The fact that Brooke Shields mother and the photographer felt so ok with a 10 year old posing naked and oiled up, and playboy actually offering money for it is horrifying. So fucking horrifying

“If you’re clicking with a teenager, it says a lot more about your maturity and intelligence than it does theirs” SAY IT LOUDER‼️

The creepiest Hollywood relationship in my eyes is Woody Allen's relationship with his now ex partners , Mia Farrows adopted daughter who he helped raise from childhood totally creeps me out. Truly vile its just so disgusting as that power dynamic etc I would say he definitely groomed her and it was most definitely illegal when it all started yet nothing happens. Like seriously wtaf???

I think of the interview of Kirsten Dunst for Interview with a Vampire or something, and the interviewer asked her if she liked getting to kiss Tom Cruise and her gracious response was more or less “Tom’s great, don’t get me wrong, a terrific actor, but I’m 12, and he’s a man, why would I like kissing a man?”

the interview Brooke Shields has with Drew Barrymore breaks me because they BOTH understand exactly what Brooke is saying, it's horrible..

I had absolutely no idea charlie chaplin was a predator💀

I just find it annoying when people say it was the norm "back then" to have a huge age gap when dating. It should have not been the norm. It is not normal!

30 Years ago me and my cousin went to a concert and we got to talking to the singer and the guitar player before the show. We had a great conversation and a lovely click. Then they asked us our age. We answered honestly, 15 and 16 respectively. Their demeanor melted. Next beat they picked themselves up and went "Welp! Lovely to talk to you girls, we'll be on our way now." Decent dudes. The band was Senser.

Bottom line: We need to stop idolizing people. We can admire people for their talent, but it's better to value people for their integrity and moral character.

I think it's also worth noting that Finn Wolfhard was also sexualized by fans of Stranger Things after the first season dropped. Women were telling him to find them when he turned 18 and planning around his potential future sexiness when he was around 14 years old. He found it really unsettling--which it was.

As much as these 'stars' are to blamed, the parents of those children are equally to be blamed. How can they allow their own children to go through such trauma, just for a stint of publicity

Playboy and 10 year old children should NEVER be combined.

Anyone dating someone the same age as their own children is a weirdo.

They always say "She's mature for her age" and never "I'm imature for my age". 😐

I’m so glad you put Justin in here he was violated and groped his whole teenage fame life! Imagine if he was the opposite sex just disgusting! We all need to do better

People discussed in this video: 1:16 Charlie Chaplin 9:32 Errol Flynn 16:57 Elvis Presley and Priscilla Bealieu 20:40 Jerry Lee Lewis 21:35 Tammi Terrell and James Brown 22:34 David Ruffin 23:00 rock and roll groupies 24:40 Lori Maddox, Sable Starr and Pamela Des Barre 29:45 Ted Nugent 30:58 Steven Tyler 32:05 Roman Polanski 32:54 Brooke Shields 34:55 Patrick Dempsey and Rochelle Parker 36:06 Brad PItt 37:19 Jerry Seinfeld and Shoshanna Lonstein 39:43 Marilyn Manson 41:19 Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder 43:08 R Kelly and Aaliyah 45:28 Leonardo Di Caprio 49:22 Madonna 50:58 Jessica Alba 52:10 Megan Fox 54:05 Hilary Duff 54:58 Mandy Moore and Michael Valderama 56:21 Miley Cyrus 57:23 Taylor Swift and John Mayer 58:20 Sam Johnson and Aaron Johnson 59:31 Justin Bieber 1:00:44 Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson 1:02:22 Paul Walker 1:03:07 Kylie Jenner 1:03:51 Dane Cook

Both David Harbour and Pedro Pascal have cute offscreen fatherly bonds with Millie Bobby Brown and Bella Ramsey respectively. This makes Leonardo DiCaprio's preference of dating women between 18-25 even more unsettling.

the “it was just a different era” apologists are so deeply invested in not processing their own trauma or properly blaming the men responsible for abusing them because of their celebrity status, thus guaranteeing the cycle continues

Mariah Carey met Tommy Mottola when she was a 19 year-old singer struggling to make ends meet, and he was 40 and the CEO of a record company. They started dating while she was recording her debut album and married a couple of years later. The power imbalance was insane and he took full advantage of it, controlling her every movement, to the point where she has to ask for permission every time she left the house. She eventually divorced him and regained her freedom, but he suffered no repercussions for what was clearly a highly inappropriate relationship. And that's just one example.

