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In a 2013 interview with V Magazine, Zoë Kravitz made suggestive comments about Jaden Smith. She was 24 at the time, and he was 14.
“There were moments that I was hanging out with Jaden and thinking, I can’t believe you’re 14, I have to check myself, like what I say to you,” she said.
“He has so much personality and so much swag, he is so much cooler than I am. And he’s so handsome, I was always like, ‘When you’re older, you know, we’ll hang out… Nope, that’s inappropriate, you’re 14,’” she said.
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In an interview with Fuse in 2013, Machine Gun Kelly talked about his crush on Kendall Jenner. He was 23 at the time and she was 17.
The interviewer asked Kelly if he was counting down the days to Jenner’s 18th birthday, to which Kelly answered, “I’m not waiting ’til she’s 18. I’ll go now.”
He continued, “I’m 23, she’s 17 and she’s, like, a celebrity. Like, there is no limits right there.” He then started listing other artists who had public relationships with underage girls.
“I don’t care. Say what you want, man. If Kendall Jenner is in your bedroom naked and you’re 50, you’re going,” he added.
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While appearing on The Wendy Williams Show in 2015, Neil Patrick Harris expressed his attraction to Nick Jonas before he was of legal age. Harris was 42 at the time.
When on the show, Williams asked Harris who his celebrity crush was, and Harris answered, “Nick Jonas.” He then said, “And he was really good-looking before it was kind of allowed to think he was good-looking. … Which was a bit of a problem, you kind of had to wait ’til he turned to be, y’know…19, 20.”
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In 2017, model Ali Michael got a lot of backlash after comments she made about Finn Wolfhard. Ali was 27 at the time and Finn was just 14.
Ali posted a picture of Finn to her Instagram story that she captioned “Not to be weird but hit me up in 4 years.” She tagged Finn as well.
After Ali received backlash where people called her comments disgusting and pedophilic, she apologized. When Finn was asked by TMZ how he felt about her comments, he said, “That was gross” and added, “That’s good that she apologized…that’s weird.”
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In 2012, Katy Perry groped Justin Bieber backstage at a London concert. Katy was around 28 at the time and Justin was around 18.
When meeting backstage at a London concert, a camera caught Katy grabbing Justin’s butt.
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In 2012, Jenny McCarthy also touched Justin inappropriately at the American Music Awards when presenting him an award. She was 40 and he was 18.
When Justin came on stage, Jenny grabbed him and repeatedly kissed his neck and pawed at his butt. Justin looked very uncomfortable and struggled to free himself from her grip.
After that was over, Justin started his speech by saying, “Wow, I feel violated right now.”
Jenny later told Access Hollywood that her emotions “took over” when Justin came onto the stage and excused her actions as living out “a cougar fantasy.” She added, “I couldn’t help it, he was just so delicious.”
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In 2019, Lil B was called out by Lil Yachty for a tweet he made about then-17-year-old Billie Eilish. Lil B was 30 at the time.
Lil B tweeted, “Billie Eilish reminds me of girls that thinks Lil B is cute!! I felt like we dated before.” Lil Yachty responded to the tweet saying, “She is 17 bro.” Lil B then backtracked and said that his tweet was a “joke.”
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In 2018, Katy Perry tricked an American Idol contestant into kissing her. At that time, he was 19 years old and she was about 34.
In Benjamin Glaze’s audition, he told the judges that he had never been kissed. Katy Perry called him over to her, and he gave her a kiss on the cheek. Perry complained, so Glaze agreed to do it again. When he leaned in the second time, Perry surprised him with a kiss on the lips.
Benjamin said he was “a tad bit uncomfortable” with the kiss, and if Perry had asked to kiss him, he would have said no because he wanted his first kiss to be special.
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Lastly, in 2010, Drake kissed and fondled a 17-year-old fan on stage at his concert in Denver. He was 23 years old.
Videos from the concert resurfaced that showed Drake inviting a young fan on stage at his concert, where he then slow danced with her, pulled her back toward him, smelled her hair, and kissed her neck.
He then asked “How old are you?” to which she replied, “17.” Drake seemed surprised and said, “I can’t go to jail yet,” and then said that she looked mature for her age.
He also added, “I had fun, I don’t know if I should feel guilty or not, but I had fun. I like the way your breasts feel against my chest,” he continued, “I just want to thank you.” He then kissed her hand, forehead, cheeks, and lips.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/celeb-teens-inappropriate-behavior
