Beyonce-Jay Z, Amal and George Clooney: 10 Hollywood celebrity couples with the biggest age gaps

Age is just a number is a popular adage and these celebrity couples are proof of the fact. Here’s a look at Hollywood couples who make sense and are pictures of compatibility despite their wide age gap.

Beyonce – Jay Z: This power couple are worth billions as a unit, but it’s their love for each other despite reported ups and downs that speaks volumes. Jay Z is twelve years older than Beyonce. Known as Queen B by fans around the world, Jay Z is her biggest supporter. They were recently spotted in Dubai looking deliriously happy at a swanky hotel. The duo are parents to three children.

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Michael Douglas: The high-profile wedding of Catherine Zeta-Jones to Michael Douglas, mounted on a lavish budget of £1.5 million (Dh7.3 million), was labelled the “wedding of the year” by BBC in 2000. A dream wedding at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Zeta-Jones met Douglas in 1998 in France, with the latter being 25 years older. The couple has stayed strong together despite a rough patch in their relationship, and have two children.

Richard Gere – Alejandra Silva: The Pretty Woman actor found love for the third time when he married Spanish Activist Alejandra Silva earlier this year. Gere, a Golden Globe Award winner, is 33 years older than Silva. They dated for three years before tying the knot in a civil ceremony.

Amal Clooney – George Clooney: A love story straight out of the movies, George and Amal Clooney first met in Lake Como through a friend, soon after which they started dating. George, 57, found his soulmate for the second time in the high-profile British-Lebanese human rights lawyer, who is 17 years younger than him. A power couple in the truest sense, they inspire many individuals to find love, irrespective of their age. They are now parents to twins, Ella and Alexander.

Bruce Willis – Emma Heming: Despite their 23-year age gap, these two are a strong, but private unit. American actor-producer Bruce Willis married model Emma Heming in 2009 in the presence of his former wife, actress Demi Moore, and their three daughters — Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. Willis was diagnosed with aphasia last year.

Alec Baldwin and Hilaria: Alec Baldwin might be 26 years older than Hilaria, but that didn’t stop them from having a great marriage. The yoga instructor did not know who Baldwin was when they met, but their dating history is adorable.

Jeff Goldblum and Emilie Livingston: This couple have a whopping 31-year age gap. The actor, once married to Geena Davis, wed Livingston in 2014, when she was 31 and he was 62. An “aerialist, contortionist, actress,” according to her Twitter account, she told him she was pregnant the day before they married.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart: These two stars have a long 22-year age gap between them, but Ford and Flockheart found happiness in 2010 when they got married in a fun ceremony. Reports say they met each other at the Golden Globes ceremony and sparks flew.

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster: Penny was a 36-year-old model when she married Rod Stewart in 2007. They have two kids together despite their 27-year-age difference.

Cher and Alexander Edwards: With an age gap of 40 years, this couple have the biggest age gap on our list of celeb couples. The 76-year-old music diva Cher is reportedly dating Alexander Edwards – a 36-year-old music producer. Cher posted a photo on Twitter with Edwards with a heart emoji and captioned it, “I’m not defending us. Haters are gonna hate…doesn’t matter that we’re happy and not bothering anyone.”