Beauties & beasts
STARS WHO PUNCH ABOVE WEIGHT
IT’S what we’ve all been wondering for years – how
did beansprout footballer Peter Crouch land model Abbey Clancy as his wife? Now, as we reported yesterday, the Stoke striker has revealed that Prince Harry once put that question to him.
Sadly, we’re no closer to knowing the answer, although the 37-year-old did once admit he’d probably be a virgin if he hadn’t become a footballer.
He isn’t the only
celebrity to bring the phrase “beauty and the beast” to mind. JAMES MOORE takes a look at some other pairings.
DONALD & MELANIA TRUMP
With an age gap of 24 years, millions of us have wondered why the 48-year-old Slovenian model stays with the perma-tanned US President. The allegations by porn star Stormy Daniels that the billionaire’s manhood looks like a mushroom has only added to the bemusement. Maybe it’s just because he’s a fun guy. WAYNE & COLEEN ROONEY
As England’s record goalscorer there’s no doubting his ability on the pitch, but few can think the football ace a looker, having frequently been compared to movie character Shrek. Having admitted to liaisons with prostitutes, it’s often hard to see what long-suffering Coleen, whom he married in 2008, sees in the former Man Utd and Everton star. RUPERT MURDOCH AND JERRY HALL
TV’s Mrs Merton, Caroline Aherne, once asked magician’s wife Debbie McGee: “What first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?” We’re tempted to ask supermodel Jerry,
62, the same question about her
87-year-old tycoon hubby, boss of a sadly fading newspaper title.
BORIS JOHNSON & CARRIE SYMONDS
With his been-to-bed hair and looking as if he got dressed in the dark, it’s hard to fathom how the former Foreign Secretary became Bonking Boris. While he’s finally split from wife Marina Wheeler, BoJo has been linked to
30-year-old PR guru Carrie.
ROD STEWART & PENNY LANCASTER
With an age gap of 26 years the veteran crooner and his lingerie model wife always appear to be happily married. But we shudder to think whether the walnut faced 73-year-old is still singing Do Ya Think I’m Sexy to Penny,
47, behind closed doors.
SOPHIE DAHL & JAMIE CULLUM
At 5ft 11in the model towers above the 5ft 4in jazz musician and it’s said that in showbiz circles the pair are known as Little and Large. Yet they’re devoted to each other. Apparently Jamie, 39, wooed Sophie, 41, in a pub – with a tall story or two?
CAMERON DIAZ & BENJI MADDEN
She’s the actress with the girl next door looks, he’s the gritty rocker covered in tattoos! But Cameron, 46, became besotted with the 39-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist in 2014 and the pair were soon wed.
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES & MICHAEL DOUGLAS
They might share a birthday – but 25 years apart. Douglas, now
73, began dating The Darling Buds Of May actress in 1999 and the 48-year-old Welsh wonder has stuck with her jowly beau.
RONNIE WOOD & SALLY HUMPHREYS
A battle with the bottle may have taken its toll on the wrinkly Rolling Stone. But that didn’t stop him getting hitched to theatre company boss Sally Humphreys,
31 years his junior.