Senior woman, young man, big love
Do you know the term "cougar"? This is the somewhat derogatory term for a woman who loves a much younger man - and means translated "Puma". A clear allusion to the hunting instinct of the ladies, who are especially interested in looking for young prey.
Also Sabine Postel is a member of the Cougar Club: Not only did she fall in love with the role of a crime scene commissioner in 20-year-younger Leo Uljanoff (played by Antoine Monot), but she also got one in real life 14 years younger man Angled: For over a year, the 58-year-old is now with her sweetheart, Christian Meckel (44), together. He was not a model for the "crime scene" role, however, since the love story between Commissioner Lürsen and Leo was already in the script before Sabine Postel real love adventure began, she assures.
Other celebrity couples, where she is much older than him, you can see on the following pages.
"Natascha is my great love, I felt from the very first second that she is my dream woman, which makes me very happy, I want to stay together with Natascha all my life", enthuses footballer Umut Kekilli (28) in an interview with the "colorful". Natascha Ochsenknecht, 48, says of her relationship with Umut, "I was starving, felt like a sponge and literally soaked up his tenderness and touch, and I was almost sick." Last year, the two finally got engaged. Natasha and Umut now wear the same tattoo as a token of their love. Fiancee became - a bit unusual perhaps - at McDonalds, inclusive ring exchange in the parking lot.
58-year-old actress Ellen Barkin has been in love with director Sam Levinson, 27, for two years ("Switch", "Sea of Love"). Despite 31-year age difference, the two are engaged and want to marry in Manhattan soon. The request came from her, reported an acquaintance of the actress: "It was during a romantic walk on the beach and she asked him the question Sam said without hesitation." Incidentally, Ellen Barkin knows the father of her future well too. Director Barry Levinson helped her in 1982 with a role in his film "American Diner" for Hollywood breakthrough.
Simone Thomalla (47) After the hapless marriage with Rudi Assauer, he has caught a man almost 20 years younger: the handball goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter is 28 and thus just five years older than Thomallas daughter Sophia. Since 2009, the two are a couple - and still happy, as they prove at every opportunity.
Five years ago, in Paris, between Kylie Minogue and the Spanish model Andres Velencoso (34) sparked. The 44-year-old Kylie seems to feel good on the side of a 10 years younger man. In the fall of 2010, the two in London have grown a house with garden. That was like a complete new beginning, said the singer. Only the man in the house remained the same.
The designer Vivienne Westwood (71) has never conceded much to conventions and has always done its own thing - and has been extremely successful. In love she does not do it any differently: in 1992 she married the 25 years younger Andreas Kronthaler. They got to know each other when she was visiting professor at the Vienna University of Applied Arts. Kronthaler was one of her students.
Tilda Swinton (52) has chosen a particularly interesting relationship concept: love for three. She has twins with her 20-year-old husband John Byrne, with whom she lives in Scotland. The artist Sandro Kopp, 17 years younger as the Oscar winner, is her official lover. Practical, if you can not decide whether the older or the younger men are the better ones.
The 42-year-old Mariah Carey is considered a diva with starry-voices, so you do not know if you have her Ten years younger husband Nick Cannon to compliment his election. Cannon plays little roles in Hollywood productions, raps a bit and moderates its own show on the children's channel Nickelodeon. He also appears as a comedian. So far, Cannon has not lost the laugh on Mariah's side - the couple has been married for almost five years. On April 30, 2011, her twins Monroe and Moroccan were born.
It's almost 79 years old Ex "Denverclan" beast Joan Collins meanwhile, and the list of her husbands nearly reaches Liz Taylor's proportions (Collins: 5, Taylor: 8).The older Joan became, the younger her mates became: after Maxwell Reed (14 years older), Anthony Newly (two years older), Ron Kass (two years younger) and Peter Holm (14 years younger) she is now with the 32 years younger theater manager Percy Gibson married - after all, for over ten years.
Hollywood diva Susan Sarandon (66) has already found happiness with a younger man: she was with her 52-year-old actor Tim Robbins for 21 years, the relationship of the inseparable dream couple broke in 2009. If so much harmony, Susan Sarandon might just be too boring? Since her breakup with Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon has been with the 32 years younger Jonathan BricklinMillionaire Son and Party Animal. However, the two have never officially confirmed their alleged liaison.
Not only women succumb to the power of the fountain of youth brand "Young Guy": Hamburg Former mayor Ole von Beust (57) presented in the fall of 2010 at the beginning of his new life as a management consultant also the related life section companions: Luke is a tender 22 years old. The young man is the first lover Beust showed to the public - and although Ole is known for unusual coalitions (first he ruled with the Schill party, then in the nation's first black-green coalition), he managed once more, to sincerely surprise his Hanseatic people.
