He's 51 - She's 16...is This Wrong in Your Book?

There's a reason why it's illegal... no 16 year old is capable of making a solid decision- hence why her parents had to agree to it. It's irresponsible on the part of ALL adults in this situation.

The fact that she's an aspiring country singer that no one has ever heard of makes me think it's a publicity thing. We'll see. My guess is a divorce within months.

He's my father's age and I have t-shirts older than her!

Gross! But its probably the same as old dried up Nasty Hef sleeping with girls in their 20's. GROSS!

Never heard of her, so I just looked her up. She's doesn't look anywhere near 16. She has some photos where she appears 30 something with wrinkles. Something smells fishy.

If it's not illegal, who am I to judge. (But really, deep down, I think it's icky.)

Creepy, yes. But I had to look up who they were. I am sorry, there is no freaking way she is only 16. Her body and face do NOT look like a teenager. It looks like an adult W. whose worked hard to maintain, including plastic surgery. I call fakey-fake-foul play!

Can I pretend I am 16 too? I don't buy it one single teeny-weeny bit. How stupid do they think people are?

I heard about this on the radio like 3 weeks ago. they were saying this girl faked her age.. she is really older than 16 and if you look at her she looks older. Either way they obviously are both in it for the publicity. Looks like all parties involved sold out for fame. Stupid.

If mama did a Google image search of her little angel, I wonder if she'd have second thoughts about her being little miss purity?

Gross...

Very few 16 year olds know what they want out of life on the long-term. From a physiological standpoint, their brains are not wired for that kind of thinking and decision-making yet. I think this is a BIG mistake and I would not give consent. After 18, they can do what they want. Feelings of love and infatuation are rampant in 16 year olds, but they lack the maturity to seriously consider the implications of a marriage commitment (at least one they intend to keep) on their futures. This girl hasn't even had a chance to live her life, complete her education or see what is out there in the world. He has. I think he's being selfish because his ego is so pumped up that someone who looks like her would be interested in being his little toy.

I'm married to a man 14 years my senior, and my 21-year-old daughter is engaged to a 33-year-old man. So I have no problem with May-December relationships.
But under NO circumstances would I have given permission for my daughter to marry ANYONE before she was of legal age. I don't care how much in love they might be, I don't care if she was pregnant, I don't care if he was being deployed. No marriage for my kid under the age of 18.

Is it just me of is this Courtney Stodden the most SHOT OUT 16 YEAR OLD YOU'VE EVER SEEN?! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2015171/Gree...

I call publicity stunt. If it's real, then the parents of the girl should be jailed and the 51 should be sterilized and the girl needs a plastic surgeon and therapy.

Gross! What a sicko! And her parents...I have no words!

I think it's a hoax. I look younger than she does! Hey, does that mean I look sixteen? Wheeee!

Seriously, if it's real, it's gross. But I think she's much older.

Oops! I had to edit. The age difference is 35 years. My friend got married at age 19 to a man 24 years older than her and they are the sweetest couple, so I am not opposed to big gaps in age, but this age 16 stuff would make me FURIOUS as a parent. I would never, ever, ever, EVER give consent to that nonsense! I am with you!

There's no business like show business . . .

Yup, disgusting. It's all publicity and money I suspect. It's child molestation and she can NOT make a decision this important with any idea of the long range ramifications.

Wow.
I think it's also illegal....but if her parents gave consent....
She's a singer and doesn't look like she's spent those past 16 years living on a farm, if you know what I mean...

I don't believe she's 16. I do believe she moves like a prostitute. "All publicity is good publicity" they say, for actors. Whatever. They'll probably be divorced within a short time. Perhaps they are just using each other. Her parents were probably victims of bad upbringing too. Maybe each has lessons to learn or ways to fulfill what the other needs at this time in their lives. Only the good lord knows.

I saw that too! Heck no....that's insane! Seriously, that gal does not look like she's 16 to me at least. I have a 16 year old daughter and this chick on tv seems way older! Geez, my first hubby was 12 years old than me and my current hubby is 8 years older than me and I think that's a pretty huge age gap! I cannot imagine marrying someone old enough to be my grandparent!

I like what Amyj156 said about a 16 year old doesn't have the maturity to make this decision. If I married every guy I was "in love with" when I was 16 that would've been interesting!!!! When I was 16 if I had come home and asked my parents blessing and permission to marry a 51 year old they would've hit the fan!!! And there is no way they would have allowed it. Never in a million years. What is wrong with the parents to give consent to this?

We have no way to know if it's for real, but if it's a publicity stunt, it sure does look like it's working! ;-)

it's so wrong on sooo many levels i don't know where to begin.

Not a snowball's chance in hedes.

I saw that story a week or so ago. I don't know what to think about it. Publicity stunt? Possibly. Sick? Abso-freaking-lutely.

a man in his 50's marrying a 16yr old girl? wrong all day long.
however, that chick looks closer to 40 than 16. "aspiring country star marries washed up actor?" yeah, i'm thinking publicity stunt. I mean, we're talking about it right? Brilliant publicist

All publicity, look at all the people talking about it. IT WORKED lol, she is definitly older than 16, she looks in her late twenties at least. This is so great for both of them, now people will listen to her songs, to see if she is any good, and BOOM she is in business!

no that's disgusting , this isn't the middle ages, we don't have to marry young to ensure an heir , or to make sure they won't be killed by a plague or something like that.
No way I would allow that. One of my friends from high school married a guy 20 yrs older than she was and I still think it's gross. How can they have ANYTHING in common???

