..to find Aaron Taylor Johnson and his wife super creepy?

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Just this really. He was a 16 year old child actor when they met, and she was his director and in her 40s. It’s so sad. Maybe I’m projecting as had a bad relationship with an older man as a teen, but I feel she stole his childhood.

Why is he creepy when your problem is with his wife?

Well he wasn’t 16, he was 18/19 and she was 42. But yes it’s pretty odd.

I don’t know, maybe creepy is the wrong word, it’s just sleazy and sad. As I say maybe it’s just me.

Yeah it's creepy, I appreciate they've lasted a while, but their ages and the power dynamic are inappropriate.

(And that's on her obviously).

She groomed him, and the fact that they are still together doesn't negate that. It's grim.

Yeah it was creepy and they have tried to legitimise it by saying he was over 18 but you are absolutely correct he was 16 and she was a middle aged (married i think) woman

2 kids with her before he was 20 too.

I always wonder what her eldest child thinks. Her eldest is about 26, so much closer to his age than she is to his. It must be very strange. And they had children so quickly - their first child together was born when they’d only been together a year.

He was 18 wasn't he when they made that movie together? I'm 43 now and the idea of chasing an 18 year old is absolutely revolting. She's gross.

It’s usually the other way around - though agree both equally as bad. Mick Jagger / Di caprio / El Pacino also disturbing. There’s something creepily vampiric about extreme age gap relationships.

Love seeing healthy happy similar aged older couples living their best lives (eg Kevin bacon tom hanks Keanu reeves etc) not these creepy vampire couples.

I’m a decade older than my boyfriend tbf so wouldn’t necessarily judge an age gap, but this is on another level and yes it’s creepy. Definitely breaks the half your age plus 7 rule.

she seems like a spoiled, entitled type of person and she’s not a talented film maker imo. There’s a long running rumour about her past affair with David Beckam too, although could be untrue of course.

It's a bit like Macron. You can say these men were groomed and yes, plenty of people get trapped in relationships where there is grooming and power imbalance. But this couple has been together 15 years, and he is enormously wealthy and successful. He could leave if he wanted to. At some point it becomes a choice, made by a fully formed adult, to stay, and I would say they are far past that point. So I find the way they got together very uncomfortable but I don't find them creepy as a couple now, no.

Yes it's despicable. I'm 42 and my son is 17. The very idea of any of his friends being attractive to me is repulsive .

I remember a few years back looking into this, I can't remember exactly but everything pointed to him definitely being under 18, I believe when auditions started or something, I'll try and get the info if I can

she’s not a talented film maker imo.

Well, I enjoyed Back to Black (Amy Winehouse).

I can't get bothered about their relationship. It works for them I guess.

But then I'm with someone who is significantly younger, but in his 30's when we met.

Well, I enjoyed Back to Black (Amy Winehouse).

It was pretty universally slated, it was a shallow and over simplified story that didn't dig very deep into the complexity of Amy's character and sorry. It was an ok watch, but it wasn't anything remotely special.

*story

He was a 16 year old child actor when they met

As I say maybe it’s just me.

Why are you lying that he was 16? Is that ‘just you’ as well, a liar?

He was 18. The age gap is shocking enough, you didn’t need to lie about it.

It’s not age gap relationships that I’m talking about. It’s more the ages that they met, and I find it selfish that she went with it and had two children so quickly with him.

I think the same really. I mean it’s very weird but I was dating someone in their 30s when I was 18/19. And my dh was 22 when we met and I was in my 30s, divorced with a child. Been together for 15 years now.

I think when you have children (adult children) around the same age it makes you feel a bit 😳 - my dd is 21 and if she came home with someone 50 I’d be 😱 but I think there are far worse things in the world.

Sorry. I read somewhere he was 16 and did not intend to lie! Ok 18 then. If that makes a difference.

Imagine your step dad being 5/6 years older than you

Yes I wonder if you would have the same understanding and excuses if it was the other way around? She groomed him. Disgusting woman.

I’ve thought this so many times!