It's so weird wanting to date a teenager. My friend started a relationship at 17 with a 30 year old. I was disgusted back then. Now that I am almost 30 I am even more disgusted!

The way people cheered when they heard Aaron might have cheated says enough

My big issue with grown adults pursuing people who are barely legal is that if you’re attracted to them as an 18 year old, you wouldn’t have been any less attracted to them a year prior. The only thing stopping them from pursuing someone younger is the law. That is disgusting. Date people your own age ffs.

I used to adore Charlie Chaplin, Elvis Presley and Leo DiCaprio, but ever since I learned of their predatory behavior to young women, TEENAGERS OR VERY CLOSE AGE TO ONE, it changes my view of them completely

In reference to Brooke Shields, don't forget the film 'Manhattan'. She was casted as Woody Allen's (who was in his 40s) girlfriend. She was a teenager and her character was seventeen. They had no fear or shame in making such a film.

"But the teenage girls instigated these relationships. She wanted to go out for drinks." You're the adult. Send the child home.

I hate the "she's mature beyond her years" excuse. I was a mature teen, I could hold conversations with adults without problem, but I was a child regarding romantic relationships until my mid 20s. No, a smart teen is still a child and it shows.

I'm so glad you talked about Aaron Taylor Johnson! I feel like his story is often forgotten and overlooked

You forgot Woody Allen. He crossed more than one taboo and should have been jailed but I find he is, particularly, protected.

Another problematic relationship no one ever seems to question is Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola. They met when Mariah was around 17 and he was 40. Soon later they started dating and they finally got married in 1993 when she was 23 and he was 45. If the age gap wasn't disturbing in and of itself, he was also essentially her boss, head of her record label and one of the most powerful men in the music industry, and she had just started her career and came from nothing. Unsurprisingly, the marriage turned out abusive, and Tommy is still credited to this day for "making" Mariah, when, in fact, he took advantage of her more than she profited from the relationship...

Leonardo Dicaprio met his ex girlfriend Camila Morrone when she was 11 years old as her mother actress Lucila Solá was then dating actor Al Pacino at the time. Camila considered Leo a “family friend” whom she started dating when she was 18!! years old. As predicted Leo promptly dumped Camila at 24.

Worst of all, such relationships are not just swept under the rug, they are glorified. I have heard content creators from different countries literally saying “date younger women, RAISE a wife fit for you, MOLD her into what you want”.

As a server I work with some teenagers. I’m 35, and one of my coworkers who constantly accused LGBTQIA of being predators, started dating our 18 year old hostess. He’s 43. It’s her first relationship. I couldn’t imagine dating one of the LITERAL CHILDREN I work with. It created a weird division between staff with a few men defending the 43 year old. Eventually some of my other coworkers started saying things like “she’s always liked older guys” “daddy issues” etc. blaming the young girl. It’s so disturbing how nothing has changed.

If "Pretty Little Liars" aired nowadays, there's no way that Ezra and Aria's relationship would be treated sympathetically. In the follow up series, they even add a throwaway line of them adopting a baby, showing that they're STILL romancising them a decade later!

Imagine signing some document saying a creepy pedo can have his way with your daughter. Ugh, some people are so messed up.

Big age difference or not, celebrity or ordinary people, everyone should be careful who they enter into a relationship with. It can have devastating consequences.

