Man, this guy was so good at playing smart on TV. It seems like IRL, he’s just thinking with his ICK!
Simon Baker, best known for playing a fake psychic-turned-detective on CBS hit The Mentalist for several years, left wife of 29 years Rebecca Rigg back in April 2020. Like a lot of pandemic breakups, it went undetected for a while, but in 2021 they went public with a loving joint statement. Then he was almost immediately seen with a bikini-clad younger woman. So classy.
That relationship didn’t work out — they broke up just a couple months later after she went public with anti-vaxxer views. Awkward. We guess when the then-52-year-old decided to leave his wife for a 36-year-old he expected more rationality?
The solution Simon seems to have found? Try even younger this time!
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Yes, according to DailyMail.com on Monday, the Aussie actor, now 55, has been spotted with another girlfriend. He may have wanted to keep this relationship out of the spotlight, or maybe he’s just a private guy. But alas, his new gal was identified as one Bridgette Clark. Per the outlet, she’s a fashion photographer and the co-founder of a clothing label called Terry, which specializes in vacay clothes inspired by “European summers and ’70s poolside attire.” She’s also 30 years old. So unlike Simon she doesn’t actually have memories of the ’70s.
Yeah… That’s a pretty huge age gap, for sure. But it gets so much worse when you realize she’s younger than his daughter. Yeah, for real. Simon’s eldest Stella is 31 years old. She has several months on Bridgette.
It turns out Simon and Bridgette have actually been off and on since she was in her 20s! Per DM, they were first spotted together on Tamarama Beach back in 2022 (when she would have been 28). They’ve been seen a couple times since then but mostly keeping a low profile. The outlet says word is they had actually broken up. But it seems they’re back on now as she was seen loading furniture into a van over the weekend. Seems like they’re taking that next step and moving in together? See what we mean (below)!
[Daughter on the left, girlfriend on the right.]
Simon Baker's secret flame – who is younger than his own DAUGHTER: Hollywood star, 55, rekindles romance with his lover, 30 https://t.co/JNw9h08ZZT
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) September 23, 2024
Wow, this sure won’t be awkward for his kids when their new stepmom is a contemporary…
What do YOU think of this pairing, Perezcious readers? Just two adults, and age is nothing but a number? Or major midlife crisis ICK factor from a guy who wants to date someone from his baby girl’s class?
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