The Red Hot Chili Peppers musician began dating Helena Vestergaard in 2013<\/p>\n
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Podcaster Vogue Williams has called out Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis for previously dating a 19-year-old while he was 50.<\/p>\n
The musician started dating Australian model Helena Vestergaard in 2013, and they split after being together for approximately two years.<\/p>\n
Before that, Kiedis, now 63, had a relationship with Heather Christie, who was 22 years his junior. When the pair welcomed their son, Everly Bear, in 2007, Kiedis was 44 and his partner was 21.<\/p>\n
In the latest episode of My Therapist Ghosted Me, Williams and her co-host Joanne McNally discussed age-gap relationships, with the former I\u2019m a Celebrity campmate saying: \u201cDo you know who else I find really disappointing, because I really like the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Anthony Kiedis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seemingly referring to his romance with Vestergaard, Williams continued: \u201cHe is like 54 or something, and he is going out with a 19-year-old. And it is like, \u2018Dude, what are you talking about?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
McNally replied: \u201cI've seen this. I just accept now that most men, all men, are drawn to \u2013 I'm going to be very careful how I say this \u2013\u00a0significantly younger women. That's all I'm going to say. It is what it is and I don't think there's any getting away from it. We judge it but it's not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have to say that it is not all men,\u201d Williams continued. \u201cBecause I do think it is a very specific thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addressing why younger women might decide to date older men, McNally added: \u201cAnd of course, people like him [Anthony Kiedis] and rockstars like him can get away with it because no 19-year-old girl wants to be going out with some old lad who is driving a Toyota Corolla around town.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey want to be going out with a millionaire rockstar who is going to treat them like a princess and they're going to have a gorgeous life. And he's cool because he's in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, do you know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Independent has contacted Kiedis\u2019s representative for comment.<\/p>\n
The rocker is currently dating podcaster Eileen Kelly, who is 33 years his junior. \u200b\u200bKelly defended their romance in April via a Vogue essay titled My Boyfriend is Double My Age.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is something to be said for a man who\u2019s simply had more time to get his s*** together, and my much older boyfriend seems genuinely excited to be with me \u2013 not like he\u2019s biding his time before he can swipe for someone better,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n