SPOTLIGHT: Celebrity couples you didn’t know have a huge age gap

Love can be found in the least expected of circumstances and for some celebrity couples, it came to them by looking beyond years of difference.

While would raise more than a few eyebrows, especially with the most recent relationship confirmation of Coco Martin and Julia Montes, it’s worth noting that this isn’t inherently the case for others Romance May-December.

There are celebrity couples with huge age gaps who entered their relationship as consenting adults and whose love has endured over the years. Such commitments are proof that numbers become insignificant when the heart pursues what it wants.

On the other hand, there are those celebs you didn’t know had That huge age difference. Now that I think about it. Check out the list below and tell us who your favorite celebrity couples are.

Ria Atayde and Zanjoe Marudo — 9 years old

Zanjoe Marudo and Ria Atayde. Image: Instagram/@onlyzanjoemarudo

Atayde, 31, and Marudo, 40, had been on several trips with their celebs before their courtship status was revealed in October 2022 by the actress’ mother, Sylvia Sanchez. The couple subsequently confirmed their relationship in November 2022. by showing a few pictures of a Japan trip.

In January 2022, Atayde opened up about her relationship with the actor, saying that although Marudo is dating a older batch, they get along really well because they are each other’s fans. The actress also commented that he makes her feel valued and that their relationship is based on “mutual respect and admiration”.

Sanchez has already given her endorsement to the actor, describing the veteran actress as a kind-hearted and respectful person. Marudo also seems to have developed a good relationship with Atayde’s family as he joins their travels and gatherings.

Catriona Gray and Sam Milby – 10 years

Image: Instagram/@catriona_gray

In 2020, Milby celebrated his 36th birthday by going public with his relationship with then 26-year-old Gray. While the actor-singer said she were taking it easy at the time considering their 10 year age difference, he already declared the beauty queen as “the one” for him.

The pair were low-key about their romance until February 2023 when they announced their engagement. Both Gray and Milby have been tight-lipped about the details of their wedding, though the beauty queen revealed that it will happen in 2024. because they want to take their time and enjoy the bliss of an engaged couple.

Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres

Image: Facebook/Ormoc City Council

This is a couple whose relationship has spanned the test of time. Gomez and Torres have been married for 25 years and are blessed with their only child Juliana. But did you know they have a nine year age difference?

In 1993, the then 18-year-old Torres met Gomez on the set of a TV commercial. While Torres admittedly had a crush on the actor, the two didn’t immediately become romantically involved, as Gomez hadn’t pursued her until years later. Torres said they never labeled their relationship prior to their 1997 engagement and 1998 wedding.

For their silver anniversary, the couple renewed their vows at the st. Peter and Paul Parish in Ormoc, Leyte, the same parish where they first exchanged their “I do’s”.

Billy Crawford and Coleen Garcia

Image: Instagram/@coleen

Crawford, 41, and Garcia, 30, married in 2018 after four years of dating. In a 2016 interview, Crawford said that despite their 11-year age difference, they “clicked” because they “balance each other.”

The couple, who welcomed their first-born Amari in September 2020, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary last April by taking a motorcycle trip and enjoying “spontaneous last-minute plans” in Tagaytay.

Sarah Lahbati and Richard Gutierrez

Image: Instagram/@sarahlahbati

Lahbati and Gutierrez, who have a nine-year age difference, had been a couple for seven years before she tied the knot March 2020.

The actors have two sons Zion and Kai. Meanwhile, the couple has apparently been thinking about having baby number three, according to their social media pages.

Jessy Mendiola and Luis Manzano

Jessy Mendiola, Isabella Rose and Luis Manzano. Image: Instagram/@cocoonstudioph via @isabellarosemanzano

Mendiola and Manzano were together for four years before the actor-TV host popped the question in 2020. The couple, who have an 11-year age difference, exchanged “I dos” in an intimate ceremony in February 2021.

Mendiola then gave birth in December 2022 to their first child, Isabella Rosewho is affectionately called “Peanut” and “Rosie” by her parents.

The couple appear to be looking forward to a new addition to their family as they recently joked about “making another baby”. EDV

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