As some of you mentioned in yesterday’s Graham Norton post, Stephen Fry announced his engagement yesterday. Fry is 57 years old… and his boy-toy fiancé Elliott Spencer is 27 years old. I’m including some photos of Stephen and Elliott together, and let me just say… he doesn’t even look 27. He looks barely out of his teens. And what’s worse (to me, I guess) is that Fry and Spencer barely know each other! They’ve been together for less than a year. HOT MESS.
Happy days are here for British actor Stephen Fry, who confirmed on Twitter that he plans to marry his much-younger partner, Elliott Spencer.
“Oh. It looks as though a certain cat is out of a certain bag. I’m very very happy of course but had hoped for a private wedding. Fat chance!” Fry wrote Tuesday, after news leaked in the British press.
Fry, 57, and Spencer, 27, filed paperwork related to their upcoming wedding at the register office in Dereham, Norfolk, near his hometown, reports the BBC. The documents state the wedding will take place at the Breckland Business Centre, which houses the register office and has a ceremony room that can hold up to 40 people. The paperwork lists Spencer’s occupation as writer, according to the BBC, which believes the couple began their relationship last year.
In August, Spencer Tweeted a picture of himself in Italy with Fry and friends who included Emma Thompson, Fry’s longtime pal.
“Pretty amazing evening tonight in lovely company in Florence!” Spencer captioned the photo.
Fry, who can currently be seen onscreen in The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, is something of a national treasure in the UK, where he narrated all seven Harry Potter audiobooks. He has also been open about his struggle with bipolar disorder, which he explored in his Emmy-winning documentary, Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive. According to the BBC, he has also been open about a suicide attempt in 2012. Yet the actor seemed nothing but elated on Tuesday, thanking fans on Twitter for the flood of well-wishes.
“Thank you all SO much for your kind congratulations. Deeply touched xxx” he wrote.
You can read more tweets from Fry here – he was tweeting throughout the day yesterday. When news of his engagement broke, apparently reporters and paparazzi swarmed his home. He took it in stride though. Of course he did. He’s marrying a kid who is literally half his age.
Can I just say? I hate it when we’re accused of some kind of ageism bias, like we think it’s okay for older women to have boy-toys, or we think it’s perfectly okay for a 60 year old man to marry a teenager. Those arguments are pretty weak, because no matter the gender or sexual orientation, we almost say that these kinds of age differences are pretty gross. It was gross when Sam Taylor-Wood made an 18-year-old boy (Aaron Johnson) her lover and then married him. It was gross when Steven Bauer, 57, took up with an 18-year-old Tea Party activist. It was gross when Anthony Kiedis, 52 stepped out with his 21-year-old girlfriend. It was gross when Doug Hutchinson married Courtney Stodden. And this, ladies and gents, is gross too. A 57-year-old man marrying a 27 year old? Ugh. The only positive thing I can say is that at 27, Elliott knows what he’s getting into. He’s not actually some naïve kid (he just looks like a naïve kid).
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
I thought it was his previously-never-heard-of son when I first looked at the pictures of them together. It’s quite ..unconfortable to say the least.
Haha me too! That said this guy is 27 so presumably he knows what he’s doing. Gross but what’s the worst that’s gonna happen? A break up few years down the road?
I’m not looking at this from a male or female point of view. I see this from a mental perspective. Fry is a full grown man in the middle of hid life who has an idea of all of his need s and wants. This young man still has a long way to with maturity, grow while still establishing his own identity. Are you the same person in your 20s when you enter your 30s? Are the same at 35 when you turn 40?
While I’m am happy Mr fry has found his moment of happiness, I am sad for what is to come.
That you man may be the nicest person in the would,but he still have to establish himself in life.
I wouldn’t necessarily call a 27 year old a “young man”.
The boyfriend looks like he is his grandson!
That was my first thought, too! It doesn’t help that his fiance looks so young for his age. Ugh.
I’d say that Stephen Fry was going through a mid-life crisis, but he’s far too old for that.