The only reason these people date way younger is because they want someone they can mold and shape into their perfect, submissive and naive spouse. I'm being serious, that's literally what Elvis wanted. He wanted a doll-like wife who would sit and wait at home for him. He dressed Priscilla up and made her dye her hair and wear makeup pretty much 24/7. And for those saying "they are adults they can make their own choices" Leo is in his 50s. His girlfriends are barely legal. They are in two VASTLY different stages of life. They have different levels of maturity and sensibility.

Hollywood should start casting their romantic leads with age appropriate actors as well. Almost always its a 40/50 year old man paired with a 20 something year old.

Remember when everyone was waiting for Emma Watson to turn “legal” age. It was so disgusting, frankly it gave me slight trauma.

one thing most people don't seem to mention in age gap relationships is that if you're in it for the long run, you're essentially signing yourself up to be a middle aged caretaker, and then spending your own elder years alone, not to mention making your children have a parent who's gonna be as old as a grandparent and probably die when they're in their 20's, or even teen years. cause if you start dating someone middle aged when you're barely legal, that's what's gonna wait for you in life, they're gonna grow old and die, and you'll barely be half way into your life.

Don't forget Celine Dion and Rene Angelil. She was 12 years old when they met and he was 38. Luc Besson and Maiwenn Le Bosco were also a horridly imbalanced couple.

The fact that Dane Cook held "game" nights at his house with multiple older men in the industry mixing with underage to barely legal girls is so disgusting.

A playboy photoshoot… at the age of ten😧wtf. That is just disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach that a mother could do that to her child, exposing her to so many predators in this world😔

Brooke Shields makes me sad when I think about what happened to her she was literally a prepubescent child when she started getting treated inappropriately and her mom was prostituting her at an age most girls are still playing with dolls and stealing makeup from mommy's handbag

RUSSELL SIMMONS Kimora Lee Simmons was still in high school and it’s only this past summer that she’s realized she’s been groomed. It was heartbreaking to watch her talk about it on her IG Live

I remember when Bradley Cooper was asked in an interview about possibly dating Jennifer Lawrence in real life, as they had costarred in so many things, and he reacted as if the idea was appalling, saying she was way too young for him. (He was I think 37 at the time, and she was 21.) I thought, good for him! Then he started dating someone two years younger than her.

Prince met his first wife when she was 16 and he was in his mid thirties. They became public when she was 19 and he was about 38 years old. They got married when she was 22 and he was in his 40s. She went on to write a book about how her marriage was to him. She went on to describe how he was very controlling and took advantage of his position as her boss (she was his backup dancer) when she did anything he didn't like. He also controlled what she ate because he didn't want her gaining weight

Curious how men rarely "click" with women with an age gap over three years older than them. Age seems to be just a number only if the woman is younger, if they're older, they're too old.

I hate when ppl say “oh well they were willing” etc. theyre CHILDREN. You’re the adult, it’s your job to say “hey I know you think you want this but trust me when I say you don’t” and to say no.

I'm a teacher and that anyone buys the 'but the child pursued me!' or 'they're so mature for their age and intelligent' excuses makes me sick. Yeah, there are very smart 15 year olds but they aren't immune to melting over attention from someone older, famous and attractive. Speak to any kid for 5 minutes and you understand this. The ones who are desperate to make themselves look older aren't any more mature than the 15 year olds who look 10.

Keis Jenners acceptance of Kylie Jenners relationship with Tyga confused me until I learned about her own history of dating much older men when she was 16. And the fact that Kim was married at 19 to a music producer that was 10 years older than her.

People waiting for Hilary Duff to be of age was disgusting as well .. if strangers are that creepy, imagine who they're surrounded by.. bleh.

With the Priscilla Presley biopic coming out soon, this video is perfectly timed! That movie looks like it'll come straight from her perspective and be based off her memoir

R.Kelly really manipulated Aaliyah like crazy! she was 15 years old when she married R.Kelly who was 27 years old and to make things worse, she dropped her debut album called “Age ain’t nothing but a number” and R.kelly was in the background of the album cover.

