Today, few people remember the marriage of model Cindy Crawford and Hollywood actor Richard Gere. Although the novels and marriages of models with actors have not surprised anyone for a long time, and even with a greater age difference, these relationships have always looked like a misalliance.

It was a strange and inexplicable union of people from two different worlds. Crawford is a young star of the world modeling business, and Gere is a closed Buddhist, whom his colleagues call “a closed book.” They were too different, and the age difference only exacerbated this problem.
They met in 1988, spontaneously married in Las Vegas in 1991, exchanging foil rings, and in 1995 the marriage was annulled. They rarely mention each other in public, but in a candid interview with Oprah Winfrey, Cindy Crawford shared that she had to work on keeping them friends. Although they were not friends when they were together:
“I don’t know if we were ever such friends as peers are. Because I was young and he was Richard Gere.”

In 1998, the 32-year-old model married 36-year-old entrepreneur Randy Gerber, had two children, and has been happily married for 25 years. As the later life of both shows, the age difference as such was a problem for only one side.

In 2002, Richard Gere married model and actress Carey Lowell. Before the official registration of marriage, they met for about seven years, their son Homer was born two years before the wedding. This was the first child for the actor, who became a father only at the age of 51.
Lowell is 12 years younger than Gere, but their 11-year marriage and the 18-year union were not an adult male-young female relationship. They got married when he was 53, she was 41. They filed for divorce in 2013, which was formalized three years later.
In April 2018, Richard Gere married for the third time. His chosen one was the publicist Alejandra Silva from Spain, who is 34 years younger than the actor. Their sons were born in 2019 and 2020. This year, Alejandra will celebrate her 40th birthday, and her star husband will turn 74 years old.

Richard Gere, who has practiced Buddhism since his youth, admitted that he dreamed of such a life, but could not find it:
“I have finally found the calm and happy life I have always dreamed of.”
So the age difference can be different because what suits one, for others will be a real test. Like life with a young model who shines on covers and catwalks when you dream of quiet family happiness.

Three marriages, three sons. Good number. Probably for a Buddhist too.