This really, really bothers me. Ugh…he looks like he is with his son. We’ll see how long this lasts…
What’s so creepy is how…underage he looks. Or barely legal. He looks like (especially with his hair like that) one of those One Direction boys….
And now I know where I recognize Stephen Fry from–he was Mycroft Holmes in the RDJ Sherlock movies…..took me FOREVER to figure it out. It was bugging me.
As a sidenote–I’ve been watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, and OMFG, they are all so delicously bitchy and shade-y. I wish I could say something delicious to this, but I’ll wait for QQ, lol.
Yeah, that’s what makes it creepy to me. At 27 we could consider him of age enough to know what he’s doing, but they just look so off. Stephen looks his age and this dude looks 17.
Yeah… I mean I have a lot less issues with a 27 year old marrying a 57 year old than I do with 20 year old marrying a 50 year old. Same age gap, but at 27 you’re nearing in on 30, and I think once you’re past mid 20’s you’ve gotten a lot better handle on who you are as a person and whatnot. Still skeevy, but not worrisome I guess.
Dad would always watch Blackadder, and stuff like that so I knew the name Stephen Fry, but never put two and two together for the longest time. He was also on Bones as a psychiatrist who I was quite fond of.
Creepy is definitely what hit me first, and I love SF. Whatever happened to dating in your own age group?
I know I shouldn’t say this.. but this all story had me change my mind about a respectable actor like Stephen Fry. It’s just plain gross to me. That guy looks like he hasn’t end puberty yet!
Yes, I did not expect this from Fry at all. To me it feels that with Elton John and his husband it is an equal and loving relationship so I am not against gay marriages at all. This is just weird and sad.
This isn’t the first time he’s had a much younger partner – he hooked up with the actor Steve Webb who was 25 years his junior a few years back.
…it does creep me out a bit how young they both look.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/07/14/article-1294470-0A4B174A000005DC-885_468x659.jpg
Oh my god.
He is the gay version of Doug Hutchison!
Paola, he didn’ t buy an underage child with obvious family issues from mental parents. While I do think that dating someone who could be your child is sick, and I lost a lot of respect for SF, this is a grown up man who made his decision by himself we are talking about!
Fry said some very problematic stuff over the years, too. But he gets a pass because he’s a national treasure.
No fool like an old fool.
You are so right.
I hate to agree, but… yes.
Having said that, I’m not opposed in principle to May to December relationships, as are many hereabouts. I think it’s possible for them to work/be healthy/be genuine, even if many of them don’t/are not. It’s all about the context and the individual relationship.
Having said that again, Stephen is so brittle and unstable, it would be lovely to think he could find a lasting anchoring relationship of mutual support, but there are going to be pressures on this couple way beyond celebrity and age difference.
I hope it all works out for them.
Exactly the first sign of trouble that guy might bolt. He isn’t even 30. Plus me, I’d be embarrassed walking around with someone who looks like your son but those people have such big egos probably think it’s a plus.
And there will be signs of trouble.
Fry is severely bi-polar, won’t medicate (with decent reasoning, but still), and has a long history of manic episodes, breakdowns and suicide attempts. For all his brilliance, you wouldn’t call him emotionally mature, would you? For all we know, his partner is the “older”, “more mature” one in terms of approaching a relationship.
I’m not opposed to all May-December relationships, but there are some pairings that just don’t look right – this is one of them. Another such pairing was Billy Joel and Katie Lee; in their wedding pictures it looked like the bride and her father, not her husband.
This is reminding me of some comments Fry made during the promo tour for “Wilde” when he was asked why a brilliant man might become so deeply infatuated with someone who had nothing to recommend him but his physical beauty & youth.
I’m not casting aspersions on his fiancé, I just mean that Fry’s view of what constituted a sufficient basis for a fulfilling romantic relationship seemed unlikely to result in an “anchoring relationship of mutual support”, as you put it. Or rather, it might work for some people, but probably not for someone who has all the psychological issues you described.