As a high school teacher this is so wrong. Teen girls, even older teen girls are so vulnerable in relationships. They worry about everything but their own feelings and support. Only after the relationship is over are they able to reflect on any abuse, neglect, or manipulation. Let children date children. Let these young ladies learn and grown while dating partners young and as inexperienced at themselves. They aren't dating women their own age for a reason.

💯“They aren’t dating women their own age for a reason!” ✅

This channel has juice. Not one commercial interruption. Love the research, the details and presentation of facts. Your opinions do not sound preachy, just factual. I also love how up-to-date you are by including Dane Cook. Thanks.

Thank you for including Johnny Depp and his horrible relationship with Winona Ryder. People are so willing to forget that to promote the mythology of his innocence.

You skimmed over the bit where Lori says she lost her virginity to David Bowie when she was aged 12.

Wow. I’m impressed. I read a lot about misogyny, feminism, patriarchal stuff etc… I knew about almost every one of these instances mentioned but have never seen them discussed on social media outside of just feminist circles. It’s nice to see someone make a well researched video covering this.

We owe Courtney Stodden a huge apology. I feel so bad for them.

Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things was only 16 when his boss Akiko Matsuura groomed him. She commented that he was a “hot little boy” on her facebook when he was only 17, she got him on heavy drugs when he was 17, she posted a nude photo of him without him knowing to her facebook when he was 18, and she babytrapped him when he was 19. He finally left her soon after she became pregnant. That’s when Charlie got into acting to support himself and his son. When Charlie got famous and the press found out about him being a father, Akiko started lying to the press about her age to make it look like Charlie was a deadbeat dad who left his pregnant teen girlfriend. I remember in 2018, she made a post on Instagram saying she hasn’t been in a relationship since she was with him, and that she’s sad and lonely being a single mom, and all I could think was “well maybe next time don’t f*ck a teenager!” But I just feel so sad for Charlie and what he’s had to go through since you can tell he’s still messed up from that experience.

i’m so glad you talked about aaron taylor johnson, he is so often ignored for what that woman did to him. she makes me sick

"Why, men? Why do you do this?" Is a question I find myself asking more and more often these days.

“In my mid, i’m forever youthful!” Speaking as an older woman, “aging” can be very difficult to except and adjust to physically, mentally and emotionally! With that said, older women can still be attractive, healthy, energetic, strong, playful, alluring and sexy, but not youthful!

akiko matsuura groomed charlie heaton from stranger things (they met when he was 16 and she was 30, and allegedly started dating when he turned 18). she apparently got him into drugs and they have a son together. no one ever talks about it, it's weird as hell.

The fact that Leonardo DiCaprio went out with a girl he’d known since she was 11, al Pacinos stepdaughter which is the connection he met her through being friends with Pacino. He started dating her as soon as she became 18. It’s sickening.

i just feel so bad for these girls (not women!) that were preyed on by these older men. and the fact that their parents just stoof idly by and watched that happen just disgusts me further. im so glad times have changed- im so glad we're finally speaking up about these things now.

My grandmother is 9 years younger than my grandfather and is now his caretaker which has caused her to have her own terrible health problems. She told me to marry a guy my own age or even a bit younger because she would never do it over again.

Not so Fun fact: Sam actually knew aaron taylor Johnson when he was a minor and got him a personal audition for the movie. She literally put herself in a position to groom him

Unfortunately, This will never change until men start speaking out against it… it’s always women that are having these conversations

One of the creepiest child adult interaction was Shirley Temple with so many inappropriate interactions was baby burlesque at 3!!!! So if that’s the norm what else went on??!! It makes me believe more what happened to carol annee heather o’rourke? Perforated intestinal bowels.

all of these children's exploitation is horrific but the one about Brooke Shields just set me off in a fit of rage and heartbreak for her. it is freakin horrendous!!!! what the actual hell?! the press, the movie makers, the public and most vile of all her own MOTHER. no wonder she suffers severe depression. elke hond kry sy dag en ek hoop hulle s'n is pynlik en uitgerek!

