![]() ![]() One can trust that the travel arrangements are COVID-safe and the kids are looked after. That’s not to suggest Wilde is shirking any responsibility here. This is a mother living with a level of nonchalant freedom normally reserved for Leonardo DiCaprio, in a year when the scope of parental obligations has expanded to include virtual classroom assistant and infectious disease expert. Olivia and Harry’s dolce vita goes beyond the quotidian vicarious pleasure of seeing celeb couples on vacation. And all I could think after seeing those pictures was, “Good for her.” The next best thing to being on a yacht off the coast of Monte Argentario, Italy is seeing Wilde, mother of two children aged 4 and 7, canoodle with Styles, a beautiful, childless man, on a yacht off the coast of Monte Argentario, Italy. ![]() They lounged, they swam, they kissed in the water, they cuddled, they sipped white wine and danced. ![]() They even made a goddamn Italian yacht vacation, the zenith of pretentious celebrity activities, look downright charming. And what’s more intoxicating than cool people in the heat of a massive summer love who don’t care about anything but each other? It’s as though they’re so high on each other that they don’t mind us bearing witness to the love fest. Greeting each other outside their LA homes with wide, almost dopey smiles, or walking to lunch dressed in matching ripped jeans and white shirts and casually hugging on a sun-kissed day, Wilde and Styles don’t look to be courting attention, but they’re also not doing anything to avoid it. Since then, it’s been a whirlwind of happy photos there are no hat brims obscuring their faces and they do not roll their eyes at the paparazzi. The fine pair was first photographed smiling at each other on the set of Don’t Worry Darling, a psychological thriller Wilde directed and Styles has a supporting role in, and then at Harry’s manager’s wedding in January, where they held hands while looking custom made for each other in ‘70s-inspired Gucci. There are 75-year-old men out there shuffling to the altar to wed 22-year-olds.) In fact, I respect Styles’ appreciation of slightly older women even more now that he appears to be dating a mother of young children, enacting the summer escapist fantasy of any mom worn ragged from 18 months of pandemic life. Ten years might’ve seemed like a big age gap to me when Styles was a teenager, but a 27-year-old man dating a 37-year-old woman is truly not a big deal. Sure, he was a wee lad of 18 and I was a decade older, but so is his rumored girlfriend, Olivia Wilde. Was a teen idol flirting with me, a full-grown woman, with the skill of a 50-something divorcé? Yes, and, honestly, I’ve never been the same. One Direction had just filmed a concert at the TV network I worked for, and I was in the hallway, tween screams still ringing in my ears, as Styles sauntered out of the studio, shot his disarming smile my way, and fluttered an eyelid. One fine day in 2012, Harry Styles winked at me. ![]()
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