And Fry isnt just older, he is very smart in a kind of stuffy way. I’m having trouble even imagining what they talk about, by all accounts this guy is no Rhodes Scholar.
LMAO at “talk.”
What I find odd, apart from the obvious, is I’ve read so much “aww isnt that nice” and tweeting him congratulations…not here but other sites.
As you’ve said, if this was a 57 year old man and a 27 year old woman, people would be calling her a gold digger and him a perv.
(Can I add Norman Reedus to that list, he’s near 50 and his GF is just over 20)
These two were at Bendy’s mates wedding where Sophie was spotted. I saw his friend tweet that 3 couples who attended have now gotten engaged.
I wouldnt be taking credit for 2 of them anyway….
For me the biggest problem seems not their age difference but the power balance. I had a look at this guy’s twitter and he seems no young Stephen Fry to me. He looks like a regular young guy who likes music, taking artsy photographs and enjoys the places Stephen’s fame takes him to and the people he gets to meet, but they seem from totally different leagues.
As for the assumption that Eliott at the age of 27 knows what he is getting into, he probably thinks he does, but I suspect he doesn’t.
Yeah, I can’t decide who’s the one taking advantage here. Stephen has the money, the experience, the power, but he also has his illnesses. This kind of smells like mania to me.
I like Stephen Fry, a lot, but this is disappointing and alarming.
“I like Stephen Fry a lot, but this is disappointing and alarming.” Second you on this with an emphasis on the ” alarming” part. Fry suffers from mental health issues and this seems like a setup for a really big fall for him. As far as I’m concerned “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” philosphy doesn’t count with heart break.
Agreed, kai, this is just worrying. (And a little icky, and I’m not inherently opposed to May-December relationships when the younger party is out of their early twenties.)
I agree about the possible mania. It wouldn’t be the first engagement/marriage to be conceived during a manic episode.
I’m not sure why this doesn’t sit well with me. Maybe it’s because his partner looks so young…? And I agree with kaiser and her examples of other couples making me feel the same. But there is one exception and that’s Sam Taylor wood and Aaron Johnson, I could see their connection, as weird as it sounds. Maybe it won’t last but I kind of felt or maybe like for my own selfish reasons this match.
Really disturbing. There is not just a huge age gap but also a huge power imbalance here – an older famous icon and a much younger ?? (Does he have a job?). Robbing the cradle.
Agree. I try to be open minded about big age gaps, and maybe if it’s a 38 year old with a 58 year old, but this is just so imbalanced, in both age and power, as you say. Gross.
It may work, it may not, it may last forever, it may last for a couple of years, but they plainly feel enough for each other to want to make a go of it together. Life is full of risks and no guarantees.
I say grab happiness and good luck to them.
Amen. Sure, the age difference is huge but so what? 27 is still a grown man. So long as all involved are consenting adults, fair play to them. I just don’t find it all that bothersome.
I’m curious how old the fiancé would have to be before people stopped querying the age gap – would 30 be okay? 35? How old does someone have to be before people credit them with the maturity to decide who they want to shag?
Shag and marry are two different things. Obviously. I just think people in their twenties are still forming their identities, choosing their path and changing – so much changing – and finding their footing. I was, anyway. I was a completely different person at 28 than I was at 25, and again a completely different person at 35. By leaps and bounds in terms of maturity, self confidence, self awareness and understanding of relationships. You continue to grow, of course, but never so much as in your twenties, when you are really transitioning from childhood to adulthood. I just wonder about the older person – why on earth do you want to be with someone so much in a state of flux, so unformed, so unpredictable? Right when you should be finally rejoicing in the peace and wisdom that comes with age? I just don’t get it. It’s none of my business, of course, but I’ll never understand it. It seems…pathetic? As if you are trying to be young yourself, because instead of celebrating who you are, you’re rejecting it and clinging to youth, or else creepy, because you like being able to impress and manipulate the younger person. I know these are broad generalizations that don’t fit everybody, and everyone knows of a couple who have a huge age difference that works, but that’s the reason behind my reaction. Since you asked. Which you’re probably sorry you did.
