On
Thursday the patron saint for plastic surgery, wife of rocker Ozzie
Osbourne and mother to reformed Hollywood brats Kelly and Jack, declared
that she was in favour of Miley Cyrus's union to our very own Liam
Hemsworth, 22.
The America's Got Talent judge said in support of the future bride: "I think that she is 19, but in her head she is an old soul. She has lived 19 lives in 19 years ... She is an accomplished young woman, who knows what she wants at this time in her life."
And maybe that is true, but if 50 really is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30 ... doesn't that make 19 the new nine?
Surely if you were the parents of either singer Cyrus or The Hunger Games star Hemsworth, you'd be saying no, no, no, no, no. Give it five years. Give it 10!
While some people marry their soulmates and some meet their perfect matches at age 19, it would be ludicrous to imagine one can actually recognise a soulmate or a perfect match at an age when most kids are slugging through their first year out of high school and working out whether they can get arrested for stage-diving at Big Day Out. (Answer: Not unless you assault someone as you do it.)
Surely when your calling card only has three names on it and one of them belongs to Nick Jonas (who had a matching purity ring), you aren't in a position to judge anything except maybe a good flannelette shirt from a bad one, and maybe not even then.
More often than not teens who marry are struggling to stay together two decades on when they discover that kids, debt, careers and life have conspired against their teenage ideals.
Status: This wasn't Spears' first go at marriage. Six months prior, she married childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas and 55 hours later had it annulled. Spears and Federline had two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden, before filing for divorce in 2006. Spears boasts a happy update — in December she became engaged to longtime boyfriend Jason Trawick.
LeAnn Rimes
Married young: Rimes wed dancer Dean Sheremet at 19. He was 21.
Status: The two were married for eight years until Rimes began stepping out with actor Eddie Cibrian. She and Sheremet divorced in 2009, and Rimes married Cibrian in 2011.
Taylor Hanson
Married young: The MMMBop singer said "I do" to girlfriend Natalie Bryant at age 19.
Status: The two teens wed while Bryant was four months pregnant in 2010, and 10 years later, they're still going strong. The couple now have four children, and are expecting Baby No. 5 this year.
Olivia Wilde
Married young: The People Like Us star married Tao Ruspoli, the son of an Italian prince, on a bus when she was 19.
Status: After eight years of marriage, Wilde filed for divorce in 2011. These days, she is quietly dating SNL's Jason Sudeikis.
Hilary Duff
Married young: The former teen queen married ice hockey player Mike Comrie in 2010 when she was 22. He was 29.
Status: The happy couple are together and recently welcomed a baby boy, Luca.
Drew Barrymore
Married young: Barrymore married Welsh bar owner Jeremy Thomas when she was 19. He was 32.
Status: They two married abruptly in a Los Angeles bar and the union lasted one month. But there's a happy update for the Big Miracle star — pregnant and beaming, she married art dealer Will Kopelman just days ago in an intimate wedding at her home in Montecito, Calif.
Avril Lavigne
Married young: It was a punk wedding for Lavigne, who wed Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in 2006 at age 21.
Status: Lavigne filed for divorce in late 2009.
Kate Hudson
Married young: Hudson married Chris Robinson in 2000 at 21. He was 35.
Status: The couple was married for almost six years and had a son, Ryder, before splitting in 2006. Hudson is currently engaged to Muse rocker Matthew Bellamy and they had a baby boy, Bingham, together in July of 2011.
The America's Got Talent judge said in support of the future bride: "I think that she is 19, but in her head she is an old soul. She has lived 19 lives in 19 years ... She is an accomplished young woman, who knows what she wants at this time in her life."
And maybe that is true, but if 50 really is the new 40 and 40 is the new 30 ... doesn't that make 19 the new nine?
Surely if you were the parents of either singer Cyrus or The Hunger Games star Hemsworth, you'd be saying no, no, no, no, no. Give it five years. Give it 10!
While some people marry their soulmates and some meet their perfect matches at age 19, it would be ludicrous to imagine one can actually recognise a soulmate or a perfect match at an age when most kids are slugging through their first year out of high school and working out whether they can get arrested for stage-diving at Big Day Out. (Answer: Not unless you assault someone as you do it.)
Surely when your calling card only has three names on it and one of them belongs to Nick Jonas (who had a matching purity ring), you aren't in a position to judge anything except maybe a good flannelette shirt from a bad one, and maybe not even then.
More often than not teens who marry are struggling to stay together two decades on when they discover that kids, debt, careers and life have conspired against their teenage ideals.
Status: This wasn't Spears' first go at marriage. Six months prior, she married childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas and 55 hours later had it annulled. Spears and Federline had two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden, before filing for divorce in 2006. Spears boasts a happy update — in December she became engaged to longtime boyfriend Jason Trawick.
LeAnn Rimes
Married young: Rimes wed dancer Dean Sheremet at 19. He was 21.
Status: The two were married for eight years until Rimes began stepping out with actor Eddie Cibrian. She and Sheremet divorced in 2009, and Rimes married Cibrian in 2011.
Taylor Hanson
Married young: The MMMBop singer said "I do" to girlfriend Natalie Bryant at age 19.
Status: The two teens wed while Bryant was four months pregnant in 2010, and 10 years later, they're still going strong. The couple now have four children, and are expecting Baby No. 5 this year.
Olivia Wilde
Married young: The People Like Us star married Tao Ruspoli, the son of an Italian prince, on a bus when she was 19.
Status: After eight years of marriage, Wilde filed for divorce in 2011. These days, she is quietly dating SNL's Jason Sudeikis.
Hilary Duff
Married young: The former teen queen married ice hockey player Mike Comrie in 2010 when she was 22. He was 29.
Status: The happy couple are together and recently welcomed a baby boy, Luca.
Drew Barrymore
Married young: Barrymore married Welsh bar owner Jeremy Thomas when she was 19. He was 32.
Status: They two married abruptly in a Los Angeles bar and the union lasted one month. But there's a happy update for the Big Miracle star — pregnant and beaming, she married art dealer Will Kopelman just days ago in an intimate wedding at her home in Montecito, Calif.
Avril Lavigne
Married young: It was a punk wedding for Lavigne, who wed Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in 2006 at age 21.
Status: Lavigne filed for divorce in late 2009.
Kate Hudson
Married young: Hudson married Chris Robinson in 2000 at 21. He was 35.
Status: The couple was married for almost six years and had a son, Ryder, before splitting in 2006. Hudson is currently engaged to Muse rocker Matthew Bellamy and they had a baby boy, Bingham, together in July of 2011.
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