The history of cougar relationships which involve romantic association between older women and younger men dates back to pre-historic times. Many such references were found in the book of Genesis and even in Greek mythology in the story of Phraeda who was in love with a much younger Hippolytus.
In modern times, with the fast changing dynamics of relationships between couples, instances of cougar relationships are on the rise. In fact, many novels and movies like Cheri (1920), Harold and Maude (1971) and Cougar Town (2009) have attempted to explore the different angles of the concept.
The trend is also gaining momentum in Hollywood with more and more people coming out in the open and clearly declaring their cougar statuses.
Although the concept has been subjected to speculations and conjectures in the past, over the past couple of years, such declarations have heralded a new era in the official cougar movement. Start the slideshow to check some top cougar couples of Hollywood:
To some extent, the relationship between Ashton Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore can be credited for changing the traditional concepts of cougar relationships.
Moore, 48, and Kutcher, 33, have been together for seven years and married for five. The couple met at a New York party in 2003 and since then, despite the 15 year age difference, they still going strong. Reuters.Mariah Carey's (age 41) marriage to 30-year-old Nick Cannon is another famous cougar couple of Hollywood. After just 6 weeks of dating, the couple surprise their friends and their media by getting married at Mariah's personal estate.Reuters.Sarandon dated Robbins from 1988 to 2009. They share two sons, Jack Henry and Miles Guthrie. There was 12-year age difference between them.Reuters.Apart from her role as a single mother dating a younger man on the "Cougar Town" series premiered in ABC, Courteney Cox is in a real-life cougar relationship with actor David Arquette.Reuters.Australian actor, Hugh Jackman (42) married Deborra-Lee Furness (54) on 11 April 1996 after a bried period of courting on Correlli, an Australian television series. Reuters.'Kick-Ass' star Aaron Johnson (20) is engaged to a much older British artist Sam Taylor-Wood. Although there is a 24 year age difference between them, the couple seems to be quite happy and has a daughter named Wylda Rae.
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