alex, even George Clooney or Leo and the women who “love” them, I just laugh. Really! Do they really believe these girls are with them because they care? Look at Michael Douglas and CZJ. They’re rich so she’s probably not having to take care of him but he’s almost 30 years older. Bet she doesn’t look at him the same any longer.
There are many opinions and judgements about the age difference. I don’t think it’s matter when two people are in love and if they found happiness and comfort from each other. Plus, what right do I have to judge others when I have enough of my personal issues on my hands, that I should attend to. I’m happy for Liam, I’m happy that he moved on and he found happiness. I’m sure his wife would want the same.