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adonna is 63, her boyfriend is 27, Courtney Cox is 57, her fiancé is 45; Tina Turner is 81, her boyfriend is 65; Katy Price is 42, her boyfriend is 31, Mariah Carey is 51 and her boyfriend is 39, Sharon Stone is 63 and her boyfriend is 25.
Still single? Relax, your boyfriend might not have even been born yet! Today these older women have been labelled as ‘cougars’ in relation to the mountain lion, as though they are wild animals with no self-control. But this is arguably not true; today women like Tina Turner and Courtney Cox have actually developed long term and loving relationships with their younger partners. Madonna’s most recent flame has tipped her previously biggest age gap of 30 years with Timor
Steffens, by dating 27-year-old Ahlamalik Williams – 36 years her junior. While the couple have been recently holidaying in Italy for the ‘Material Girl’s’ 63rd birthday putting on a lot of PDA’s, they were in fact first linked back in 2019 when Williams was her backing dancer and they were spotted cosying up together in a Miami nightclub. Whether you approve or not approve, Madonna’s 3 kids seemed happy their Mum’s much younger boyfriend joined them on the recent trip. While Williams has yet to publicly comment on his relationship with Madonna, his predecessor Steffens revealed that the age gap never affected them. “There is an age gap between me and Madonna but I don’t notice it. My girlfriends have always been older than me and that’s how I like it. I learn a lot!” he claimed. Although we are certain Mr Steffens is aware that learning isn’t the only plus side of dating an older woman. Chances are she is not new to the dating
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