BUZZFEED's Celebrity Men "Dating" Teenagers: Tyga (25) and Kylie Jenner (17) | Part 1

Hannah Marder posted on BuzzFeed "I'm Sick Of Male Celebs "Dating" Teenagers — So I've Decided We All Need A Reminder Of The Famous Men Who Have Done It: We need to stop giving these guys a pass because they're talented or beloved." (Apr 26, 2023)

Marder wrote that famous age-gap relationships are "an unfortunately common phenomenon of our society". So much so, that "a lot" of famous men have "dated" nymphets (i.e., "literally minors"), which, in Marder's opinion, makes a lot of famous men predators. 

It's an unfortunately common phenomenon of our society that men will often date younger women — especially when it comes to male celebs. A lot of famous male celebs have even "dated" teenagers. I say "dated" because some of these people were literally minors — and frankly, in my opinion, if you're "dating" a teenager in your 30s or even 20s*, you're a predator.

Marder profiled 21 famous age-gap relationship, but she did not share that a number of those relationships were initiated by the teenagers; thus, one could argue that in some of the age-gap affairs, the predators were the nymphets who were too irresistible to their prey (i.e., the famous (weak) men). In addition, in a number of the age-gap affairs were condoned by the parents. 

And before I recap Marder's list, I have a rhetorical question. Did Marder write the post because she really felt that we needed a reminder about famous age-gap relationships or did she use the allure of nymphets in age-gap relationships as clickbait? (Despite her true intentions, unsurprisingly, it appears that the post was well-read, because it earned a fire emoji and got over 400 comments.)

 Tyga and Kylie Jenner

1. There were heavy rumors that Kylie Jenner and Tyga were dating when she was 17 and he was 25. Just days after Tyga denied they were dating, Kanye West, then Jenner's brother-in-law, said, “I think he got in early, I think he was smart. They’re closer in age than a lot of relationships I know." Tyga then seemed to confirm their relationship on Instagram a month later.

Kylie's sister Khloe Kardashian also seemed to confirm they were dating when Complex asked her about the two: "I think at 16, I was probably fucking someone that was in their 20s, for sure. I wouldn’t say I was even dating, probably just sleeping with them. But again, Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old." Tyga also got a tattoo of Kylie's name.

We previously blogged that Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon posted on Us Weekly about "Kylie Jenner’s 17th Birthday Weekend: Party at Tyga’s, Justin Bieber Serenade, Dinner at Nobu" (August 11, 2014) 

Kylie Jenner’s 17th Birthday (Big) Penis Cake

Vokes-Dudgeon reported that 25-year-old Tyga hosted the bash for Kylie, which was attended by the likes of Justin Bieber where Tyga asked Bieber to serenade Kylie, Tyga purchased birthday party hats emblazoned with nymphet's photo, and he ordered a custom made cake for Kylie that was shaped like a (big) erect penis. 

After the festivities, the 17-year-old posted on her Instagram account: 

"Thank u everyone & T for the [large erect penis] cake & JB for singing happy bday to me. I love u guys."

In terms of Tyga and Kylie's eight-year age-gap, in Joe Lynch's Billboard piece "Khloe Kardashian Explains Why It’s Okay 17-Year-Old Kylie Is Dating 25-Year-Old Tyga", Khloe approved, because Kylie isn't a normal teen, and she's a "special case":

"Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old. You’re not gonna say, 'Hey, so what are you doing this weekend?' and have her say, 'Having a slumber party at my girlfriend’s' or 'Going to prom.' That’s not what Kylie does. Kylie is taking business meetings and bought her first house, or she’s going on a private plane with Karl Lagerfeld to take a meeting. That’s not even what people do in their 30s. It’s a rare circumstance, so let’s treat this as a special case.”

However, I did not blog that Khloe shared with Complex that when she was: "[...] 16 she was fucking someone that was in their 20s, for sure."

But, unlike the Kardashians and we can assume Kris Jenner, it appears that Emily Longeretta, a news editor at Hollywood Life agreed with Marder - at least when it came to the penis cake. Longeretta said, "But this cake is literally a penis on a cake! She's 17." 

Machine Gun Kelly Desired Teen Sex with Kendall Jenner

Machine Gun Kelly & Kendall Jenner (17)

Stephanie Soteriou reported for Buzzfeed News that "Machine Gun Kelly’s Resurfaced Comments About Then-Underage Kendall Jenner Have Sparked Huge Backlash". 

