David and Katharine! Harrison and Calista! See Which Celebrity Couples Have Surprisingly Big Age Differences

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David and Katharine! Harrison and Calista! See Which Celebrity Couples Have Surprisingly Big Age Differences

Age is just a number — especially in Hollywood! Over the years, many celebrities have proven that age differences don’t matter one bit when it comes to true love. Take Katharine McPhee and David Foster for example. Us Weekly confirmed in July 2018 that the Grammy winner proposed to the Smash alum, who is 34 years his junior, after two years of dating. One year later, they tied the knot in July 2019. Over the course of their relationship, McPhee hasn’t been afraid to poke fun at their obvious age gap. “I’ll be the hottest step-grandma,” the Waitress alum tweeted in September 2018 in reference to Foster’s many grandchildren. However, the Broadway star has also opened up about her struggles with their generational gap. “I was very concerned with what people would think,” the American Idol alum said during a March 2021 episode of “Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy Podcast.” She added: “I’m not trying to skirt around the obvious. We have a huge age difference.” [jwplayer KvD3Go8N-zhNYySv2] On the podcast, McPhee recounted the pair’s path to love, noting that they were work acquaintances long before things turned romantic. “He actually came to my first wedding,” she said. “It was always this professional relationship, but I think looking back he was definitely enamored with me and I was taken with him.” Today, the couple are the parents of a son, Rennie, who was born in February 2021. Foster is also the father of five daughters from previous relationships. While some are older than McPhee, they’ve seemed to welcome their stepmother with open arms. In November 2019, Sara Foster called her father and his wife the “perfect couple.” "I don’t think they’ve ever had a fight,” she told Us exclusively. “I watch them, I’m just like, they figured it out. It’s beautiful." Another great example of age-defying love? Scott Disick and Amelia Gray Hamlin. While the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum is no stranger to dating younger women, a source told Us in April 2021 that the model and the Talentless designer — who have an 18-year age difference — work well together because of their gap. “Despite their age difference, they have more in common than people would think,” the insider shared. “He sees himself as being younger than he is. Amelia is really mature and acts older than she is, so they get along pretty well.” The New York native has also offered some insight of his own. “Everybody gets this wrong that I look for young girls,” the reality star explained during the Keeping Up With the Kardashians reunion in June 2021. “I don’t go out looking for young girls — they happen to be attracted to me because I look young. That’s what I’m telling myself.” The pair eventually called it quits in September 2021. Scroll to see just how many years are between some of your favorite celeb couples: [podcast_block]

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John Mellencamp and Marianelly Agosto: 27 Years

The "Jack and Diane" crooner is 27 years older than the skincare expert. Us exclusively revealed the pair's romance in November 2022.

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Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford

The singers appeared to confirm their romance in October 2022 when they were spotted kissing outside of an L.A. restaurant. Eilish is 11 years The Neighbourhood frontman's junior.

That same month, the “Bad Guy” songstress and Rutherford seemingly poked fun at their age gap through their Halloween costumes by dressing up as a baby and an old man, respectively. 

The pair called it quits less than one year later. "We can confirm Billie and Jesse did split amicably and remain good friends," the “Ocean Eyes” singer’s rep told Us in May 2023. "All cheating rumors are false. Both are currently single."

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Russell Crowe and Britney Theriot

The Gladiator star is 27 years older than the Broken City actress. The couple, who have been romantically linked since November 2020, went public with their relationship in October 2022 when posing on the red carpet at the Italy premiere Crowe's movie Poker Face.

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Alexandra Daddario and Andrew Form: 17 Years

The White Lotus actress and the producer tied the knot in June 2022 after getting engaged in August 2021. The twosome were first linked in 2020 after Form split from wife Jordana Brewster in July of that year following 13 years of marriage. Daddario, who is 17 years younger than her husband, said “I do” to Form in New Orleans.

