# Surprising Celebrity Couples That seem Far Fetched **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929 "2017-01-12T02:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/21 "2017-01-12T14:28:42Z")
Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach seemed like another rock star marrying a pretty blond actress, but it’s 35 years and counting. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/22 "2017-01-12T15:42:07Z")
Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell. There’s a 20-year age difference. Looking at them, I would’ve guessed it was closer to 30. She’s an effervescent TV personality and he is a nose-in-the books economist. Still, they are both DC policy wonks and their marriage seems to work for them. Maybe I need to refine my idea of celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/23 "2017-01-12T15:51:54Z")
James Carville and Mary Matalin. It’s sort of like Lizard Boy marries Cruella, but aside from that, they are at polar ends of the political spectrum. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/24 "2017-01-12T16:22:22Z")
Is Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett too obvious? Did anyone even know who Lyle Lovett was and suddenly he was married to one of the biggest celebrities in the world. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/25 "2017-01-12T16:45:44Z")
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. When I first heard that they had married, I assumed it was a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/26 "2017-01-12T17:45:16Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > Steve Coogan and Courtney Love was pretty surprising. This was before Coogan was confirmed as something of a serial dater of fellow celebrities and models. WHAT?? That’s a good one 🙂 > [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Alexis Ohanian (one of the co-founders of Reddit) and Serena Williams (the tennis player) announced their engagement recently. Not two crowds that most people think would be intermingling. They seem pretty happy with each other and they’ve been dating for a while though. I read this and thought “That sounds like the odd pairing of the tech millionaire and first female baseball player from the show _Pitch_.” I’m guessing this is where they got their inspiration! > [@SaharaTea](#): > > I don’t think anyone predicted Julie Roberts would marry Lyle Lovett, short-lived though it was. Was Billy Bob and Angelina Jolie weird at the time? I remember people thinking it was weird but they were (are) both weirdos. I guess considering she moved on from Billy Bob and eventually landed on “Hollywood Heartthrob Brad Pitt” makes it more weird for Billy Bob. After [he made some news recently](http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/entertainment/richard-marx-korean-air-passenger/) for subduing an unruly passenger on a flight, we all learned that boring dry white cracker and 80’s “heartthrob” (not sure for who) Richard Marx is married to sexy sassy Latina 90’s MTV fun girl Daisy Fuentes. I am sure more people than me went “what, really??” ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/27 "2017-01-12T17:50:47Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons from \*Fargo \*are rumored to be engaged. I don’t know why, but I never would have put them together. Let’s hope for their sake that their real relationship doesn’t end the way their Fargo relationship ended! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/28 "2017-01-12T17:54:28Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Is Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett too obvious? Did anyone even know who Lyle Lovett was and suddenly he was married to one of the biggest celebrities in the world. They were married in 1993. Lyle had earned his first Gold Record in 1988 so he was known, at least to Country Music/Music fans. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/29 "2017-01-12T20:33:54Z")
I didn’t know until after her death that Carrie Fisher was briefly married to Paul Simon back in the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/30 "2017-01-12T21:27:41Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I read this and thought “That sounds like the odd pairing of the tech millionaire and first female baseball player from the show _Pitch_.” I’m guessing this is where they got their inspiration! Unlikely, since they were dating well before that show started airing. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/31 "2017-01-12T21:49:30Z")
Julie Chen and CBS president Les Moonves Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Even after they have done all of those commercials together, I still can’t see them as a couple. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/32 "2017-01-12T22:37:18Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. > > When I first heard that they had married, I assumed it was a hoax. For all intents and purposes, it was. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/33 "2017-01-12T23:09:27Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Unlikely, since they were dating well before that show started airing. That is why the show was able to be inspired by their relationship … right? I highly doubt a television show would influence real people to have relationships. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/34 "2017-01-13T00:51:37Z")
Elizabeth Taylor and Senator John Warner seemed like a slightly odd pairing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/35 "2017-01-13T01:04:25Z")
Amanda Righetti who was on The Mentalist and most recently Colony is married to TV director Jordan Alan for over 10 years and have a kid. She’s (IMHO) one of the most beautiful women in the world and he’s a chubby schlub. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/36 "2017-01-13T01:16:33Z")
John Oliver is married to a former Army combat medic. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/37 "2017-01-13T01:17:19Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Almost 20 year age difference. He’s a neanderthal with anger issues. She seems quite normal. What does she see in him? Sense of humor presumably :). Sarah Paulson seems to really like older women - she apparently had a long relationships with Cherry Jones who is 18 years older than her and Holland Taylor who has 31 years on her. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/38 "2017-01-13T02:31:43Z")
Hard to imagine it after watching Westworld but Evan Rachel Wood was romantically involved with Marilyn Manson. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/39 "2017-01-13T02:47:27Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **Adam Duritz** dated Courtney Cox as well, didn’t he? That guy has _something_ that’s working for him. And Jennifer Aniston. [And:](http://uproxx.com/tv/just-how-many-gorgeous-actresses-has-adam-duritz-inexplicably-dated/) -Monica Potter -Mary Louise Parker -Samantha Mathis And rumored flings with Christina Applegate and Winona Ryder ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929/40 "2017-01-13T03:07:34Z")
I always thought Madonna and Sean Penn were quite an odd couple, to say the least. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-celebrity-couples-that-seem-far-fetched/776929.md?page=3)