I’m a 21-year-old stepmum with a 44-year-old boyfriend – people say there’s ‘red flags’ & claim he looks like Raoul Moat
A COUPLE with a 23-year age gap have been blasted by trolls who think there are “so many red flags.”
Ellie Liptrot, 21, and her boyfriend Mark, 44, revealed how they first met and got together but people are thinking their story is “not okay at all.”
One even commented on her boyfriend’s appearance by asking: “Is that Raoul Moat?”
Raoul Moat, once a bouncer in Newcastle, became infamous for embarking on a shooting rampage.
Known for his violent tendencies, Moat had recently completed an 18-week prison sentence at HMP Durham, having been incarcerated for assaulting a nine-year-old relative.
However the pair, who first met back in December 2021, won’t let negative comments get to them and regularly upload videos on TikTok on Ellie’s page @elli3liptrot expressing their love for one another.
In one video, Ellie, who is step mum to his two children, aged 12 and 16, revealed how she met Mark during a night out three years ago.
Talking to the camera with Mark in the background, she says: “Me and a friend were out on a Christmas night out .
“She texted this guy she knew asking if he could take us for food and then he ended up giving us this person’s number.
“We called this person, and it ended up being Mark.
“I think he picked us up at one in the morning, and we didn’t get back till 7 in the morning because Mark obviously had the time of his life.”
She went on to reveal how they made a friend group and did “loads of things together.”
Ellie continues: “Then in March 2022 that’s when I decided I think I like Mark a little bit more than a friend.”
Then from onwards she “practically” moved in with him.
She continues: “Start of June 2022, is when I met the kids for the first time and then after a week of meeting them is when we lived together full time.
“It’s weird because we are both from the same town and we actually live in a very, very small town.
Red flags
“We definitely crossed paths at one point in our lives.
“Mark used to own a smoothie shop, so when I was a kid I literally used to go into that smoothie shop.”
The video attracted lots attention with many rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “So many red flags.”
But another commented on the same feed asking: “Point them out then cuz to me sounds like there happy and no problems at all”
However, another person replied: “She was 18 and he was 41.
“They moved in after like three months…with his two children.”
The couple also had people praising their relationship as well with one writing: “People are baffled by this relationship.. I totally get it!”
Another added: “My husband is 16 years younger than me and he’s my world and it works.”
A-list age gap relationships that have stood the test of time
- Kris Jenner & Corey Gamble – 25 years
The Kardashian matriarch met her younger man at a mutual friend’s 40th birthday party in Ibiza. They’ve been together since August 2014. - Sam & Aaron Taylor-Johnson – 23 years
The director and actor reportedly met at a film audition in 2009, and were married by 2012. The pair share two daughters and Sam has two children from a previous marriage. - Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley & Jason Statham – 20 years
The model started dating actor Jason in 2010. They were wed in 2016 and have since welcomed a son and a daughter together. - Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas – 25 years
The pair was introduced at a film festival in 1996 and engaged three years later. Shortly after their engagement, the couple welcomed a son and married in 2000.