Publicity Stunt? 51 yo unfamous actor weds 16 yo girl

[psy]

Yuck.

Would any sex they had still legally be considered statutory rape?

[Xidelt]

The publicity stunt is her pretending to be 16. Her website says she competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2009. It did NOT say Miss Teen USA. She's also quite obviously had breast implants. There are also photos of her promoting her CD outside of what appears to be a strip club.
No way she's 16.

[DrPhil]

I hope they can get it annulled instead of a divorce.

[AGDee]

Getting married at 16 or so wasn't unheard a couple of generations ago. My Italian grandmother was 16 when she married my grandfather who was 25 at the time. These days, that sounds horrible. They were married for 52 years before she passed away. In this day and age, it definitely sounds squicky, especially to a 51 year old. (although truly, that man does NOT look 51). But yeah, the whole thing seems squicky to me. When I look at my 17 y/o daughter, I can't even imagine... <shudder>

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Getting married at 16 or so wasn't unheard a couple of generations ago. My Italian grandmother was 16 when she married my grandfather who was 25 at the time. These days, that sounds horrible. They were married for 52 years before she passed away. In this day and age, it definitely sounds squicky, especially to a 51 year old. (although truly, that man does NOT look 51). But yeah, the whole thing seems squicky to me. When I look at my 17 y/o daughter, I can't even imagine... <shudder>

Exactly.

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When child marriage and child labor are discussed, people (not AGDee) bring up what happened generations ago. A lot of things happened generations ago. The question then becomes did we needlessly change our image of children (from just short adults to tiny tots who aren't mentally and physically equipped to do this stuff) or were and are we acknowledging the true differences between children and adults. Moreover, is a 16 yo capable of marriage as long as it is legal wherever she/he is and consensual? That's a moral question (regardless of what it's based on) if it isn't a legal question.

Maybe they were just darn good workers supporting their families. No.

[AGDee]

Society has changed significantly since then. She was not educated.. in fact, she didn't speak English well, even though she immigrated when she was 3 years old. Extended families raised the children together to a large extent. When it wasn't real family, it was "cousins", who included anybody who came from the small town in Sicily that they were from. They married people from their own town in Sicily, even though they'd all been in the US for more than a decade. Life expectancy was also not what it is now. We can allow adolescence to be longer because we have more time to work with.

[ASUADPi]

I don't believe for one second that she is 16. But no matter her age she definitely needs to change her slogan from "All American Girl" to something else. All American Girls don't marry 51 year old actors at the age of 16. Just not done.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

I don't believe for one second that she is 16. But no matter her age she definitely needs to change her slogan from "All American Girl" to something else. All American Girls don't marry 51 year old actors at the age of 16. Just not done.

The term is inherently meaningless anyway, why care?

And typically has meant "All WASP middle to upper class American Girl" anyway.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

The term is inherently meaningless anyway, why care?

And typically has meant "All WASP middle to upper class American Girl" anyway.

[DrPhil]

For Munchkin03's amusement.

[DrPhil]

Based solely on this video:

They look and sound stupid. She looks and sounds like she's trying too hard.

FAIL for the both of them. FAIL.

http://www.vladtv.com/video/53917/51...year-old-wife/

@ being proud of not looking like a 16 year old. All that damn makeup and whatever else on your body will make you look older. She probably looks 16 without the weave, makeup, and grown woman's clothes.

She definitely sounds and acts 16--there is nothing grown woman about her words and her overall demeanor.

LOL. Did you see how she kept twirling her back around and giving the camera a "wannabe sexy" glare? This is definitely a publicity stunt for her. She looks dumb regardless.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL. Did you see how she kept twirling her back around and giving the camera a "wannabe sexy" glare? This is definitely a publicity stunt for her. She looks dumb regardless.

She looks like a younger version of the MILF mom from American Pie (especially when she puffs her lips out, which is also wannabe sexy).

Also the other thing that says "publicity stunt" to me is that she's still going by her maiden name. It seems that if they were so in love that they had to get married right now, she'd be dying to take his name. Especially since she's 16 and most 16 year olds haven't gotten to the "I don't need to be identified by my husband" (or any of the other multiple reasons) mentality.

ETA: I was really expecting this bump to include the words "have filed for divorce".

[lovespink88]

This is really gross.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

She definitely sounds and acts 16--there is nothing grown woman about her words and her overall demeanor.

Agreed!

[victoriana]

Ugh. Everything about this situation is such a trainwreck. Her bra is showing, too.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by victoriana

Ugh. Everything about this situation is such a trainwreck. Her bra is showing, too.

Isn't it supposed to? I don't see how he puts up with her.