{"id":736802,"date":"2026-08-13T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736802\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:30:13","slug":"vogue-williams-calls-out-red-hot-chili-peppers-frontman-for-dating-19-year-old-when-he-was-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/736802\/","title":{"rendered":"Vogue Williams calls out Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman for dating 19-year-old when he was 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Podcaster Vogue Williams<\/a> has called out Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a> 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

\"KiedisKiedis with Vestergaard in 2013 (Getty)<\/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

\"RedRed Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis (Getty)<\/p>\n

\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<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe musician’s current girlfriend, pictured in 2023 (Getty)<\/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

\u201cIs it really so difficult to imagine that connection can exist across generations, and that two people of different ages can find something real in each other?\u201d Kelly added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,709,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-736802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}