Why wasn't it a problem at the time?
Hilary Duff dated Joel Madden when she she was 16 and he was 25.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 26, 2022 2:53 AM |
It certainly was back in the 1970s. Don't know when they started checking birth certificates.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 24, 2022 12:16 PM |
No social media to speak of back then, so people couldn't easily join into packs to cancel celebs over perceive transgressions. The media obviously didn't care.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 24, 2022 12:17 PM |
It's like Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden. He was 50 and she was 16 when they got married.
It caused a bit of a stir, but there's not much anyone could do.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 24, 2022 12:19 PM |
I always thought he was a closet case.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 24, 2022 12:24 PM |
Is he still married to Nicole Richie?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 24, 2022 12:26 PM |
She was a whore, darling.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 24, 2022 12:45 PM |
They got massive side eye at the time.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 24, 2022 12:47 PM |
They were having fun (and she had a fake ID).
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 24, 2022 12:49 PM |
[quote]Why wasn't it a problem at the time?
Because it's Hilary Duff and Joel Madden. Nobody gave a shit then, nobody gives a shit now.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 24, 2022 3:18 PM |
She was a virgin!!
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 24, 2022 4:12 PM |
People were talking on forums and blogs but the media was not heavily influenced or swayed by blogs or the old forms of social media back then.
Perez Hilton’s comment section on his blog existed but it’s not like reporters and CNN were reading it lol.
So it wasn’t called out.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 24, 2022 4:35 PM |
She always seemed older than she was. So she seemed like a 25 year old 16 year old as it was.
Also, no one really gave a shit about that. Even though it wasn't that long ago. Maybe they gave a shit for a brief moment. But then they moved on, as it wasn't really their business.
Not sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Probably more a bad thing overall.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 24, 2022 4:46 PM |
I hope he didn't take her flower.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 24, 2022 6:55 PM |
It wasn't a big deal big then. I still side eye Joel because Hilary developed an ed and then he dated Nicole when she was at her skinniest. I'm surprised they're still together. Also that Benji has a kid with Cameron Diaz. I remember when he was with Sophie Monk.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 25, 2022 2:04 AM |
Because if it’s consensual no one should care.
So ridiculous.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 25, 2022 2:16 AM |
R15 is Jerry Seinfeld.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 25, 2022 12:21 PM |
[quote]Because if it’s consensual no one should care.
Thanks, Woody.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 25, 2022 1:31 PM |
I woulda spread my teen legs for him too.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 25, 2022 1:58 PM |
She did NOT spread her legs!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 25, 2022 7:22 PM |
Finally! Thank you R19 .
(They did it doggie)
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 25, 2022 7:40 PM |
There was a blind item about Lalaine sleeping with Joel because Hilary wouldn't and that's why she wasn't in the Lizzie McGuire movie.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 26, 2022 2:53 AM |