Zwelakhe Shangase

So who’s the latest A-lister with a little candy on her arm? Hollywood is all the buzz about multi-talented fashion designer, singer and actress Jennifer “J-Lo” Lopez who was spotted last weekend snuggling up to back-up dancer Casper Smart – who is 18 years her junior – on her Miami hotel balcony. If we were suspicious types we’d say she was looking to be seen, hey J-Lo?

The star was in the city for a shoot with famed photographer Mario Testino, which saw her strip down to a daring cutaway swimsuit.

While she spent some time with her new love at the weekend, she also reunited with her estranged husband, Marc Anthony, recently, as they were seen on screen together hosting the season premiere of their hit dance reality TV search, Q’Viva – The Chosen.

It has to be said that the 42-year-old mother of two’s body certainly looks in the early 20s category – which kind of gives her the green light to date – right?

Also judging by the way toy boy aka Casper Smart was gazing longingly at her, the swimsuit really suited her and she has him right where she wants him

The sexiest woman in the world isn’t the only celeb to make it into the headlines for her love interests, she follows a long line of rich and powerful women who have succumbed to the young stud bite – can you blame them?

While Madonna likes them young, 22-year-old toy boy Jesus Luz didn’t last that long. The 53-year-old Madonna allegedly split with the model after just dating the lad for a year – saying “they had nothing in common and their busy work schedules got in the way”. Nothing in common? Really?

Madonna, much like Sadie Frost, who dated a succession of young men after her split from Jude Law last September, hooked up with French dancer Brahim Zaibat.

The pair met when Zaibat performed a hip hop routine at the launch of Madonna’s clothing range at Macy’s in New York and it looks like things are going well. Apparently he is even good with the kids.

Sassy and short, Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria married basketball player Tony Parker in an elaborate ceremony in Paris in July 2007, when Eva was 32 and Tony was only 25.

They met at a basketball game in San Antonio, Texas. Sadly that didn’t last either. But no one knows if it was an age thing.

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s relationship has always been a ticking time bomb. Moore was initially introduced to Kutcher at a dinner in 2003 when she was 40 and he was just 25. After that they went on a roller coaster ride and Kutcher ended up being her third husband in September 2005. The issue of their age was always a talking point but for the most part that kept it that way – perhaps in the end it got to them

American Idol judge and Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger was 29 when she was first linked to Formula 1 racing champion Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton was 22 when they met after the MTV music awards in November 2007.

The marriage of Gwyneth Paltrow and her rocker husband, Chris Martin, came as a surprise for many, but Paltrow wasn’t that old when she first laid her eyes on the Coldplay star.

She first bumped into Martin backstage at a Coldplay gig in 2002 when she was 30 and he was 25. They tied the knot in 2004, after announcing they were expecting their first child.

Introduced in 1998 by Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, Madonna and Guy Ritchie instantly hit it off when she was 40 and he was 30.

The couple had their first child in August 11, 2000, and were married at Skibo castle in Scotland in December the same year.

Former James Bond girl and sexy model, Halle Berry met model boyfriend Gabriel Aubry at a Versace shoot in November 2005 when she was 39 and he was 29.

Three years later, the couple announced the arrival of their baby girl, Nahla Ariela Aubry, in March 2008.

Being a child of popular outspoken celebrities Sharon and Ozzie Osbourne, Kelly was bound to end up the topic of some gossip.

She and model Luke Worrell were friends for a year before getting together in May 2008 when she was 23 and he was 18.









A lot of actors say that the characters they play aren’t a true reflection of who they are in real life, but Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall proved us wrong as she began dating Canadian chef Alan Wyse when she was 51 and he was 28 in 2004.

The age difference was a whopping 23 years but they have maintained their relationship.

So it appears the Hollywood toy boy phenomenon is here to stay.

zwelakhes@thenewage.co.za