Posted 18 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down23 Famous Age-Gap Couples Who Got Together While One Of Them Was A Literal TeenagerDrew Barrymore was 19 when she married 31-year-old Jeremy Thomas. They were only married for 19 days.by Ajani Bazile-DutesBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. Priscilla Beaulieu was 14 years old when she had her first "real kiss" with Elvis Presley, who was 24. Bettmann / Bettmann Archive The two later married in 1967 and then split in 1973. 2. In 1957, rock musician Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin Myra Gale Brown. He was 22 and she was 13. Hulton Archive / Getty Images Myra was his cousin once removed (the daughter of his cousin). A year after they wed, Brown had given birth to their first child (who died when Brown was only 17). She gave birth to their second child at 19. After 13 years of marriage, they divorced in 1970. Brown, then 26, accused Lewis of "every type of physical and mental abuse imaginable." 3. In 1993, then 39-year-old Jerry Seinfeld dated 17-year-old Shoshanna Lonstein. Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Seinfeld met Lonstein, the then-high schooler, in Central Park, and they dated until 1997. 4. Milo Ventimiglia was 29 when he started dating his Heroes costar, Hayden Panettiere, who was "barely 18." Mathew Imaging / FilmMagic for Academy of Television Arts and Sciences / Getty Images 5. Olivia Wilde was 19 when she and 27-year-old Tao Ruspoli got married. Giulio Marcocchi / Getty Images They eloped in 2003 and Oliva filed for divorce in 2011, citing irreconcilable differences. 6. Bill Wyman was 47 when he started dating 14-year-old Mandy Smith. They got married when she was 18. Mirrorpix / Getty Images 7. Luc Besson was 31 when he started dating 15-year-old Maïwenn Le Besco. She was 12 when they met, and she gave birth to their daughter when she was 16. PAT / Getty Images 8. Uma Thurman was 19 when she and 31-year-old Gary Oldman married each other. Images Press / Getty Images They divorced two years after getting married. 9. Cher was 18 when she married Sonny Bono, her first husband, who was 29. Silver Screen Collection / Silver Screen / Getty images They were married for 13 years, and Cher claimed the marriage ended for many reasons, including feeling controlled by Sonny. 10. Fergie was 23 when she briefly dated 16-year-old Justin Timberlake. Frank Micelotta / Getty Images "One of my good friends was dating J.C. Chasez, and so we'd all hang out with NSYNC. Justin and I would go out together and have fun and make out," she said in a 2006 interview. "We went to Hawaii together, but we were never serious. He was 'Mr. Right Now.'" 11. Demi Moore was only 17 when she married Freddy Moore who was around 28 or 29. Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images They were married for five years. 12. Wilmer Valderrama was 29 years old when he met Demi Lovato at 17 and the two began dating once Demi turned 18. John Shearer / Getty Images They were together for six years before splitting up in 2016. 13. Kim Kardashian was 19 when she eloped with 30-year-old Damon Thomas, a music producer. Getty Images They married in 2000. They separated in 2003, and Kim filed for divorce that same year, citing emotional and physical abuse from Damon. 14. Drew Barrymore was 19 when she married 31-year-old Jeremy Thomas. Barry King / Getty Images They were only married for 19 days. 15. Joel Madden started dating Hilary Duff when he was 24 and she was just 16. Gregg DeGuire / WireImage Their relationship lasted three years. 16. Chad Michael Murray was 24 when he started dating 17-year-old Kenzie Dalton. She played an extra on One Tree Hill, and he proposed to her in 2006 when she was still a senior in high school. Jason Kempin / Getty Images for EJAF They broke up in 2013 after a seven-year engagement. 17. Shirley Temple was 17 when she married John Agar who was in his early 20s. Bettmann / Bettmann Archive / Getty Images They had a child and divorced five years later. 18. Marilyn Monroe and James Dougherty were 16 and 21, respectively, when they tied the knot. Sunset Boulevard / Corbis via Getty Images They were married for about four years. 19. Courtney Stodden was 16 when they got married to 51-year-old Doug Hutchinson. Joe Scarnici / WireImage They were legally married for nine years. While writing their memoir, Stodden spoke out about the "abuse" and "grooming" they experienced while in the marriage. 20. Taran Noah Smith from Home Improvement was 17 when he got married to 32-year-old Heidi van Pelt. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images The two had a son and divorced after six years. 21. Melanie Griffith was 18 when she married Don Johnson who was 26. Frank Edwards / Getty Images They divorced, remarried, had their only child, Dakota Johnson, and eventually divorced again. 22. Bo Derek was 19 and John Derek was 49 when they got married. Tom Wargacki / WireImage / Getty Images They stayed married until John Derke's death in 1998.
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