00:00You're forever looking for something different, just purely for my own sort of sanity, really.
00:03Hollywood star Aaron Taylor-Johnson has made his mark in the industry,
00:07from his heartthrob role in Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging, to Marvel films.
00:11Can't let my brother work hard serving good-looking girls without a cup of tea.
00:14But fans have been consistently concerned over his love life,
00:17specifically his age-gap relationship with his 59-year-old wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson.
00:22Aaron reportedly met Sam when he was 18, and she was 41,
00:25while he was auditioning for the lead role in her film, Nowhere Boy.
00:28The pair got engaged a year later, then Sam fell pregnant when Aaron was 20 years old and she was
00:3343.
00:34By this point, Aaron was already a stepdad to Sam's two daughters.
00:37Then the couple welcomed their second child before getting married in 2012.
00:42Their relationship has faced a lot of backlash,
00:45with many claiming their age gap is sad and sick, and also calling them mother and son.
00:50Aaron's previously hit back at these responses, however, defending his relationship.
00:54In an interview with Rolling Stone, he said,
00:56What most people were doing in their 20s, I was doing when I was 13.
01:00You're doing something too quickly for someone else?
01:02I don't understand that.
01:03What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at?
01:06It's bizarre to me.
01:07He also shared with Mr. Porter,
01:08I don't really analyze our relationship.
01:10I just know that it works.
01:12The couple have since been married for 14 years,
01:15with a now 35-year-old Aaron frequently posting the pair together on holiday.
01:19He even has Sam's name tatted across his chest.
01:21They also make red carpet appearances, including with Aaron's stepdaughters,
01:25who are now 28 and 19.
01:27Aaron isn't the only actor who's discussed his controversial age gap relationship,
01:31but last time, it involved a Disney star.
01:33I was 14 when I lost my virginity, so this is still bull-cut guy.
01:36Former Disney star Cole Sprouse has opened up about the first time he was intimate,
01:40at just 14 years old, on a family vacation.
01:43He would have still been a feature on his hit Disney show,
01:45The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, around this time too.
01:48I did it again, didn't I?
01:50Now, at 33 years old, Cole's revealed how cringey and nervous his first time made him feel.
01:55Setting the scene by sharing it happened at a hotel in Florida.
01:58I met this girl who was older, so that's already dubious.
02:02He added that he knocked for her, then the pair went to the beach and sat on some lounges,
02:06heart-pumping he shared before he said this.
02:08I looked at her and I was like,
02:10So, uh, are you like, DTF?
02:15Cole revealed that the experience lasted around 20 seconds, and he never spoke to the girl again.
02:20After that experience, he noted that he became a serial monogamist,
02:23and has only been in long-term, monogamous relationships since.
02:27This includes his relationship with his Riverdale co-star, Lily Reinhart,
02:31who Cole dated for three years.
02:32Another Disney alum, Miley Cyrus, also addressed when she lost her virginity,
02:36but her experience was at 16 years old with her then-boyfriend, Liam Hemsworth,
02:41who she ended up marrying before divorcing back in 2020.
02:44I lied and said that he wasn't the first, so I didn't seem like a loser.
02:47But they're not the only Disney stars who've addressed relationships and intimacy.
02:51However, last time, the main issue was a controversial age gap.
02:55I'm still feeling guilty about it to this day.
02:57Former Disney star Hilary Duff has opened up about her controversial age gap relationship.
03:02The Lizzie McGuire star started dating good Charlotte singer Joel Madden back in 2004.
03:07When she was 16 and he was 26, they were together for two years.
03:11Although she didn't specify names, the now 38-year-old addressed her age gap relationship
03:16in her new, comeback single, Mature.
03:23Lyrics then go on to say,
03:24The lyrics have led to backlash from some fans attempting to connect the dots,
03:30with one saying,
03:31Hilary Duff really came back with a song calling Joel Madden out.
03:33Hilary hasn't confirmed or denied whether the song is about Joel,
03:37but she's since confirmed the motivation behind writing it.
03:40I feel like it's myself talking to my younger self about an experience that we had,
03:46and being okay with it, and like, accepting your past.
03:51And in an interview with Vogue, she shared that the single made her look back on her relationship,
03:56adding that she was,
03:57thinking about whether this guy had a habit of dating younger women,
04:00or whether I was special.
04:01The discussion has also resurfaced old interviews,
04:03where Hilary addressed intimacy in her age gap relationship at the time.
04:07In an interview with Cosmopolitan, she said,
04:09I had a 26-year-old boyfriend,
04:11so everyone can make their own assumptions about what I was doing.
04:14Hilary's now married to music producer Matthew Coma,
04:16and they have four kids, including one with an ex.
04:19Joel Madden hasn't commented on his relationship with Hilary,
04:22but he's currently married to Nicole Richie,
04:24and Hilary's confirmed that both couples are a lot closer than people may think.
04:28We're neighbors, and we actually hang out all the time.
04:31So it seems Joel and Hilary are on good terms,
04:34despite her allegedly rehashing their relationship.
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