As we swiftly approach 2020, Hollywood has served us up a fresh batch of ~hot new couples~ and one of them is Little Women actress Florence Pugh and Scrubs star Zach Braff.
However, not everyone is lusting over this new pair.
Pugh recently took to Instagram to post a photo of herself, but when Braff commented with the princess emoji, one of her followers reacted: “@zachbraff you’re 44 years old.”
Fans were quick to clap back in the comments section, writing “so what?” and “sorry what’s your point?”
The comment even caught the attention of Pugh herself, who simply responded: “and yet he got it,” with the OK hand sign emoji.
The ballsy fan isn’t wrong – Zach Braff is indeed 44 years old and Florence Pugh is 23, leaving a gap of 21 years between the pair.
The real question here is, does it really matter?
Leonardo DiCaprio’s 22-year-old model girlfriend Camila Morrone also recently defended her age gap with the 45-year-old actor. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Morrone said, “There’s so many relationships in Hollywood — and in the history of the world — where people have large age gaps,” Morrone said.
“I just think anyone should be able to date who they want to date.”
Morrone has a point. If the relationship is consensual, is it really anyone’s business what the age gap is? Leo and Camila and Florence and Zach aren’t the only celebs flaunting lengthy gaps in their relationships – it works the other way around as well.
Just look at Heidi Klum who is married to Tom Kaulitz, a man 17 years younger than her. Or Jason Momoa, who is 12 years younger than Lisa Bonet.
Perhaps this is just another handy reminder to live and let live and as your mum once told you: if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.