Sadie Frost has dated a string of toyboys – including male models and musicians over a decade younger than her – as well as being married to Jude Law, who is seven years her junior, for six years.
But last week the 50-year-old former model revealed she’s ruled out dating anyone much younger again.
Sadie – who is now in a relationship with Darren Strowger, 49 – revealed she’d given up on toyboys after finding it uncomfortable that her female pals check out the friends of her 25-year-old son, Finlay Munro Kemp.
Sadie – who is also mum to Rafferty, 19, Iris, 15, and Rudy, 13 – said: “I would not date anyone under 45. My son is 25 and a lot of my friends fancy my son’s friends, but I just could not imagine it.”
We ask two celebrities if they’d ever quit dating younger men...
‘You can’t rule out younger blokes’
**Radio host Vanessa Feltz, 54, who is engaged to Ben Ofoedu, 43, understands that Sadie doesn’t want to be copping off with someone younger than her own son, but you can’t rule out all younger blokes. **
She says: "When I first started seeing Ben – we were friends before we got together – I didn’t know his age for about nine months, and he looked so young I was scared to find out.
I was 44 and he was 34, but I was worried that he could have been 24. When I found out Ben’s age, I was relieved.
I wasn’t technically old enough to be his mother! Sadie is 50, but I think she could go out with anyone from 35 or someone younger who is mature.
Sam Taylor-Johnson, 49, who directed Fifty Shades,and her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 25, are the couple I look to that prove age differences can work; they always look so happy together.
It’s all about the person, not the age.”
‘I want a man my sons can respect’
**Former WAG Lizzie Cundy, 45, who has sons Josh, 21, and James, 18, with ex-husband footballer Jason Cundy agrees with Sadie that there comes a time when you need to draw a line under relationships with much younger blokes. **
She says: "I do tend to attract younger men and I’ve dated loads of toyboys. When my marriage ended it was a boost to my confidence having these 20-somethings chat me up.
But if I ever settle down again it would be with someone my own age. I adore my sons and I want to be with a man they can respect, rather than someone they can play PlayStation with.
I know it would be awkward for them to see me with someone closer to their age, and I’d never put them in that position.
When it comes to a long-term relationship, I want someone responsible who I know has a bit of life experience behind him.”
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