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Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira: 30 Years

The pair were first linked in early 2022 and the former Miss Paraguay confirmed that she and Anthony were together in March of that year. Just a few weeks later, Ferriera announced that she and Anthony were engaged via her Instagram Story in May 2022.

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Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson: 13 Years

After connecting when Kardashian made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut in October 2021, the couple took their romance public one month later. The Skims founder has frequently gushed about her beau and how "content" she is with their low-key date nights. "It feels good just to know that, like, we have this connection and we have our little bubble of a relationship world that we live in that, like, not a lot of people know about," she told Hoda Kotb in April 2022.

"Everyone in Kim’s family absolutely adores Pete and loves Pete for Kim. He fits in so well with her life and with her family," a source exclusively told Us one month later, noting that the couple "are even happier" after making their romance red carpet official in late April 2022. "Kim has also made Pete grow up in a big way and think about his future and business in a huge way."

Us confirmed in August 2022 that the pair split after less than one year together.

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Scott Disick and Rebecca Donaldson: 11 Years

The Talentless founder was first spotted with the Scottish model in early April 2022 and they seemed to confirm their romance a few days later when she attended the premiere of Hulu's The Kardashians on his arm. "So far it’s going well. He’s very attracted to her," a source told Us exclusively in April 2022. “Him introducing her to the family and having her at the Kardashian premiere meant a lot to him. ... It’s still a new relationship and he’s taking it day by day."

The pair’s whirlwind romance fizzled by June 2022, a source told Us at the time.

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Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble: 25 Years

The momager met Gamble in 2014 at a party thrown by her then-son-in-law Kanye West and he first appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians one year later. “He’s great. Corey is so easy and, at the same time, so smart and intelligent,” Jenner told Us in July 2018 about her relationship. “He’s always one step ahead of me, and he loves the kids, and the kids love him, and he loves the grandchildren. He really is such a great guy.”

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John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh: 23 Years

After meeting on the set of Law & Order: SVU in 2016, Stamos popped the question during a trip to Disneyland in October 2017. Us confirmed that they were expecting their first child two months before their February 2018 wedding, and McHugh gave birth to their son, Billy, in April of that year. "Sometimes I have to pinch myself and ask what I did to deserve such a beautiful family. The word gratitude is hardly enough, but I am grateful!" the Full House alum wrote via Instagram in October 2021.

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Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata: 20 Years

One year after meeting in Shigo, Japan, the couple tied the knot in an intimate Las Vegas ceremony in February 2021. “I thought she was stunning when I met her. We had a lot in common,” Cage told Entertainment Tonight in July 2021. “She likes animals, too, so I asked her, ‘Do you have any pets?’ And she said, ‘Yes, I have flying squirrels.’ She had two sugar gliders. ... I thought, ‘That’s it. This could work out.'” Us confirmed in January 2022 that the pair are expecting their first child.

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Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas: 10 Years

After reaching out to the Quantico alum via Twitter in September 2016, the pair quietly began dating in early 2018 before Us confirmed their relationship in May of that year. A source told Us at the time that Jonas, who is 10 years younger than Chopra Jonas, "loves women who are mature like him, [which] usually means he dates a little outside of his age bracket." The singer popped the question just two months later, and the pair tied the knot in two separate ceremonies in India in December 2018. They welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Malti Marie, via surrogate in January 2022.

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Florence Pugh and Zach Braff: 20 Years

The couple first sparked dating rumors in April 2019, shortly after Pugh starred in Braff's short film, In the Time It Takes to Get There, earlier that year. They confirmed their romance in December 2019 and in the years since, the Oscar nominee has defended her relationship from criticism over their age difference. “I have the right to hang out and be with and go out with anyone I want to,” Pugh told Elle UK in June 2020. “I’ve always found this part of what people do really bizarre. I’m an actor because I like acting and I don’t mind people watching my stuff, but people have no right to educate me on my private life.”

The Black Widow star announced in August 2022 that the duo had quietly parted ways several months earlier.