Exactly what I was thinking. He is 27! This whole “but he looks younger” thing nettles. Some of us are baby faced and the implication that your partner only likes you for some sort of pervy barely legal fantasy is wrong.
GNAT – I hear you. The thing is, in this case, I would say that the one who is in a state of flux and/or unpredictable, is Fry. He could well be the vulnerable one in this relationship. I’m not saying he is; I’m just saying that where there is a long and established history of serious mental ill health, age may not be the first issue everyone should think of. The power balance here may be perfect. Or it may be with the rich, older, celebrity. Or it may be with the partner who has good mental health.
Sixer – excellent points. I don’t know much, anything really about Fry. I saw above that you said he had mental health issues. I’m was sorry to hear that. So you’re right – the younger person is not always the vulnerable or less powerful person. And I didn’t mean to imply that. I just don’t personally see the attraction, but attraction for me is very much mental which leads to physical. Not everyone is that way. In my 30s, I dated two men in their twenties, and it felt…boring and ridiculous. But everybody’s different.
GNAT: you’ve articulated exactly how I feel and reason about these may-december romances especially when the younger partner is 20something and younger.
I’ve drawn the line at 25 meaning that’s the bottom line, but where the age gap is so big like this case, 25 seems to conservative a line.
Sixer: I worry about Stephen’s mental and emotional state. Clearly this boy feels he can take it on, but I still worry.
Agreed. Twenty-seven is young, but not a baby. I amazed at the coddling here of a grown man — and him looking young isn’t a good excuse either. Had he been 30, a minimal 3 years difference, I imagine the reaction would less damning. I never did understand the cognitive dissonance with May-December relationships between someone being 30 and being fair game on the market, yet if they were a few years younger, it would be much more egregious.
GNAT, what you call broad generalizations are legitimate concerns, imo. And Fry’s history of mental illness is another factor that makes one wonder and worry. And you are so right about the difference vs shag vs marry.
I have a very close friend who is dating someone 25 years younger. They’re now living together. I’ve had a bit of a hard time accepting their relationship but I think I’m about there…although I admit I would be in full on panic mode if they announced they were getting married.
Agreed. I’ve never gotten the rigidness and bigotry of age. The whole ‘old enough to be her/his father’ thing really makes me role my eyes. I’ve been with men 20+ my senior. Imo older equals better and more experience. I am not at all ashamed of my age preference. Not one bit. Maybe if more people tried it, they’d understand.
We HAVE tried it. That’s why we don’t understand.
Perhaps you just didn’t try it with the right person.
I say let adults live their lives, but I can understand why they are looked down upon in some instances. Sometimes people do fall in love with someone of a different generation, but from my personal experience, I can never trust a man who only wants to date a certain age bracket, no matter how old he gets. My beautiful best friend, who just turned 30, was initially rejected by a man nearing 50, whose preference maxed out between 25-27. They went on a few dates and had some chemistry between them, but he decided she wasn’t young enough for him. She later met a man in his mid-thirties who was definitely more handsome and on her level, so she won in the end, but men like the former are the reason women find May-Decembers off putting.
“Perhaps you just didn’t try it with the right person.”
Perhaps I have higher standards and am not a low self esteem mess.
More like you have no standards and no self esteem to begin with, or you wouldn’t need to make a personal attack like that. At least I am secure in myself and don’t need to take offense at other’s tastes and attempt to belittle them to feel superior.
Not everyone has Daddy issues…
“Maybe if more people tried it, they would understand”
I already have a healthy relationship with a father figure in my life so you are welcome to my share of that moth ball nookie, but thanks all the same.
it’s not necessarily daddy issues for the reasons women date older men. some are gold diggers, some like to be with someone who is content with dating just one person, some people are more mature than their chronological age and bond better with older people. i dated an older man before, most of the time I did. in my 30s, every single man in their 30s was divorced, jaded, and just wanted to get laid. plus i lived near the beach, so there was a new crop of tourists to pick up every summer so a lot of men didn’t see the need to settle down when there was new strange every spring and summer. so to recap, there is nothing wrong with dating an older man and does not always have to deal with daddy issues!
