Joel McHale over at “The Soup” has been skewering the alleged romantic relationship between tween queen Miley Cyrus and 20-year-old model Jason Gaston for weeks now. Pictures have surfaced of the two together almost everywhere in Los Angeles from fashion shows to shopping malls. Last week, Miley finally talked about Gaston with Ryan Seacrest and told listeners not to be so judgmental about the relationship because he is a “great Christian guy.”
Actually, in the interview with Seacrest, almost-16-year-old Miley never exactly admits to a dating relationship with the former “Nashville Star” contestant-turned -underwear spokesperson. She simply commented that she has gone into their friendship “with an open mind” and isn’t worried about the age difference between them.
While it might seem pointless for Cyrus to keep denying the obvious, I for one am happy that Miley is finally learning that the less said, the better, when it comes to talking to the press. And when it comes to dating an older man, well, there is no way she can win in the headline wars. The tabloids are fueling interest in the relationship by saying thatGaston is already living at the Cyrus compound so Papa Cyrus can keep a watchful eye.
So, the way I see it, Miley can look forward to either being labeled a virginal hypocrite for becoming too close to a guy too soon by shacking up with him, or she might be labeled a hillbilly bride if she pulls a Jamie Lynn Spears and makes the relationship permanent before she is a legal adult. Either way, she is better off doing what she can to keep her personal decisions personal.
posted October 28, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Isn’t it odd….the older we get the less an age difference matters. Like Jason Gaston & Miley Cyrus my father was four years older than my mother when they married. She was 35, he was 39 and in 1945 that difference was hardly worth noticing. When my late partner and I got together in 2000 he was 28 and I was 50. Even then the 22 year age difference raised few eyebrows because we were both adults.
The fact that Miley is only 15 is probably more of a concern than the four year age differance. When she is 18 and he is 22 folks won’t think anything about their age difference.
posted October 28, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I agree that as you get older age does not matter. I tease my hubby all the time that when I was graduating the 8th grade he was graduation from high school with my sister. It would have been funny if we went to prom together. I understand that it is a concern when a minor is involved with an adult, I do get it honestly. But it is up to the parents to install the correct values in minors. Minors will always test their parents on just about everything. I Billy Ray wants to be involved and move the man into his home that is his business, not the publics. I have little girls who think the would of Miley and Billy Ray and that is fine with me. Maybe if Jamie Lynn’s parents moved her boyfriend into their home and ot involved instead of thinking that she could make grown up decisions without their in put maybe just maybe Jamie would still be a role model. My little ones (6 and 7) quit watching her because they said she should not have had sex and she would not be pregnant, she is too young to be a mom.
posted October 30, 2008 at 8:11 pm
LEAVE HER ALONE IT IS HER BUISNESS….
posted January 18, 2009 at 9:48 pm
ITS A FELONY!!! its statutory rape! if she wasnt miley cyrus and just a normal unfamous girl everybody would think it was illegal!! and yes it’s her business but she has to know that she’s in the public eye. she just turned 16 for crying out loud.. it’s just wrong