I’m a 34-year-old beauty queen married to a 74-year-old granddad – trolls say I’m after his cash, age is just a number
AN AGE gap couple have hit back at mean trolls who claim she is with her husband just for money.
Lesley, 34, met her husband Vince, 74, when she was just 26 at a swanky restaurant.
Vince charmed Lesley immediately and asked her out for dinner after seeing her sing in the restaurant and the rest is history.
The couple got engaged a year after meeting and have been together for eight years, married for five, but not everyone is a fan of their romance.
Speaking to Love Don’t Judge, the couple admit they’ve had nasty comments directed at them.
The beauty queen who won Mrs Pasadena beauty pageant queen back in 2016 revealed: “I’ve gotten ‘oh you must be with him for his money‘ or the gold digger references – that can be annoying.
“Honestly, I have to say that in the very beginning when I was dating him, I was a little embarrassed.
“I was more sensitive to the grandpa statements. Within a year of us dating, I was just like, screw them. I didn’t really care anymore.”
Vince seemed shocked she agreed to a date in the first place asking if she knew how old he was, but Lesley revealed age was nothing but a number.
Vince had children from a previous marriage – now in their 40s and 50s and is even a granddad.
The pair admitted his children weren’t happy about the relationship when it first started but have grown to put up with it.
Lesley and Vince have discussed having children and are still making up their minds as to whether they do.
But despite all the hate the couple say they are 100% soulmates and don’t care what nasty trolls have to say.
The clip posted on YouTube quickly went viral with over 12k views and people quickly took to the comments to share their thoughts.
One person wrote: “Being together for 8 years is respectable. Even if she would be just for his money, they are still living together seemingly happy and that’s all what matters to me.”
Another commented: “Their age gap is older than her. That should be the first hint.”
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.
“People are jealous!!” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “So glad their families finally see the true love and accept them. They deserve all the happiness in the world.”
“So she was 26 and he 66 when they first met – WOW!!!” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “Nice, my soul mate might still need to be born yet.”
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