My cousin's daughter gave birth to a child just some months ago, she is 17, her husband 28 (they married when she got pregnant). My cousin and aunt encouraged their relationship, literally pushing the girl, when she was only 16, into his arms, only because they didn't have much income and needed to get rid of an extra mouth. When my mother told me the story I expressed my anger and disgust, but my mother said that it was the best choice for the girl (as if she chose it). When I asked her if that would be the best choice as well for my niece who is 18 now, her reaction was different, because my niece comes from respectful wealthy family, she is very smart and she 'deserves' brighter future. Such hypocrisy makes me sick.

Maybe tangential, but it also gives me the creeps when fully-grown adults are cast as teenagers alongside actual teenagers, and there's a love scene between characters who are the same age, but performed by actors with a really gross age gap.

Your video gave me a paradigm shift. So many stars I once looked up to as a symbol of freedom and great artistry turned out to be shameless predictors without consequences. Thanks for the intensive research.

since you mentioned taylor swift and john mayer i really wish you would have also brought up her dating a 17 year old conor kennedy when she was 22!

How did these parents find it so easy to just sign over legal guardianship of their kids or let their children travel with these celebs? God.

I will never doubt any of this stuff to be true. My own mother used to encourage me to flirt with older men, would send older men over to me when I was only 13/14 to talk with them (I never knew what to talk about with someone 10+ years older than me), and when a 32 year old coworker of hers asked if he could take me to prom, my mother agreed and allowed him to present me with a bouquet of flowers as some sort of "promposal" back in 2014/15. I chose not to go with him and he, of course, responded very angrily and refused to even make eye contact with me when I'd go visit my mother at her job. It is wild to me that women of the past HELPED predators be predators as if young daughters were some prize to be handed over to the first older/financially stable man who crossed their path?? I mean my mother would straight up ENCOURAGE me to go "hang out in the medical library at colleges" when I was veryyyyy under age so that I could meet my 'future husband'. The only reason this has gone on for so long is bc woman have only just begun waking up and educating themselves on manipulation and predatory behavior and how it is NOT desirable to be some mans little toy to mistreat and take out his lack of emotional intelligence out on.... why else would a 30/40 year old even WANT to date a child with zero understanding of how the world works? its wild and sad that my own mother tried to teach me to accept abuse like that. I mean she's not exactly okay herself but it's sad that she thought it was GOOD to try to raise me that way...... she literally didn't know better, just like all the women you mention here... thank god Ive always been the "crazy person" who spots manipulation tactics from a mile away.... otherwise I would've 100% been a teen bride myself 🤷‍♀ EDIT : thought it'd be worthwhile to mention that my mother alsooo saw no problem with flirting with my teenage male friends. shed invite them to stay later at our house to "talk" even though I said I was going to bed bc I had school in the morning (so did my male friends lmfao) pretty much she would prey on my male friends who had particularly difficult home lives and didn't want to go back to their own homes. it always felt weird to me, hearing my mom have deep convos with my 15 year old male friend at 10pm.... but now with my fully developed brain im entirely aware how inappropriate it was. past generations were deeplyyyyy intertwined in this very sick, but normalized behavior.... mind you im only in my mid twenties and I would NEVER EVER EVER WANT TO EVEN BE FRIENDS WITH AN 18 year old, let alone a 15 year old!!!!!!!!!!!!! like whaaaaaaatttttttt?!?!?! I have no desire to groom anyone?!?!?! why was this sooooo commonnnnn and accepted😭

Wow I didn't realize there was such a big age gap between Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp. Crazy.