I appreciate hearing the other side of things. I’ve never dated an older man but am happy to hear the experiences & motivations of someone who has. Not my cup of tea (and this particular couple grosses me out) but I’m glad people arewilling to share their experiences, even if they are not the popular ones.
I wish him all the best-sometimes life does not always fit into what some people deem to be an acceptable relationships but it still can work. They are both adults and twenty seven is a easily an age at which you can make a decision about who you want to marry. Fry is an intelligent man with an excellent understanding of his bi polar disorder r with loving friends to support him if necessary. I wish them both the best for the future.
This. All these comments, that make it sound like Fry is grooming some naive jailbait, are ludicrous. His guy’s 27 – that’s hardly a Courtney Stodden, underage situation. Sure it’s a huge age difference and wouldn’t be for everyone, but it’s their lives and if they’re happy, good for them. 27 is way old enough to make a decision without manipulation being involved. They’re two grown-ass men they can make any decision they want. So it might only last two years. So might any couple. Who else’s business is it? Good luck to them.
I’m gonna go against the grain and say I’m happy for them and don’t think it’s creepy.
He’s 27 not 17. He’s a proper adult. It may or may not work. They may live happily ever after or get a very nasty divorce quickly or after several years. Who the hell knows. These are two adults doing what they please. Good for them.
So now even Stephen Fry’s gone and done a Johnny Depp – and I thought Stephen was more intelligent than that…but apparently not.
Yuk. I think I’ve lost all respect for Stephen Fry – well, more that I’ve already lost after the whole “women don’t like sex” statement he made in an interview with Attitude magazine in November 2010 – which caused quite a furore. He stated “If women liked sex as much as men, there would be straight cruising areas in the way there are gay cruising areas. Women would go and hang around in churchyards thinking: ‘God, I’ve got to get my f———- rocks off’, or they’d go to Hampstead Heath and meet strangers to shag behind a bush.” And also – cherry on the cake for me – he said: “I feel sorry for straight men. The only reason women will have sex with them is that sex is the price they are willing to pay for a relationship with a man, which is what they want.” Obviously a lot of people – quite rightly – took offense. In the aftermath he quit twitter for a bit and claimed that he’d been misquoted in the interview. Which is bollocks – he said it and then was surprised at the backlash. He fell back on the age old lie that he’d been misquoted. The guy may come across as a brainy, funny, avuncular English uncle but he’s also an arse. A misogynist arse. And this now, marrying a child – sorry but this guy looks like a child : no surpise.
Wow, I had heard that he made some problematic comments, but those totally take the cake? You would think he was born during the Victorian era for all this ignorance and misogyny. I thought this guy was supposed to be so intelligent!
I’m the first person to be Judge MacJudgy where age differences are concerned, particularly where the younger partner is under 25, so I very grudgingly say Mazel Tov to this ONLY because younger partner is over 25.
However, when I look at them, i’m skeeved by the visual – specifically the fact that younger partner looks so young. I have to remind myself of his age because they look like father and son. So my eeeewwww factor is off the chart.
Then I worry about younger partner who has been swept off his feet, going by his instagram, because Stephen might be a national treasure in public, but he is seriously messed up. Does this young man realise what he is taking on besides the fabulous life Stephen has?
I agree, LAK. Stephen has been very vocal and very honest about his past/current mental health issues which includes severe bouts with depression and his chronic bi-polar condition. Does Elliot understand realistically what he will be taking on once they are married? They’ve only just met and are still in that euphoric infatulation stage. It’s so easy to get caught up in the moment early on in a new relationship. Marriage is alot of work…even moreso when one partner has serious mental health issues to deal with.
I think people are unfairly overeacting because he looks so young. 27 years old is an adult. I get creeped and skeeved when people go for those that are barely out of their teens but this is clearly a none of my business situation. Just like Internet darling Partrick Stewart who married someone nearly 40 years younger but she’s clearly an adult. If there is a sugar daddy dynamic that falls under the category of same old show biz stuff and no biggie.