And wow there is no way she's really 16 , honestly in some of the pictures she looks like she's 40

What's the saying?
"It's better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave."
She's certainly going to out live him and I imagine there's a pre-nup in place.
(Gee, is it part of the marriage contract that he put her through college - after she finishes high school? Is he going to take her to the prom?)
At 51, he has a shot at helping her raise any kids they have before he dies.
Didn't Hugh Hefner's (85 I think) fiance (25) just leave him at the alter?
Didn't Tony Randal become a father at 77 (he died before his kids were 10)?
Personally I don't understand these early spring/deep winter relationships but it's nothing new and happens all the time.
Just imagine the out cry if a 51 yr old W. married a 16 yr old guy.

I think her parents smell some sort of financial gain and they are using her to get it.

IDK if she is that young or not but statistics show it will never last. They might be happy now but they will grow apart she is way to young and when he starts "Growing Old" and things don't work like they should or he can't go and do the things she would like to do it will not last. The mother should be shot if she really is only 16 it is a little creepy to me.

I would not let my daughter marry at age 16 no matter what the circumstances were just like I wouldn't put my 16 year old up for adoption. Even if my 16 year old looked and acted like a 30 year old. I also would frown on my daughter marrying someone who is 11 years older than me and her dad!!! This is wrong in every way but people are crazy now adays... My 16 year old would say EEWWWWWW!!!!

ADDED~ She doesn't look 16! She looks like she's pushing 40! =) Probably a publicity stunt for sure. It made me look...LOL

Depending on what state you are in, it may not be illegal - in MI, the age of consent is 16.

But would I allow it? Not on your life!

Wasn't it Jerry Lee Lewis who married a 13 year old when he was in his thirties? So it's not really anything new - but I agree, it's still not right.

If her parents allowed it, there's not a lot to say. I find it weird in our culture, we just don't do that. I know a girl who married at 16 and her husband was 24 and they have been married now like 15 yrs or so and have kids and are happy, so I do know that occasionally someone 16 gets married and it works of fine, but wow to a 51 yr old man, really bizarre in my opinion.

I about choked when she said she is a Christian. She doesn't look or act like one. I also thought she looked like she is on drugs.
In the end, it is her parents' jurisdiction to allow the marriage or not. Would I allow it? Probably not. I can't say no, never, because situations may be different. But, in her situation, no. It wouldn't have started from the beginning though.

Wrong? Eh I guess no. I mean maybe they're in love. Maybe not. This girl's too young to know what she's feeling. She's been on what, 1 maybe 2 other dates?

Weird, perhaps creepy, perhaps more going on than we know? DEFINITELY YES.

I would NOT let me daughter marry at that young age. May it works for others but I really would like my daughter to go through highschool not tied down, even in college if she goes right after high school I would encrouage her to focus first on school then relationship.

If he has any amount of money maybe the parents are hoping to climb that socail ladder. At age 16 she is still a child and I just am not ok with it, I do not want my daughter in such an adult relationship and world when she is just a child still.

Eh...publicity stunt. They probably hugged for the photos and went back to their lives.

There's no way she is 16. I think it's a publicity stunt. If it is true, a 51 year old marrying a 16 year old is way out there. A normal 16 year old isn't mature enough to know what they really want for their life (they think they do but come on). They are niave and young. The whole age difference is way too big and hard for me to digest. My husband is 13 years older than me and like 8 years younger than my dad. The age thing between us doesn't bother me other than we are a bit concerned if he is going to be able to physically be there for our 22 month old as they both get older. But yeah, I don't think she's really 16.....If she is she's grown up way too fast in my opinion.

I don't know the story, but just from what you've told me, this is my opinion: I'm fine with people marrying with big age differences. HOWEVER they still need to have been old enough to have a life and develop a sense of who they are beforehand, and I don't care how mature she is for 16....she's still just 16. Mature "for" an age doesn't mean mature. And not understanding that makes her not all that mature afterall, in my opinion.
The difference between 2 high school sweethearts staying together and getting married is that they are on the same level. They are starting life together, they will grow together, they are on an even playing field. (That said, I personally can't imagine having had ONE bf my whole life....it makes for a sweet fairy tale, and I know ONE AND ONLY ONE successful couple that did that, that are still together at my age....but they are still weirdly young, act young, head over heels in love but still seem to be......18). I married a man that is 17 years older than me, and is the best man I've ever met, let alone dated. HOWEVER at the time that we met, I had lived several different lives, had been homeless, had picked myself up and made a life for myself, overcame addictions, went to school and finished, traveled the world, was a missionary, a youth pastor for an innercity church (at the ripe old age of 22), worked with gangs and all kinds of other issues, was recognized by Bush when he was governor for the success we had in our youth center, and was quite settled, and then began a new career as an inspector for industrial construction. I met Jeremy at 24, and at 30 we were married. I was not a child who didn't know who I was, hadn't experienced the good and bad of life, and was still impressionable. I was young-ish, but no guy was going to "shape" me into whatever he wanted by then. I'd lived a lot more than many 24 year olds. I think this man wants a little trophy, someone he can train and shape into what he wants, and borders on pedophile. (The youngest thing he can legally get). She's.......just a kid. But what kid would want an old man without her own issues??? When I was 18 and partying in New Orleans, a "dirty old man" to keep far away from and throw drinks on was about 30-35. Anything older than 35 was just crazy (until I was 24 and fell for my awesome husband). But again, we MATCH, he doesn't boss me around or try to train me into anything (he'd better not---I know where he sleeps!)

Nasty. Nasty guy, REALLY nasty parents.

Two words; NOT OKAY!