Natalie Wood was set up with Frank Sinatra by her mother when she was only 14 years old and they met in secret. When I heard about this shocking story I felt so sad for the beautiful talented young actress. Frank Sinatra should have been put in jail along with many other talented muscians & artists and they got away with it until now. Stories are coming out about what really happened with Marvin Gaye his very young bride he met Janice when she was only 17 years old her mother set up the meeting. They married 3 years later when he divorced Anna Gordy

don't forget it happens with same sex relationships as well. i was 16 with a 23 year old girlfriend. i am a 23 year old woman now and couldn't imagine being with a 16 year old child or any child. absolutely disgusting!

Seeing Brooke Shields sharing those things with Drew Barrymore feels like such an important moment, I’m so happy it happened ❤️

This was so well compiled! Well done and thank you for spreading awareness in this weird trope.

I had no idea about Patrick Dempsey situation. Wow. Finally someone is talking about Juliette Lewis. I felt she was incredibly sexualized as well. The late 80s and early to mid 90s had this whole lolita thing going on.

I think it would have been interesting to mention how Henry Cavill was CRITICIZED for not allowing MBB to ask him personal questions on the set of Enola Holmes when it makes total sense that a man in his late 30´s would want to keep his relationship with his teen colleagues strictly professional…

The parents who endorsed the relationship are horrific.

This video makes me hate the world 💀 thank you for bringing attention to the abuse these children have been through.

This is so sickening!!! The way the pedophilia was normalized and these people idolized by so many is truly heartbreaking. These poor children!!!

If age is just a number, than prison is just a room to these predators right?

I was a 90s kid and I remembered being told not to be fast as the term is used in the POC community that applied to girls who were blamed for physically maturity . I used to dread getting dress because I didn't want to be seen as fast despite what was the style norms. Being labeled fast was an excuse adults use to blame girls who were assaulted or became pregnant usually by older guys. These guys were never held accountable and the girls and many times their families were blamed . The law and society has blamed girls for these crimes sometimes based on race, religious, or economic standards.

I love that you’re using your platform for this!! ❤

There's so much music and so many films I will never listen to or watch again... I hadn't even heard of all of these... Those poor girls 💔

'Do you like teenage girls?' '... When you say teenage girls, how old are we talking?' Anything other than 'no' is a red flag

It disgusts me how Hollywood has glamorized and enabled Inappropriate relationships. They still have a long way to go: Licorice Pizza is a film literally about a 25-year-old woman pursuing and ending up with a 15-year-old boy released in 2021 and it was nominated for Oscars. Imagine how things would have been received if the genders were reversed.

I'd like to add a very recent addition to this: The sexualization of minors in kpop. It's to the point that I can not even fathom right now. First of all, such young people go through such harsh shit at such a young age and then their own labels sexualize them to a great degree. Jungkook, wonyoung, are some of the examples, there are so, so, so many more! A new group of girls called new jeans debuted, and as much as I've heard about how good their music is, i can't bring myself to listen to it. The way those young girls talk about adult things and seduction makes my skin CRAWL. it's NOT ok! It needs to stop NOW.

This is such a well researched topic it must have taken so long. Well done.

Does anyone remember that there was some online countdown for Mary-Kate and Ashley turning 18? And it was treated like it was funny. That was so gross. Also, one of them had a long relationship with a much older man (like in his 50s) when she was in her 20s. He was a French business man and I think they met because of her fashion line. I don't remember all the details, but you can look it up if you feel so inclined.

This is an international problem. The CEO of YG entertainment met his wife when he was a grown ass man, already successful with his kpop company, and she was a literal child.

Woody Allen, James Franco, Stephen Collins, Tom Cruise, Burt Reynolds, Terry McMillan and Bryan Singer. I am glad you mentioned Paul Walker in this video he is seen in the media as this really nice all American guy. In the case of Woody Allen, think of Brad Pitt dumping Angelina for their daughter Zarah when she is 16 yrs old! That is what Woody Allen did and Hollywood still embraces him!!

Thank you for making this. It's very well put together I think.