Famous Couples With Exceptional Age Differences

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones

Age difference: 25 years
Michael is 67, Catherine is 42.
They been married for 12 years and have two children.

Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng

Age difference: 37 years
Nearly four decades Rupert’s junior, Wendi started off her relationship with Rupert while he was still married to his second wife and Deng was working for a News Corp. subsidiary. Wendi and Rupert tied the knot in 1999.

Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn

Age difference: 34 years
One of the creepiest couplings in history, Woody and Soon-Yi began their affair when he was 56 and romantically involved with her adoptive mom, Mia Farrow.

Billy Joel & Katie Lee Joel

Age difference: 32 years
Following two failed marriages, a 55-year-old Billy Joel met 23-year-old “restaurant critic” Katie Lee while she was vacationing in New York in 2004.

Geraldo Rivera & Erica Levy

Age difference: 32 years
Not only is Erica Levy 32 years Geraldo’s junior, she’s also his fifth wife. They met when she was an employee of CNBC.

Harry Evans & Tina Brown

Age difference: 26 years
Tina was a college student when she met Harry, a famous newspaper editor. Harry quickly left his wife and kids to be with Tina, and they married in 1981.

Harvey Weinstein & Georgina Chapman

Age difference: 24 years
Shortly after splitting from his wife of 20 years in 2004, Harvey was publicly linked to Georgina, who is 24 years his junior. They married in 2007.

Jack Welch & Suzy Wetlaufer

Age difference: 24 years
Jack was still married to his second wife when he met Suzy, who was working on a story about Jack for the Harvard Business Review at the time. They married in 2004.

Ivana Trump & Rossano Rubicondi

Age difference: 24 years The most famous cougar of all time, Ivana married Rossano in a lavish ceremony in Palm Beach in early 2008. Donald Trump & Melania Trump Age difference: 24 years Donald and Melania met in 1999, two years after his divorce from Marla Maples. They got engaged five years later, married in 2005, and had their first child together, Barron, in 2006.

Tommy Mottola & Thalia

Age difference: 22 years Two years after his divorce from Mariah Carey was finalized, the music mogul married another young pop star, the Latin singer Thalia, in 2000.

Howard Stern & Beth Ostrosky

Age difference: 18 years Howard and Beth started dating when Howard was separated (but not divorced) from his first wife. The couple, who are 18 years apart, tied the knot last month at Le Cirque.