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Podcast: Significant Lovers
Episode: 81. When Sam Taylor-Wood Met Aaron Johnson *TEASER*
Description: Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s 24-year age gap defies all societal and gender norms. They met and fell in love when Sam—a 42-year-old, newly divorced mother of two—made her directorial debut with the film “Nowhere Boy,” starring an up-and-coming, 18-year-old Aaron. Within a year, they were engaged and expecting, and 15 years later, still seem genuinely happy against all odds and expectations.
Is age really just a number? This controversial couple defies all the social constructs we’re comfortable with. With Aaron being only a few years older than his adopted “daughter,” we can’t help but bring up the C...