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Casey Affleck and Caylee Cowan: 23 Years

The Oscar winner confirmed his romance with Cowan in November 2021 shortly after PDA snaps of the pair made headlines.

"@cayleecowan showed up,” Affleck gushed about his love via Instagram, sharing a selfie of the pair giving blood during a local drive. “She is not on the Love’s active [baseball team] roster, but she is MY Love, and she ALWAYS shows up when it counts… However Caylee is usually unenthused about needles, blood, etc, and though she believably feigned nonchalance all the way to the donation location, once on the table with her sleeve rolled up, she was overheard quietly asking a staff member, ‘Is there a chance I might die?’”

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Lucy Hale and Skeet Ulrich: 20 Years

A source told Us in March 2021 that, although the duo “have a huge age gap, it doesn’t bother them.” Instead, they connect over their shared interests. “They are both kind and have a funny, but dark sense of humor,” the insider added. The pair split in April 2021.

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Scott Disick and Amelia Gray Hamlin: 18 Years

Since they were first linked in October 2020, the pair have defended their age difference many times over. “People can embrace themselves however they feel fit for them at that moment in time,” Amelia wrote via her Instagram Story in December 2020. “People grow. People learn to love themselves more and more.” They called it quits in September 2021.

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Marques Houston and Miya Dickey: 20 Years

In June 2020, the Sister, Sister alum fired back at trolls who criticized him for being double his fiancée's age. At the time, he was 38 and she was 19. "Miya and I didn't start dating until she was an adult," he clarified via Instagram.

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Lady Kitty Spencer and Michael Lewis: 31 Years

Spencer, who is the niece to the late Princess Diana, is significantly younger than her boyfriend Michael Lewis, with whom she shares a 31-year age difference. He proposed to his love in January 2020. They wed in July 2021.

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Madonna and Ahlamalik Williams: 36 Years

The Queen of Pop is 36 years older than her backup dancer beau, whom she started dating in 2018. “Love has no age,” his father, Drue Williams, told TMZ in December 2019. “My son is livin’ la vida loca, and I’m just happy for him.”

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Josh Duhamel and Audra Mari: 21 Years

The actor was first spotted with the former Miss World America in May 2019 after his split from Fergie. The couple started stepping out together more that December after Duhamel and the singer finalized their divorce. The couple got engaged in January 2022. 

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Helena Bonham Carter and Rye Dag Holmboe: 21 Years

Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar U.K. in October 2019, the Fight Club actress reflected on her former relationship with Tim Burton while addressing her new romance with the Norwegian writer. “You break up, you grieve, you get bored of grieving, and then you finally move on,” she said. “I’m very happy with someone else. It’s been a bit of unexpected magic in my life.”

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Steven Tyler and Aimee Preston: 40 years

The Aerosmith frontman and his former personal assistant went public with their romance in February 2016 at the Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Oscars watch party. Tyler and Preston are often spotted packing on the PDA, including posing together on the red carpet at the Hollywood Beauty Awards in February 2019.

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Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale: 20 years

The Saturday Night Live star sparked romance rumors with the Underworld star, who’s 20 years his senior, after they got flirty at the Golden Globes in January 2019. “It’s no surprise [Kate] likes Pete,” a source told Us Weekly in February. “He makes her laugh. Kate is a lot of fun and loves embracing her youthful side. She’s always the life of the party and likes going out, dancing and hanging out around young people at hip places.” The pair ultimately split in April 2019. 

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Don McLean and Paris Dylan: 49 years

The “American Pie” singer and the Catfish alum, who is 49 years his junior, confirmed their relationship in October 2018 during a trip to Paris. “A dream with my love,” Dylan wrote on Twitter at the time. 

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Ashley and Michael Darby: 29 years

Ashley and Michael, who is 29 years older than she is, have been featured on The Real Housewives of Potomac since season 1 in 2016. Us confirmed that they had separated in April 2022. 

