# Ashley Olsen dating Lance Armstrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845 "2007-11-01T08:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/1 "2007-11-01T08:24:24Z")
I usually skip over celebrity gossip, but this is some juicey shit One of the world’s most recognizable athlete isn’t going out with a Spice Girl, he’s going out Michelle Tanner. One half of the set of twins that the world watched and counted down the minutes until they both reached eighteen. Now the little girl is all grown up and making out a 36 year old dude until 2AM in the morning. Fantastic. This isn’t IMHO, I don’t really care if you think he’s too old or she’s too young (blah blah blah). Fuck that, let’s get some chatter going. Where did they meet? What does Cheryl Crow think? Is it just friendly dating caught by the press, or has there been more going on? And does Paris Hilton think it’s hot? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/2 "2007-11-01T12:41:26Z")
Ew. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/3 "2007-11-01T12:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] Ew. [/QUOTE] Mutual, I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![supervenusfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@supervenusfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supervenusfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/4 "2007-11-01T12:59:26Z")
I think that dating should actually be “dating”. I second the “ew”. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/5 "2007-11-01T13:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] One of the world’s most recognizable athlete isn’t going out with a Spice Girl, he’s going out Michelle Tanner. [/QUOTE] Naw, only half of Michelle Tanner. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/6 "2007-11-01T13:23:12Z")
I had no idea he was thought of as a “catch”- I always thought he was sort of funny looking, in a general way. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/7 "2007-11-01T13:43:55Z")
I always thought he was kind of a douche for leaving his wife. It’s a pretty mismatched couple. I give them two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/8 "2007-11-01T13:44:32Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Naw, only half of Michelle Tanner. [/QUOTE] Would it be out of line to suggest that it is a good thing that he’s only dating half of Michelle Tanner since he only has half of his “boys”? Yeah? I thought so. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/9 "2007-11-01T13:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Would it be out of line to suggest that it is a good thing that he’s only dating half of Michelle Tanner since he only has half of his “boys”? Yeah? I thought so. [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t the other half be a better match, since Mary Kate would prefer to limit her protein consumption? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/10 "2007-11-01T14:03:17Z")
So he’s dating Mich Ner? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/11 "2007-11-01T14:21:25Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] So he’s dating Mich Ner? [/QUOTE] No, Elle Tan. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/12 "2007-11-01T14:22:59Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] Wouldn’t the other half be a better match, since Mary Kate would prefer to limit her protein consumption? [/QUOTE] +1 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/13 "2007-11-01T14:59:46Z")
A lot of the respect I had for Lance just went out of the window. I’m sure most of it will come back when it’s over. It’s better than Lohan, sure, but can’t you date someone closer to your own age? Maybe one of those cycling groupies? Just ew. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/14 "2007-11-01T15:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=supervenusfreak] I think that dating should actually be “dating”. [/QUOTE] Or in his case, _carbon dating_. ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/15 "2007-11-01T16:54:19Z")
Hey, the guy has shitloads of energy. If he isn’t winning the Tour de France, what else is he going to do? I think he has adopted professional womanizing as a hobby. For his next challenge, he will go after Martha Stewart so he can get a good pie to eat. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/16 "2007-11-01T16:56:31Z")
I guess being the _village_ bicycle wasn’t good enough for her anymore. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/17 "2007-11-01T17:02:49Z")
I once watched a kind of documentary about Lance Armstrong. I was a big fan of his, but after the documentary, which followed him about on his daily routine of training and interacting with friends and Sheryl Crow, I didn’t like him as much. He came across as rather a dick, and reminded me of some of the humorless, touchy, combative litigation attorneys I’ve worked for. It doesn’t mean he isn’t a kickass cyclist, but I don’t think I’d choose him as a (boy)friend. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/18 "2007-11-01T17:54:32Z")
Don’t get too down on him. He’s not a dirty old man – he’s only dating her for her money. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/19 "2007-11-01T19:04:10Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] I always thought he was kind of a douche for leaving his wife. [/QUOTE] Didn’t he leave his wife becuase she was blatantly cheating on him with another member of his team? That is what I heard…and can’t really blame him for that… Anyway… ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845/20 "2007-11-01T19:09:15Z")
[QUOTE=Skara\_Brae] Didn’t he leave his wife becuase she was blatantly cheating on him with another member of his team? That is what I heard…and can’t really blame him for that… Anyway… [/QUOTE] I also heard he dumped Sheryl Crow very soon after she found out she had cancer. But I could be completely wrong. But I’ve always thought large age differences when the younger person is still ‘young’ like Olsen is young (we are the same age) are weird in relationships. Not wrong or gross, just weird. But I guess she also is famous, not like she’s struggling through college and a part time job and he’s at the office 8-5 everyday like us regular folk. My boyfriend already graudated and does the 8-5 thing and it’s hard enough understanding his life, and he’s only 2 years older than me. Can’t imagine trying to date someone 15 years older right now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashley-olsen-dating-lance-armstrong/424845.md?page=2)