Why do celebrities usually only date other celebrities?

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Why? I've always wondered this. It never works out, dont they know this by now? They have money, so they really dont need to date another celebrity because they want to be with someone that has money.. why not find a nice guy/girl off the street that you connect with? Why does it always have to be another celebrity?

Are there any celebrities that are dating or married to 'nobodys'? If so please list them. :challenge:
 
Probably b/c that's their social circle? I guess I could flip it around and say I'd never date a celebrity b/c I don't know any and wouldn't know where to even meet one.
 
Ah well, do celebs really get much chance to hang out with 'normal' people? Their social circle consists of other celebrities so that is who they go out with. Plus there is probably the fear that are people going out with them because they are rich and famous or is it really because they actually like them? They can have that security a bit more with people on a similar fame level.
 
Matt Damon's wife Luciana is not famous or even in the business. She was working as a bartender when they met. :heart:
 
i'm getting e-married to queen bee soon. that's a celebrity e-marrying an unknown puppy. don't know if that counts :shrug:
 
I think the celebs who are with a "regular" person usually don't discuss their partner often. Harrison Ford comes to mind for some reason.
 
MrPryck2U said:
I think the celebs who are with a "regular" person usually don't discuss their partner often. Harrison Ford comes to mind for some reason.

Probably because he used to be married to a screenwriter.

But he's with Calista Flockhart now...
 
I think it's also that we only hear about relationships when they involve two celebrities, so it seems that all celebs are dating celebs, when really there are just as many that don't. I guess the thinking in the tabloids and mags is that a relationship between two famous people is much more interesting than one celebrity and their high school sweet-heart.

We're so fucused on Tomkat and Brangelina that relationships between celebrities and some unknown person are ignored and forgotten. So I don't believe that celebrities always date other celebrities. They get that chance because they are exposed to other celebrities, sure, but there are so many more relationships that we're not exposed to. We just don't realize it, cause they're not on our radar at all.
 
Probably because they are the people they tend to socialise with the most and understand what their life and job is like more than a 'nobody'.

There are still celebrities who are married or together and have made it work though. Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Tim Robbins have all been with their partners a long time now.
 
Often they say that other celebs are the only ones who can truly understand them and their lives, etc. But considering how many of their marriages and relationships don't work out, maybe that's not the best thing to base a relationship on.

Maybe some celebs have such big egos that they would never think a non-celeb is good looking enough, or good enough, for them.
 
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne - wasn't she a receptionist when they met?
 
Sharon was a mere 15 when she began her career, as a receptionist for her father Don Arden's management company. It was while working for her father that she first met seminal rockers Black Sabbath and a lead singer called John Michael Osbourne, already known to one and all as Ozzy.

Sharon was 17 then, and their paths crossed off and on over the ensuing years, until she began managing Ozzy's career in 1979,

She was no celebrity even if she wasn't still working as a receptionist when she first met him at 17.
 
I agree. Normal people and celebrities should date one another. And we should start with Me dating Jenny Lewis. Right now. :shifty:
 
you tend to date/marry people who you're around, as opposed to those who you aren't around.

there's plenty of stories of celebs hookin' up with backup dancers, makeup artists, etc. these are the "common folk" of the celeb circle.

if you make a ton of money you just don't hang out at the same places that joe schmo hangs out with and vice versa, so you never really have that chance, unless of course it's the same person you were with in college or high school, ala that boner guy from some irish band.
 
I have wondered about this since I was a kid. I always guessed the reason was because they were 'equals' both financially and socially and they understood the life the other lived because they live it too. I guess they think this makes for a better relationship than they could have with a 'regular' person. SO WHY IS THE DAMN BREAKUP AND DIVORCE RATE SO HIGH AMONG CELEBRITIES??!! :shrug:

Maybe they fight over money and egos, or cheating with other celebrities. One other guess I had, about movie stars in particular, is that sometimes when they fall in love on the set of a movie, maybe in a way it's the character they are falling for and not the real person. Once they get the real person home and have to live with him/her, they don't like them as much as the character? :lol:

Most people who are married before they get famous end up dumping their old 'regular' love as soon as they hit the big time. Bono and Larry deserve a BIG amount of praise for still being with their high school sweethearts from the old neighborhood after all that money and fame! :up: (And it wasn't Edge's fault he and Aislinn broke up, it was hers, so we can't blame him. I am unsure if you can categorize Morleigh a 'celebrity' just for being the tour belly dancer?)

And a big :up: to Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day for marrying a FAN, yes a fan, and sticking with her! Now isn't that every fangirl's dream?

One final thought: Once people are 'loaded' maybe they look upon 'regular' people as only after them for the money, or to further their career. I know he's not 'that' famous but Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen (Anakin) said he'd been hurt twice by girls he dated after they had publically admitted they didn't even like him, they only wanted to be seen with him to help their (alleged) modeling careers. So that must happen a lot too.

Heiress Doris Duke lived a long, lonely life because her father convinced her no one would ever love her for anything but her money so she shut everyone out.
 
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I think a big reason for the divorce rate among celebs is because of their schedules. If you took "normal" couples where one or both was constantly traveling, often living in new cities or new countries every few months, I'm sure you'd find a higher divorce rate in that demographic as well. It may be that celebs are just more self-centered and immature, but I think it's mostly that their lifestyle and careers don't leave a lot of room for developing committed relationships.

My dad is now in a job where he travels nonstop. Good thing he just started getting into this now after decades of marriage and no more little kids, otherwise I don't think my mom would have put up with it for long. My sis is the only one still at home and she's going to college in August, so luckily my mom only has her to deal with, but she still complains nonstop about my dad never being around.
 
U2Kitten said:
I know he's not 'that' famous but Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen (Anakin) said he'd been hurt twice by girls he dated after they had publically admitted they didn't even like him, they only wanted to be seen with him to help their (alleged) modeling careers. So that must happen a lot too.
Plus he's gay so he may have been hurt by these women's lack of a certain body part.:wink:
 
The U2 boys have "normal" wives...
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen (kind of)
Pierce Brosnan
Brandon Flowers from the Killers married his girlfriend
All the guys from Aerosmith (well now Steven is divorced but she wasn't famous)

I'll think of more...
 
yeter said:
Matt Damon's wife Luciana is not famous or even in the business. She was working as a bartender when they met. :heart:

I remember that story. :up:

Nicolas Cage is currently married to a relative nobody, isn't he? There are quite a few of them. Pierce Brosnan's first wife was a nobody, too, wasn't she?
 
Celebs go to parties where other celebs go, like if i go to a college party there be people from college there too.
 
Hewson said:
Plus he's gay so he may have been hurt by these women's lack of a certain body part.:wink:

No he's not, he just gets accused of it. I'm a real SW fan (geek) and I read a lot about him. If he were gay, he'd be seen with guys, and he isn't seen with anyone really. He did have a fling with Sienna Miller filming Factory Girl. There are pics of him entering a hotel room with her, making out seen in pics nosily taken through the windows, and her coming out the next morning dressed only in his sweater :ohmy:

Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen (kind of)

Yes Bon Jovi is still with his high school sweetie too :cute:

Springsteen is not so nice. His current wife, Patti, was a backup singer in his band. He was married to actress Julianne Phillips and cheated with Patti, breaking up the marriage. :down:
 
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