A Brief History of Celebrity Cougars

Last night, I watched the season finale of Age of Love. If you missed the show, it featured 31-year-old tennis star Mark Philippoussis as a single man looking for love. The catch of the show was that they brought in 13 eligible bachelorettes for him to choose from – six in their twenties (dubbed the kittens) and seven in their forties (dubbed the cougars). The show was supposed to show that age meant nothing. Well, in the end, apparently age did mean something. Mark picked 25-year-old Amanda Salinas over 48 year old Jen Braff. Regardless of the results of that … Continue reading