Sienna Miller is getting candid about being with a younger man.
The Mississippi Grind actress, 44, opened up on Monday about her relationship with younger boyfriend Oli Green, 29.
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Speaking about their 15-year age gap, Sienna challenged the double standard that exists between younger women dating older men and older women dating younger men. She told Grazia:
“I remember being 21 and auditioning to be the love interest of a 45-year-old man. Things have moved on since then, but the idea of an older woman with a younger man, for example, is still fetishized rather than normalized — there’s a disparity there that I would love to see disappear.”
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Sienna first sparked romance rumors with Oli in 2022 and the pair got pregnant the following year. Sienna has consistently defended their age gap time and time again, notably in a 2023 interview with Vogue. The 21 Bridges actress SLAMMED the criticism as “misogynistic,” telling the outlet:
“I think that people are comfortable with a way of living that has existed for many years, which is very misogynistic and patriarchal, me being the older woman in a partnership with a younger person or being pregnant over 40, that that’s irresponsible and, ‘Poor child.’ It’s such double standards, and I think it’s so unquestioned in people’s minds.”
The lovebirds, who have yet to marry, welcomed their daughter together in 2024. That same year, Sienna pointed out to Harper’s Bazaar a stark difference between how the men of her generation perceive age gaps and how the men of Oli’s generation do — specifically regarding older women:
“There is a difference in the way that generation of men respect women. It’s specific to him, he is very wise and well-adjusted, but I do believe it’s also that generation. They have grown up with a slightly more level playing field. I see it in his female friends as well as in the men.”
Late last year, Sienna and Oli announced they would be welcoming their second child together at the British Fashion Awards. The mom-of-three, who also shares daughter Marlowe, 13, with ex Tom Sturridge, debuted a noticeable baby bump on the red carpet in a sheer Givenchy gown.
Elsewhere in her interview with Grazia, Sienna talked more about the world slowly changing their opinion on women and aging:
“I think the whole world is embracing women as they age in a way that is unprecedented. I’m thinking of Dame Maggie Smith in that Loewe campaign, Charlotte Rampling for Givenchy and Massimo Dutti — we’re celebrating aging in a way that we’ve never done before. You were kind of obsolete at 30 and that’s absolutely not the case any more.”
We’re wishing her, Oli, and their babies a lifetime of happiness!
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