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Lala Kent and Randall Emmett: 19 years

The Vanderpump Rules star got engaged to the TV producer when they were 28 and 47 years old, respectively. Emmett popped the question at her birthday party in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on September 1, 2018. They welcomed daughter Ocean in March 2021. The duo ended their engagement in November 2021. 

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Katharine McPhee and David Foster: 34 years

The longtime friends first sparked dating rumors in May 2017. The music producer would propose one year later, two months after the couple made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala in New York City. They welcomed their first child, Rennie, in February 2021. 

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Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor: 26 years

The comedian and his fiancée, who share a 26-year age difference, went public with their relationship in January 2018. “My girl @itskelsitaylor is one of my favorite people on the planet. She’s a talented singer but more importantly she’s a genuine person … She’s gonna go far!” he gushed on social media at the time. In August 2018, Cook joked about their age-gap on Instagram: “The only thing you have to do is plan that your deaths will be somewhat far apart.”

The duo announced their engagement in August 2022 after five years together.

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Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson: 23 years

Dating his boss worked out just fine for the Avengers actor: he met Sam when she directed him in 2009’s Nowhere Boy. They have two daughters: Wylda and Romy. 

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Sir Patrick Stewart and Sunny Ozell: 38 years

The Star Trek actor and Ozell have been married since 2013. Stewart — who is also five years older than his wife’s dad — once joked that his father-in-law “rings me up and says, ‘Hey son, it’s your father here!’”

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Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson: 22 years

They might be two decades apart, but Knowles and her director husband are on the same page creatively: the couple have worked together on her music videos. Knowles confirmed that they had called it quits in November 2019. 

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Camila Morrone and Leonardo DiCaprio: 22 years

The Wolf on Wall Street star is known for dating younger women, however, Marrone is not just another fling. A source told Us on April 5, 2018 that they’re “getting really serious.”

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Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo: 10 years

She will be loved. The Maroon 5 frontman and the Victoria’s Secret model tied the knot at Flora Farms in Los Cabos, Mexico, in 2014. They welcomed daughters Dusty Rose and Gio Grace in 2016 and 2018, respectively.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds: 11 years

Costar couple! The spouses met while filming the 2011 superhero movie Green Lantern, and married in 2012 on a gorgeous South Carolina plantation. They share daughters James, Inez and Betty.

The Deadpool actor was previously married to another much younger actress, Scarlett Johansson, who was eight years his junior.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt: 12 years

Mr. and Mrs. Pitt. The A-list couple, who married in France in August 2014 after nearly a decade together, share six children: Maddox, Zahara, Pax, Shiloh, and twins Vivienne and Knox. The pair split in 2016. 

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Beyonce and Jay Z: 12 years

Beyoncé and Jay Z have collaborated on hits such as “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Crazy in Love,” “That’s How You Like It," “Deja Vu” and “Upgrade U.” Music’s power couple tied the knot in a lavish New York City ceremony in 2008 after several years together. The musical pair share daughter Blue Ivy and twins Rumi and Sir.

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Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves: 13 years

Alright, alright, alright! McConaughey has said that Alves had to push him to propose, but they finally wed in 2012 after six years together. They share three children.

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Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox: 13 years

The 90210 alum and the Transformers actress became engaged in 2007, but split two years later. Just a few months after calling it quits, they were back on and married in Hawaii in 2010 before officially splitting in May 2020. They share three sons.

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Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin : 13 years

Love at first bite. The onscreen couple fell in love just days into shooting their hit HBO vampire show, True Blood, and married in August 2010. They’re now parents of twins Charlie and Poppy. 

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Dr. Reza Jarrahy and Geena Davis: 15 years

Davis married her fourth husband, Jarrahy, on Sept. 1, 2001. The pair called it quits in September 2018.

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Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy: 17 years

The French banker, who has two children from a previous marriage, first wooed the Full House alum in 2012. Three years later, they exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony at their New York home before officially splitting in January 2021.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Jason Statham: 19 years

It just works! Despite the age gap, the Victoria’s Secret model has said that she and The Expendables actor are “best mates.” The pair welcomed Jack and Isabella in 2017 and 2022, respectively.