27 is obviously worlds better than 18 but its still a 30 year difference, thats what people are pointing out.
Nah there’s a comment saying he’s worse than Doug Hutchinson. You know the guy that married a 16 year old?
As for age difference it’s not what I choose but since both can consent it’s not my business.
Yeah, I mean I don’t mind age differences (my dad was 21 when he married my mom who was 13 years older), especially when they’re not 18–but it kinda skeeves me out that he’s styled to look younger (talking about his stupid hair)……If I hadn’t known better, I’d assumed that was grandfather/grandson….because he looks freakishly young.
PRENUP dude, if you are marrying! ASAP!! Never mind how young he is. Kid seems to hang around different older men a lot, saw some pics elsewhere.
i think the age difference is creepy indeed.
im more concerned about Frys illness. it all seems more like a “he’ll fix me” relationship and no one can fix someone else.
Really what do they have in common? What do they talk about? I get the attraction for Fry is youth and for the young one money but yuckkkkkk at the end of the day what the heck do u talk about. I get exasperated talking to the check out kid at the grocery in 5 minutes. 😉
This young guy is supposedly wealthy himself — family money — so it must be love.
Ive heard is a just starting out stand up comic – soooooo its highly possible those stellar Industry connections help aswell…
I don’t really care about his marriage but I’m enjoying the disappointment and disapproval he’s finally getting from the “national treasure” crowd who never pulled him up on his sexism.
My husband and I were talking about this yesterday. I love Stephen Fry! But I’m still grossed out by a 30 year age difference. My husband and I both have friends who are in relationships where there’s a large age gap. I’ve even asked my friend how do they make it work? I can tell you that there are lots of issues and drama because you are at two totally different phases of life. It doesn’t matter that you love the other person or that you have things in common or even if the younger partner is mature. You are still going to want different things in life at 27 than at 57, period.
Can we add Demi and Ashton to the gross list? Not because their age difference was quiet as scandalous but just because they are both pretty gross.
who cares? they’re both adults by a long shot. young guy knows he’s candy and he’s prob in it for the fame/money. both parties know what’s up. used to upset me, when i was dating and guys my age wanted 20 something women. but that’s men that aren’t looking for a relationship, they’re looking for lots of sex with young women. so really, I wasn’t losing out on anything. lots of men don’t care if the young thing is in love with them, as long as they’re getting sex.
I love how the Daily Fails has called this a whirlwind-surprise engagement and then say Cumberbatch’s out of the blue one is the romantic story of the century. It’s basically the same thing.
I am an ageist and the fact that he could be his father makes me feel uncomfortable, but to each their own. Their relationship and age difference don’t affect me in any possible way. Congratulations!
How are they basically the same thing? Age appropriate couple in their 30’s with ticking biological clock fall in love and quickly start a family versus mentally ill 57 year old marrying a pretty 27 year old while in the midst of what seems like a manic episode. Do not see a single similarity.
I wouldn’t go so far as calling him mentally ill… but ok. I was not referring to their ages, occupations or mental health (!), but to the treatment both engagements received from the same publication.
He is mentally ill Cee
Very bipolar, huge bouts of serious depression, suicidal, and lots of episodes of mania.
He said this guy pulled him out of a dark place.
And unless this younger guy has mental illness he has experienced in his immediate family, he has no idea what he is getting into.
And he has only seen Fry in the upswing of his cycle, not the true mania or the crash.
If it were an older man with a younger woman like it usually is, people would shake their heads and go on. But since it’s two men people freak out. Double standards are well and alive in 2015.
I think people are actually freking out less because they’re men. A woman would be called a gold digger and worse.
Most all of the famous men in Hollywood and NY who are on their second or third wife are years and decades older. It barely gets mentioned or recognized because it’s the norm. With that being said, I do disagree with you. The picture which looks like a young man with his special uncle is getting attention for the obvious reason.
