If celebrities want to get fans to pay attention to them, a new tattoo is definitely one way to do that. Fans are confused and upset about Mayim Bialik's tattoo and she's just one star who has gotten inked.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is one of the latest celebrities to get a tattoo, and his wife Sam has a lot to do with it. There are many facts fans should know about this celebrity couple, including the fact that they both decided to hyphenate their last names.
Now that Aaron Taylor-Johnson has gotten a tattoo, some people are angry and have a lot of thoughts and feelings about it. Let's take a look at why.
The Tattoo
People often say that it's a bad idea to get a tattoo of a partner's name since that just means that the couple is going to break up. But a lot of people don't believe that and go ahead with the idea anyway, including couple Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson, who are no strangers to controversy.
Some fans worry about Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson's relationship and a big reason for that is the age gap between them. Aaron is 30 years old and his wife Sam is 54.
Now fans are upset that Sam got a new tattoo. According to Page Six, the famous couple got tattoos that matched and this got fans talking all over again. The couple went to Dr. Woo, which is a well-known tattoo artist to the stars, and Aaron got a hummingbird. Sam got a tattoo of the name "Aaron" on her collarbone and Aaron got the tattoo right above his heart. Since this is another reminder of the huge age difference between the couple, it's no wonder that people are discussing it a lot.
The Controversial Relationship
Aaron and Sam began dating after they met when Aaron auditioned for Nowhere Boy in 2008. According to insider.com, they said they weren't romantically involved on the movie set and said in an interview with Harper's Bazaar, "We were very professional through the entire film. No funny business at all."
While fans are concerned about the age gap between them, it's interesting to learn about how old they were when they met each other.
According to an interview that Sam did with The Hollywood Reporter, she was 42 and Aaron was only 18 when they began dating.
The couple tied the knot in 2012 and have two kids together, and Sam shared in this interview that she did her best not to listen to what strangers say about their love story. Sam said, “If I gave a second thought to other people, I would be the unhappiest person, probably still in a miserable marriage. “People like to talk about it. I’m like, ‘Yeah, but it works better than my last marriage.’ It’s lasted longer than a lot of my friends’ marriages."
Aaron Taylor-Johnson said in an interview with The Telegraph that he always acted much older than his actual age, so it sounds like he thinks this is why he is married to a much older person. Aaron said, "I worked in an adult environment from an early age; I had open, direct conversations with directors, producers, actors, where my opinions would be valued and matter ... I grew up pretty quickly — I left school at 15. I had a totally different upbringing from my kids. When I met Sam I'd already lived a life far beyond that of most of my contemporaries — I didn't relate to anyone my age. I just feel that we're on the same wavelength."
While the couple seems happy and they don't seem to care much about their age gap, some fans are definitely a bit confused about it. Some are trying to see their relationship in a positive light but people can't help but talk about how many years are between them.
One fan started a Reddit thread several years old and wrote, "TIL: Aaron Johnson (the lead of kicka**) 23 is married to a 46-year-old woman and has 2 kids." Someone replied and shared that people think it's strange because it's an older woman married to a younger man: they said, "People probably wouldn't be so freaked out about this if the ages were reversed."
Another fan wrote, "He was 19 when they got married. It is a little off-putting when you think about it but love is love."
While fans don't all approve of Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's relationship, and people have a lot to say about it, the age difference doesn't seem to be something that bothers them at all.