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Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart: 18 years

“I don’t feel older, and I don’t feel like I look it, either, so I am just acting the same way I have always acted,” the stunning singer has said of passing age 40 and dating her younger on-off beau. The twosome split for good in 2016.

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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart: 22 years

The Indiana Jones actor and the Ally McBeal alum met at the 2002 Golden Globes. The pair married in New Mexico in 2010.

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump: 24 years

The outspoken billionaire businessman met his third wife at a Fashion Week party in 1998 — while he was on a date with someone else. They eventually wed in a star-studded ceremony at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, in January 2005. Son Barron was born in 2006. (The former POTUS also shares Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric with late ex-wife Ivana Trump, as well as Tiffany with ex Marla Maples.)

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Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin: 26 years

“I didn’t expect to fall in love with somebody who was 26 years my senior, but you cannot help who you fall in love with,” Hilaria told Hello! after the couple’s 2012 wedding.

They share six children and announced in March 2022 that they were expecting another baby. (The 30 Rock alum also shares daughter Ireland with ex-wife Kim Basinger.)

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas: 25 years

When Douglas met wife Zeta-Jones, he said, "I'd like to father your children." They now have two: Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta.

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Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor: 31 years

“What I can say absolutely is that I am in love, and that person happens to be Holland Taylor,” Paulson told The New York Times in March 2016 of their relationship, which began in 2015. “There’s a poignancy to being with someone older. I think there’s a greater appreciation of time and what you have together and what’s important.” 

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Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson: 35 years

The duo’s 2011 nuptials caused quite a controversy since Stodden was only 16 years old at the time, while the Lost actor was 51. After they briefly split in November 2013, the pair reunited in August 2014. The duo split again in 2017.

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Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal: 5 Years

Reese Witherspoon met beau Jake Gyllenhaal while filming their flick Rendition. They didn't appear publicly as a couple until Witherspoon's divorce from ex Ryan Phillippe became finalized in October. They split in 2009.

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Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds: 8 Years

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds split in December 2010 after two years of marraige. 

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Madonna and Guy Ritchie: 10 Years

Madonna  and Guy Ritchie  got married at Scotland's Skibo Castle in Dec. 2000. They filed for divorce in 2008.

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Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere: 12 Years

Milo Ventimiglia revealed his crush to his Heroes co-star Hayden Panettiere "the minute she broke up with Stephen Colletti," a source close to the actress tells Us. The pair called it quits in February 2009.

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Marla Maples and Andy Baldwin: 13 Years

Donald Trump's ex Marla Maples and former Bachelor Andy Baldwin went public with their romance while ice skating at the Trump Wollman Rink in New York's Central Park Dec. 30, 2007. They split in May 2008.

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Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels: 13 Years

Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels wed in a 2003 commitment ceremony. They announced their split in April 2010, entering a messy child support battle over their twins, Miller Steven and Johnnie Rose.

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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher: 15 Years

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher tied the knot in Sept. 2005. They filed for divorce in 2011. 

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: 16 Years

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tied the knot at a castle in Bracciano, Italy. They called it quits 2012. 

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T.R. Knight and Mark Cornelson: 16 Years

T.R. Knight and Mark Cornelso debuted their relationship at the 16th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood, California, in 2008. They split a year later.

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Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim: 21 Years

Nicolas Cage met wife Alice Kim, at restaurant Le Prive in L.A. in Feb. 2004, when she was his waitress. They split in 2016.

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Kim Cattrall and Alan Wyse: 23 Years

Kim Cattrall and Canadian Chef Alan Wyse began dating in the summer of 2004. They split in 2009.

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Billy Joel and Katie Lee Joel: 32 Years

Billy Joel married third wife, celebrity chef Katie Lee Joel in 2004. After they split in 2010, the "Piano Man" singer wed Alexis Roderick, who is 33 years his junior. 

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