Gross. Age difference can be problematic even in the best relationships, but when one partner is still in their 20s, it’s too much of a power imbalance. At that point, even five years can make a world of difference, much less thirty.
I hate it when men seek younger lovers. I just HATE it.
I hear ya. In my early 30s, guys my age were going for women in their 20s. upset me, made getting older harder. but i learned there are men who want women their own age. my now husband did! : )
Let them. They’re dating younger because nobody their age will put up with their BS.
And there you go!! The answer to the age old question. I’m sure there are some couples that are the exceptions, but I’m betting this is the reason for this sort of coupling more than any other.
I really like SF’s work. Always have.This is just a huge age gap for marriage tho. For anyone. Well, he is 27. I guess….congrats?
This guy looks so young! But he is very much an adult. They both are. It’s their choice. I’m not necessarily convinced that May December relationships work. It’s not so much the age as the difference in life experience.
I don’t, however, agree that you couldn’t possibly know someone well enough after a year to marry them. Of course you can. Especially if you’ve spent a significant amount of quality time in that year. Most people show their true colors after about 6 months. I think most people deep down know pretty early on if it’s going to be a runner or not.
I think the biggest problem here is that people think they have any right to comment on the relationship of another. Thats the saddest part. Live and let live. People make their own decisions, whether you like it or not. Who cares if you think he ‘looks too young’? I may think your husband is a frog and you can do better, but would you leave him if I, a stranger, wrote that on the internet?
Have some context and respect, it would suit you all better.
I don’t think Stephen Fry is going to read these comments. I also think that he’s too old for this guy and it will probably end in disaster ,but it is his life.
LIKE @ Oh.
I love Stephen but in my opinion he’s making a mistake… Also his boyfriend seems creepy
I have no problem with May-December romances in general. When the younger party is 18-early 20s (or worse, like Courtney Stodden, though that’s still hard to fathom), it’s definitely sketchy. But a 27 year old man is in spitting distance of 30. Many people that age (I’m older now, but myself included) have been married and had a family for years by then. He’s not being taken advantage of like a kid would be. If anything, I’d worry whether Fry is being taken advantage of (and that’s *without* realizing he was bipolar). As long as they’re legally and developmentally, really & truly adults, power to them with hopes that neither gets burned.
Kaiser, I can always count on you to tell it like it is. These 50+ year old men need to gtfo.
Ladies, don’t knock it till you’ve been there. The former love of my life is 29 years older than me – we met when I was 21. I can’t talk to him anymore – too painful – but I have yet to find anyone that comes close to what he gave me and what we had together. Every time I date someone my age he looks like my brother and his idea of sex comes from whatever he’s seen in porn. The maturity level is a major, major disappointment. I do envy women who can be happy with guys their own age, but the experience level of the older set really can’t be beat.
well, at least stephen doesnt have to worry about him getting knocked up! lol
My first thought was “maybe he’s pregnant”. Aw man, at least I’m not the only one here with such low-brow humour. 😉 I have no right to comment on this but I’m with the people who said that this sounds like a an enormous mess and I feel sorry for both guys when Stephen crashes again.
lolololol
He’s 27. It’s nothing like the Courtney Stodden situation — she wasn’t even 18, and she was (and still is) excoriated constantly by the press. This isn’t even like Taylor Swift and her high school boyfriend.
He’s 27, he has a career and money of his own, he’s an adult. It’s not gross. Congratulations to them.
You go cougar! (Is there a male equivalent for this?)
I hope he is very happy. I love him as an actor!
In their industry, marital bliss is short lived most of the time. Look at the disastrous history of similar couples.. Patrick Dempsey and Rocky whatever, Mariah and Tommy Mottola. It often seems like the older one of the couple comes across as a dictator. I think it takes a special kind of narcissist to seek out a partner that is half or a third their age.
His boyfriend is cute. At 27 i wouldn’t compare him to the Aaron Johnson and Sam Taylor wood situation.
This is more a depp and amber heard situation age wise. I don’t see people saying thats gross, its more along the lines of a midlife crisis. Which it may very well be in this case too.