Soteriou related that in an interview with Fuse in 2013, Kelly, then 23, shared that he was not willing to "wait" until Kendall, then 17, was of legal age (in California).

“I don't care who my first celebrity crush was because right now it's Kendall Jenner.”

“God damn I've said that so many motherfucking times, I hope that I'm snagging that. Don't let me move to LA. Oof, I'm finding her."

Fuse asked Kelly if he were “counting down the days” until Kendall was 18 (i.e., Barely Legal in L.A.) to which Kelly replied impatiently: 

“I’m not waiting until she’s 18, I’ll go now. I’m 23, dog, I’m not like a creepy age, y’know what I’m saying? I’m 23, she’s 17, and she’s a celebrity. There’s no limits right there.”

In an attempt to justify his stance, Kelly related that Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant dated a 14-year-old and Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose dated a 16-year-old and that Rose even wrote a song about the age-gap affair. 

“Robert Plant, who is one of the greatest lead singers ever, dated a girl who was 14,” Machine Gun Kelly continued. “Axl Rose [pictured below] was one of the biggest badasses ever, dated a girl who was 16 and wrote a song on his first album about the girl that was 16.”

Jimmy Page (24) & Lori Maddux (14)

In reference to the lyrics, "One day soon you're gonna reach sixteen\Painted lady in the city of lies" on Led Zeppelin's "Sick Again", Robert Plant shared in Dave Lewis' The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin that the lyrics were not inspired (solely) by Lori Maddux but that they were inspired by a number of nymphet groupies whom the band met during their 1972 US tour. 

And Slash wrote in Slash that Axl Rose had sex with 15-year-old Michelle in the loft before Michelle "freaked out intensely". In addition, per Mick Wall's Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N’ Roses, after Michelle freaked out she was: "A naked, underage girl running away from adult men [Slash and Rose] along one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles [...]"

Contrary to Soteriou's reporting, it appears that Kelly's comments didn't cause a "huge" backlash; however, there were some comments posted on social media that didn't condone Kelly's stance. 

But maybe what Kelly was trying to express is his frustration with the inconsistent age of consent laws in the US. For instance, the age of consent in Houston, TX, Kelly's hometown, like New York City, is 17; thus, Kendall would have been of legal age in that regard. (Note: The age of consent across the Hudson from Manhattan is 16.)

Kylie Jenner (17)

But, Kendall and the Kardashian clan may have agreed with Kelly, because Kylie, then 17, had an (illegal) age-gap sexual relationship with Tyga, then 25, which was was condoned, specifically, by Khloe Kardashian whom, per The Washington Post, opined:

"Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old. You’re not gonna say, 'Hey, so what are you doing this weekend?' and have her say, 'Having a slumber party at my girlfriend’s' or 'Going to prom.' That’s not what Kylie does. Kylie is taking business meetings and bought her first house, or she’s going on a private plane with Karl Lagerfeld to take a meeting. That’s not even what people do in their 30s. It’s a rare circumstance, so let’s treat this as a special case.”

In the end, (ultra) orthodox Jews and practicing Muslims would say that they're all putting the cart before the horse, because one will never know, but if Kelly, à la Elvis, would have asked for Kendall's hand in marriage, to Megan Fox's dismay, the Kardashian's may have planned a lavish age-gap wedding. 

Teen Kylie Jenner's Erect Penis [Cake]

Us Weekly reported that 25-year-old rapper Tyga hosted a 17th birthday party for Kylie Jenner, which was attended by the likes of Justin Bieber.

Tyga asked Bieber to serenade Kylie, Tyga purchased birthday party hats emblazoned with nymphet's photo, and he ordered a custom made cake that was shaped like a large erect penis. 

After the festivities, the 17-year-old posted on her Instagram account: 

"Thank u everyone & T for the [large erect penis] cake & JB for singing happy bday to me. I love u guys."

In terms of Tyga and Kylie's eight-year age-gap, per Billboard, Khloe Kardashian approves, because Kylie isn't a normal teen, and she's a "special case":

"Kylie is not a normal 17-year-old. You’re not gonna say, 'Hey, so what are you doing this weekend?' and have her say, 'Having a slumber party at my girlfriend’s' or 'Going to prom.' That’s not what Kylie does. Kylie is taking business meetings and bought her first house, or she’s going on a private plane with Karl Lagerfeld to take a meeting. That’s not even what people do in their 30s. It’s a rare circumstance, so let’s treat this as a special case.”

In the end, Emily Longeretta, news editor at Hollywood Life, may have said it best:

"But this cake is literally a penis on a cake! She's 17."