Tracee Ellis Ross, 52, Shares Why She Prefers Courting Youthful Males

Tracee Ellis Ross, 52, prefers courting youthful males as a result of they’re much less certain by conventional gender roles.

Throughout an look on the Wednesday episode of the “IMO” podcast — hosted by Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson — Ross mirrored on her courting preferences and shared why she gravitates towards youthful companions.

“Why does this preserve developing, apart from they’re sizzling and lovely? There’s that,” Ross advised the podcast hosts. “However loads of males my age are steeped in poisonous masculinity and have been raised in a tradition the place there’s a specific manner {that a} relationship appears.”

“And something that begins to odor of that for me — I did sufficient of it the place I used to be managed and felt like I used to be a possession or a prize — I simply have little interest in it. And I can’t do it once more,” Ross stated.”

The “Black-ish” actor admits that “it is a generalization,” however she’s had very completely different experiences courting males her age and youthful males.

“There’s a distinction. There’s an openness that happens with a youthful man round, whether or not it is gender fluidity or not even having a problem with homosexuality — one thing as primary as that,” Ross stated.

She added that she’s not prepared to tackle the position of serving to her associate mature.

“I’ve lengthy been previous the age the place I really feel prefer it’s my job to show any person or develop them up,” Ross stated. “That, I am not all for.”

Ross is not the one feminine superstar who has spoken about courting youthful males.

In 2024, Cher revealed that she prefers courting somebody youthful as a result of males her age or older “had been at all times terrified” to method her. Cher has a 40-year age hole along with her boyfriend, Alexander Edwards. They went public with their relationship in November 2022.

Aside from Cher, there are a number of different celebrities who’re in age-gap relationships with youthful males.

Kris Jenner, 69, has a 25-year age hole with Corey Gamble, 44, whom she has been courting for nearly a decade. Heidi Klum, 51, has a 16-year age hole along with her husband, “Tokio Lodge” rocker Tom Kaulitz, 35. Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who’ve been married since 2012, have an age distinction of 23 years.

In a 2024 episode of “The View,” Pleasure Behar stated that it is “scientifically sensible” for ladies so far youthful males as a result of they’re going to have related lifespans.

A consultant for Ross advised Enterprise Insider that the actor had no extra remark.