However, Harry has often dated older women, including the late Caroline Flack, fourteen years his senior, and current partner filmmaker Olivia Wilde, who’s 10 years older than Harry, and a divorced mother of two. To these less hysterical eyes, Shania and Harry’s duet looked like a popstar fanboying over an icon who clearly respected and adored him in return. At his second headlining show, Harry’s guest was Lizzo, 33 – while the pair’s interactions seemed more fraternal than anything, and Lizzo has found herself the target of hate because of her weight, there were no such concerns. Many Harry fans were horrified, interpreting it as inappropriate – even though the performance was clearly choreographed and rehearsed – and claimed an imbalance of power. See the reaction during Harry Styles’ first Coachella set when his duetting partner Shania Twain, 28 years his senior, made the lightest of sweeps across the singer’s chest, peeping out of a sequinned Gucci jumpsuit. We’re hung up on aesthetics, that old and young together doesn’t look right. Perhaps it would be better for everyone to admit their feelings around age-gap relationships are down to ick.
