7 Music Idols And Their Wait, What?! Age Gaps That Still Freak Fans Out

Picture this: Bill Wyman, the Rolling Stones bassist, meets Mandy Smith in 1984. He’s 47, she’s just 13. Yikes, right? Apparently, their relationship got serious when she turned 14 - later going public when she was old enough legally. They even tied the knot in 1989, when she was 18 and he was 52. Spoiler alert: things didn’t last long.
Wyman later said he was “really stupid” thinking it’d work and admitted she was “too young.” Fans? Still divided. Some think it was creepy from day one.
Mandy even pushed to raise the age of consent in the UK, saying, “You are still a child - even at 16.”

Jerry Lee Lewis was cruising high in rock ’n’ roll fame when he secretly wed 13-year-old Myra Brown in 1957. He was 22, she was basically a kid. The public freaked out big time when they found out during his UK tour. Boom! Career nosedive.
Years later Myra called herself the “adult” in the marriage, which is... something to think about. She pointed out, “How can you defend yourself when you're 13?”
They had two kids but split in 1970 after some messy drama. This one’s forever one of rock’s jaw-dropping stories.

Elvis met Priscilla in 1959 when she was 14 and he was 24. People have talked about this forever, but Priscilla insists nothing scandalous happened early on. She said, “He was kind, soft, loving - but he respected that I was only 14.”
Elvis poured his heart out to her during tough times. They married in ’67, had a daughter, then split in ’73. Despite all the drama, she called Elvis “the love of my life.”

Lori Mattix was a regular teen on L.A.'s Sunset Strip partying with rock stars. She says she was 14 when she got close to David Bowie and then led a two-year thing with Jimmy Page, who was nearly 30.
Looking back, Lori says she wouldn't want any young girl going through that now. The whole scenario screams “rock star drama meets teenage whirlwind.”
Fans still can’t believe some of this was considered “normal” back then.

Steven Tyler’s story with Julia Holcomb isn’t your regular rock ’n’ roll romance. Julia met Steven at 16, and he was in his mid-20s. He even became her legal guardian so she could tour with Aerosmith.
Years later, Julia sued Tyler, saying he groomed and hurt her emotionally. The case brought attention to a darker side of the music world.
Tyler admitted he “almost took a teen bride” in his memoir, showing this tale’s complexity.

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead met teenage fan Natascha Muenter when she was 15 and he was mid-30s. He insists nothing romantic happened until decades later, after Jerry Garcia died.
They married in the late ’90s and had kids, but people still debate how it all began. Fans online react strong to the big age gap between a teenage girl and an established rock star.

Don McLean of “American Pie” fame and Paris Dylan have an age gap that’s basically half a century. They made their relationship public in 2018, and they’re still going strong.
Don calls Paris the “love of my life,” and they live it up traveling and attending high-profile events together. This one’s definitely a “will-they-won't-they get judged forever” kind of love story.