La La Anthony and Carmelo Anthony divorced last year, after being separated for a while. Their son Kiyan is 15 years old, and Carmelo and La La have tried to stay civil for his sake. I remember thinking that La La was over Carmelo for a while before the separation though – the gossip was that he cheated on her constantly and indiscreetly, and she was completely fed up by the end of their marriage. Now La La is free and moving on. She’s only 40 years old, or is that disputed? Her Wiki page isn’t clear – either she was born in 1982 or 1979. I think she’s shaved a few years off, it happens. La La spoke to the Call Her Daddy podcast about when her marriage fell apart and the kinds of guys who hit on her these days. Some highlights:
Her marriage fell apart soon after Carmelo was traded to the Knicks: “I’m from New York so being here is nothing new. When we lived here under all of that, that’s when things became complicated. Now that I look back, that was kind of the start of the demise of the marriage.” As La La explained to Cooper, moving to the big city came with added “scrutiny” from the media. “It is really hard. That’s not the only reason things didn’t work out, but things got tough with New York, just constantly being under the spotlight and people watching every little thing.”
She & Melo co-parent well: “We had some great times. We have a beautiful son, Kiyan, who’s amazing. It wasn’t all bad. We had great, great times. It ended bad, but we’re still friends and we co-parent great…. Life is just about lessons and going through different phases, and that was a phase in my life, a chapter in my life. And now, that chapter’s over but it’s never really over when you have a kid with somebody.
Younger guys are the only ones interested in her: “Here’s how it goes. This is what I’m finding, I don’t understand this … I’m not saying when you get older you want to date younger guys but when you get older only younger guys want to date you… It’s the wildest thing. Guys will DM me and want to take me out and I’ll google them I’ll be like, ‘You’re 22 years old.’ Like, How?”
Younger guys are wild: She explained that younger men are “so confident,” but she doesn’t know what the age “cut off” should be. “But I don’t get what this thing is, like the older you get the younger the guys get and it’s wild.”
She’s single now: “People think I’m just out there, like, you can have any guy you want, but not really because the guys trying to talk to me are 21 to 22 years old… Look, it’s, I don’t know anything about relationships anymore. I’m done giving relationship advice even to myself. I don’t know. What I do know, is I’m going with the flow. Like, I’m not dating anyone currently, I’m not in anything serious currently, but if someone wants to take me out and I’m like alright, cool, I’m not just gonna say [no] I’m trying to be more open about it and whatever happens happens.”
She wants Kim Kardashian to play matchmaker for her: “Kim would be really good at that. She would be good at that. Also cause she’s single now too so it’s like, it’s different. We can talk a little bit more about, like, what do we like, what do we not like, what are we looking for, what are we not looking for, like, it’s different.” She explained that having a friend set her up would be the best way to meet someone as opposed to using a dating app, which she has yet to try. “I feel like a friend knows me, knows what I like, that’s the best way,” she said.
While I don’t have younger guys asking me out, I’m close to La La’s age and I have to admit, I’ve started to notice that the youths are getting shockingly flirty with me? I’m looking at some of these kids and I think they’re in high school or something and then they start to flirt with me! What is up with the youths these days? It’s probably that a 21-year-old guy isn’t thinking “I need to settle down with a long-term life partner.” Guys that age want to have temporary fun with a woman who knows what they’re doing. So yes, I believe La La. I bet she gets 21-year-old men and 60-year-old men asking her out and never guys her own age.
Photos courtesy of Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon.
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – NOVEMBER 01: Television personality La La Anthony arrives at the PrettyLittleThing La La Anthony EDIT Launch Party held at Beauty and Essex at Dream Hollywood Hotel on November 1, 2021 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 641064364, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: La La Anthony, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – NOVEMBER 01: Television personality La La Anthony arrives at the PrettyLittleThing La La Anthony EDIT Launch Party held at Beauty and Essex at Dream Hollywood Hotel on November 1, 2021 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 641064406, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: La La Anthony, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – NOVEMBER 01: Television personality La La Anthony arrives at the PrettyLittleThing La La Anthony EDIT Launch Party held at Beauty and Essex at Dream Hollywood Hotel on November 1, 2021 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 641064476, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: La La Anthony, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
I’ve always thought it’s a good pairing, and older woman who just want to have fun and younger guys who also are looking for fun plus it’s a more equal pairing of sex drives. I had a friend who spent her early 40s hooking up with 25 year olds on Twitter (till it got old, which I suppose it does).
Last year a guy in his early 20s was flirting with me hard. I thought he was in his early 30s (he had a beard and it can really hide the youth). I was 36 at the time. I kept telling him he’s too young and he kept saying he wasn’t so I asked him where he was on 9/11. He said kindergarten and then it clicked for him. This is now something of a rule for me when it comes to dating and age. If you don’t have super specific memories of that day then you’re too young for me. Not to be all macabre about it, but I heard this as a joke once (I think on Jersey Shore of all places) and turns out it’s a pretty solid rule for my age preferences.
After my divorce, I noticed a lot of younger guys asking me out too. And it was fun because with 2 young kids at the time, I certainly wasn’t looking for anything serious. And it was great to have hot sex again! I ended up remarried to someone 6 and half years older than me so I guess you never know where life is going to take you 🙂
I had a lot of younger guys asking me out, too. Yes, they wanted a woman who knew what she was doing, but they also wanted a mother, a life coach and a wallet with steady income.
It’s a for real thing. Early 40s and am hit on more by early 20s guys. Idk there’s a lot of reasons this could be.
I know exactly what LaLa is saying. I am 39 years old. I think I am attractive enough but I look every bit my age. I only get asked out/hit on by guys between 24 and 30. Men my age are not interested in me at all. I only started to notice this in the last couple of years.
Could this be a numbers issue though? You’re 39…I would guess at least 50% of men your age are married? But if you look at 24 year olds, what percentage of them are married…5%, 10% if I’m generous? And do you live in the city or in the country? That makes a difference too, in my small-town experience…
I think some of the younger men are done with girls their own age because of their obsessions with social media and putting off appearances for the ‘gram.
I can relate. I’ve always been attracted to big, broad, bear-like men with chubby cheeks and 3 day old stubble. Men who do dirt work for a living, have oil stains on their hands and forget about things like haircuts. Lol. But during my whole single life, NONE of those types of men ever hit on me or reciprocated when I would hit on them. It’s like they were completely clueless about picking up on hints.
Nope. I always got stuck with the vain, ripped up pretty boys with perfectly manicured eyebrows, and white furniture who owned matching athletic-wear ensembles because THEY were the only ones who’d ever shoot their shot.
I’ve noticed this trend too. I’m 48, and when I started getting closer to 40 I was getting attention from the youngs, and I DO NOT LOOK AS FABULOUS AS LA LA. While I would like to get with someone who is looking for home and hearth, I do not mind having a little fun now and then. I’ll take it if it’s being offered. 😉
I could handle that.
I just turned 62 and all the guys hitting on me are young, young, young, and treat me with respect. I am not opposed to this! It reminds me, and affirms, I am still attractive and desirable, a feeling I have yet to achieve with men my own age, who seem to be entirely clueless.
She’s a smart woman and I know she can handle herself. Let her play and have fun. She deserves (and so do we) all of that she can get.
I’ve also always liked the way she handled herself, never humiliated herself because of her ex, genuinely loves her son, has good friends, has style for days and now has 22 year olds asking her out. I’d trade places with her in a NANO-SECOND. Good on you, Lala (and a really cool first name).