Stephen Fry and his young fiance. What. Are. You. doing Stephen?

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just in here. Has he lost the plot totally.

I'm not sure if being very turned by someone a bit old and ugly when you are young and perfect isn't some form of narcissism, really. Your own perfection reflected back at you excitedly by a grateful admirer.

I agree Japanese

I wonder if he's having a manic episode. It all seems very fast. What's the rush?

Hope everyone is healthy, and wish them the best.

My tuppence: I don't think it will last, not (just) because of the age gap (shudders at memory of SF in Sherlock holmes film) but because the young bloke is very young, and maybe more interested in the scene.

I'm a year older than his fiancé. He's the same age as my dad. Not saying it couldn't work but that fact in itself is enough to freak me out!

I do hope he has genuine friends around him who'll be able to tell if this is all as sudden as it seems & might be able to raise any concerns with him. If it's all genuine then great but, like so many other rushed celebrity matches, I fear it could all end in tears.

Has anyone seen any photos of them together that look like more than just 2 people who happen to be walking along the same road? There's a photo of SF with Orlando Bloom which has more chemistry than any I've seen of him & his fiancé!

Bloody hell, some of the comments on this thread are appalling.

Who knows what's actually going on in this relationship? We know NOTHING about it. We only know what the media chooses to print - and given that SF takes his personal life pretty seriously, there's not much for them to go on.

Just think about the relationships of your friends - how often do people you think are happily married (or happy in a partnership if they're not married) split up?

None of knows what goes on behind closed doors. If we don't have any insight into our friends' relationships, how on earth can we know anything about somebody we don't even know?

I hope that they're very happy together.

And I'm gutted that it's not my son

I must admit it made me think "Bosie".

Wonder who called the press? Surely not the fiancé?

Well, I'm gutted it's not my brother - but even at 40 (later this year), I'd say he was too young for Stephen.

In fact, my DB would say 27 was too young for him, let alone for SF...!

I don't think anyone is claiming to know the first thing about the relationship, but jaysus, expecting people not to have an opinion on it is a bit rum!

I hope they're happy, everybody deserves that!

My sister has a partner in his 60s and he looks it. She's in her 30s and they've been together 7 years and have a great relationship. Loads in common and have a lovely life. I'm quite shocked by some of the comments on here and would hate for her to ever know people thought of their relationship the way some of you clearly do......

Oh look, Stephen Fry drops his son off at Uni.

God love them. They do look happy in this pic.

Sorry Jo, but I think you'd have to be naive not to realise people will look askance at a relationship with a 30-year age gap.

I'm sure your sister doesn't care what random people think, however.

That pic ^^ just looks all kinds of wrong, but fair play to them both, I hope it all works out for them. Especially for Stephen's sake.

They look so mismatched! His fiancé is 27 but looks even younger than that, sorry but it won't last, and this comes from someone with a laaaaarge age gap with DH

30 years isn't the end of the world and I wish them happiness.

Age also doesn't matter when you're both hale and hearty but (and I say this as someone in an age gap relationship) being 40 and looking after a 70 yr old partner is a very different prospect to being 27 and gadding about with your 57 year old partner.

Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one having a face on about this one.

Age gap notwithstanding, fiancé is an unknown comedian, apparently. How convenient to become involved with a minted (yes, he's easily a millionaire several times over) mega-sleb who knows everybody on both sides of the pond.

Yes, I know we know nothing and we're nasty speculating mares, but it doesn't look great from the outside, does it? Especially ^^ that photo.

I also hope for SF's sake we're all completely wrong.

emeline, i agree, the need to be admired can be a low self-esteem thing and an older man would be appreciative and grateful in the way that somebody his own age mightn't be.

Sorry for having an opinion on it. To be fair I think it's good that society reacts with surprise to huge age gaps. I think it'd add to the exploitation of younger poorer more vulnerable partners if older wealthier more powerful partners could just routinely go out with people less than half their age without so much as a murmur of question. It should be remarked upon.

That picture looks similar to one I have of dh and ds1, they are like father and son.

If it makes them happy and they aren't hurting anybody else, what's the problem.

I like SF but also don't think it will last, but that's because of general show bus lifestyle, nothing else.

I think it's a manic episode too. DH is bipolar and when they start my first clue is always friends and family commenting on how he's "come out of himself lately" "seems so much happier" etc

Then months down the line and he ends up in hospital...

Would love this to be a genuine love story but think 27 yr old probably doesn't know enough about bipolar and is being a bit naive to think this is a whirlwind romance that will end well. Hope I'm proved wrong though

Have not read the whole thread but i think no one has mentioned Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black? When they got together he was a teenager and his bf in his late 30's ... could it be because the are such a 'handsome' couple that no-one has batted an eyelid?

Personally i think that SF deserves some happiness and at 27 his HTB is more than old enough not to be influenced and make his own mind up (not sure about his motives though - hope they are good!)

It's awkward that he's such a young looking 27- he looks more like 17.

Aw, if it makes them happy...

rosieposey, never heard of those people but if one of them was in his teens and the other in his late 30s when they got together, that wouldn't have struck me as a lovely romance.

Best Of luck to them. I hope they'll be very happy.

Can't help but say I was a wee bit shocked to see the photos. . He just looks so, so young.. and.. awkward..

But I truly hope he's happy and they last..

I think the age gap is far too large tbh. I don't think this will end happily.

That photo...bleeee!
Oh dear.

I am very surprised at the reactions on here. The guy is 27 not 17! As others have said, if this was a young girl and an older man nobody would bat an eyelid. Not everyone is so shallow as to only be attracted to their partner because of their looks, Stephen Fry's wit and intelligence is very attractive.

I would bat an eyelid. A 30 year age gap is quite something.