The Phil Donahue Show - July (?) 1992 - Teenagers dating older men.

[@m.e.d.7997]

That 70 year old man looks pretty awesome especially for that decade when people looked a little older for their ages than today

[@EricaYE6]

21:13 The 14 year old boy that called in. 🤣🤣🤣

[@theliltwirp]

He was hilarious !!!!! 😂🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@wesleybrown4397]

Whatever happened to them?

[@Meanbob2010]

Why is Josh wearing a disguise? Because he knows what he is doing is illegal!

[@wesleybrown4397]

Yep

[@m.e.d.7997]

Back then illegal?

[@lorraineb.4698]

@@brocktoon8Always thought age of consent was 18

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

​@@lorraineb.4698 age of consent varies from state to state.

[@bubufubu]

@@michaeltnewyorknights8413 Correct. In some states, it's 16. In others, it's 17 or 18.

[@sleeve8651]

Phil was just the best daytime show ! When things were way better in the World !

[@DebNKY]

He was smart as hell and so charming!

[@sleeve8651]

@@DebNKY Indeed......! Kinda like Me ! 😂🤣😂 Funny, and thankfully never had to use the advice, but the one show of his that stuck with me, was the Lie Detector Expert ! And even all those years ago, he said to " Never " take one ! Fast forward to how many TV shows rely on them as their core ! And I have set back shaking my head, while watching people's lives being shattered by an old technology, that was recognized as inferior from it's inception ! That's not saying all were innocent, of course, but I think these TV shows tend to use desperate folks, that may be a bit mentally challenged ! Just my thoughts ! Probably more than you wanted ! Lol !

[@stankbox]

​@@DebNKYbetter than Morton Downey Jr.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@DebNKYWell said. He was

[@HalifaxViewers]

Better for who?

[@shlepmessing8703]

Phil was so good at his job.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Phil is almost 90 now. Time waits for no one

[@Rondup]

I’m looking back at his shows and yes, I’m appreciating how well he does them. I guess I didn’t notice as much years ago.

[@9852323]

As a gay person I’d like to say this is really common in the gay community. When I was 16/17/18 I had dudes in their 40s and 50s trying to get with me. Quite disturbing if you ask me.

[@mattw4496]

No one your own age was interested?

[@cricket34]

Please turn to Jesus.

[@tonyhoffman3309]

Difficult back then, to out yourself to your same age peers. Also a high prevalence of predatory males, both gay and straight, who see themselves as sexual "mentors" to young homosexual boys and girls.

[@xDre4Real]

Straight guys go for younger girls too. Older Women do to! So don't make the, seem holier than thou

[@bubufubu]

@@mattw4496 Perhaps he thought people his own age weren't worthy of him and decided to put himself in situations where older guys had the opportunity to make advances. It's long been a problem with teenage females. They want and pursue older guys but don't want to be held accountable for any fallout.

[@Mrsilenciobackgammon]

"Now, you're gonna be on TV, try not to LOOK like a pedo..." "You can't tell me what to do."

[@lauriewyatt9055]

My late husband and I were very happily married for 28 years when he passed away from Cancer. I was 30 years his junior! We had 3 kids together and we loved and raised our children in a very happy home! For those of you who are going to ask, I was about to 17 and he was 47. I was very mature for my age, and he was very youthful, and fun. Somehow, we met in the middle and it worked very well for us. My mother was 8 years older than my father, and my daughter is 19 years younger than her husband. It does work in some instances.

[@Jamie-rr5me]

So he groomed you. Disgusting. Hopefully you protected your children

[@shlepmessing8703]

So you're single?

[@ashleyj7011]

Yuck 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Suzi64grad]

@@ashleyj7011I agree! Sick! He should have been charged! He was a child predator!

[@TonberryTerror]

Who are you going to believe? A woman who had a happy, fulfilling marriage or prejudiced internet strangers who know better about the life choices of another stranger from six lines of KZbin comment text they posted? Obviously the ageist KZbinrs are right. /s

[@m.e.d.7997]

Enjoying these old Donahue shows. That 70 year old man has surely passed on.

[@wettaloca2923]

So has the host

[@stankbox]

​@@wettaloca2923the host is actually still alive. He's 88 now.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@wettaloca2923 No, Phil Donahue has not died

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@stankbox I’m pretty sure he just passed in the last couple of months now

[@stankbox]

@@innappropriateamy7178 yeah I know

[@Joefest99]

This child has chaos all around her. What do we expect?!?!?

[@thenightporter]

Dad stole that hat from the wardrobe department at Universal -- that's the same hat Michael J. Fox wore in Back to the Future II. 🤔

[@wesleybrown4397]

Lol😅😂😂😂

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@thenightporter hahah! I wish. It was a New Kids on the Block hat. If it were the hat from Back to the Future I would t have been embarrassed

[@hermansanchez8512]

Why is no one putting him in jail and getting him on a registry

[@tangiechapman6219]

They did not have it back then

[@m.e.d.7997]

Becuz it was 1992

[@m.e.d.7997]

Back then teenagers did in fact date men in their lower mid 20’s. People rarely blinked an eye.

[@nintendonerdsvideos4727]

Dating isn't illegal, Coitus is

[@AustrianPainter14]

It wasn’t illegal

[@CoopyKat]

I can't believe that the story of Woody Allen goes back that far - to 1992.....I thought this story was more recent - in the last 10 years.

[@stellacalderon570]

All these young girls think they are so mature dressed like grandmothers and having identity crises.

[@innappropriateamy7178]

That was the style in the early 90s and Leslie probably picked out my outfit…eeek!

[@retha1875]

​@@innappropriateamy7178did they get married and she became your stepmother?

[@Littlemouse884]

🤣

[@DebNKY]

They're young girls! They're dressed cute!

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@retha1875 she did. They had two kids together and got divorced around six years later

[@Meanbob2010]

Why don't their parents press charges against these men?

[@radiantlove7136]

Where are they now?

[@sandradee1579]

Girl asked how many bf she's had at 17? She said she didn't know? Too many to count? With certainty I can say 1-2. He's also dating a 17 y/o cause a 34 y/o woman wouldn't give him the time of day.

[@Aiden-ku6yg]

Here after Phil Donahue has passed at the age of 88 last night

[@jennifer_m.8613]

My great grandparents were 13 years apart, great grandma was 14 when they got married - but they were both first generation immigrants, their families barely spoke English, it was the 1920s; a different time and place. They had 6 kids together, married for over 60 years.

[@rschaen]

15 year old daughter just happy Dad’s looking at somebody other than her.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

The guy could pass for a John Bellucci look a like.... Honestly, this " marriage" won't last. That 17 yr old doesn't realize she's not grown up and why is she in such a hurry to get married..??

[@DebNKY]

That makes me wonder too. I have a cousin who married a much older man at 16. I'm pretty sure it was eventually annulled.

[@Spice99857]

It's Belushi, not Bellucci.

[@suzys9098]

I see it. I was thinking Joey Buttafuoco, personally.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@suzys9098 ...that's actually close enough too...both like the young one's..!

[@margaretr5701]

They married, had children (I read) Divorced a few years later.

[@itme999]

How do all of these teens and early twenties ladies look 40? It was a different time

[@joymar221]

She doesn’t look 40. It was the style back then. It was considered crass to show your cleavage and butt with skimpy clothing. Teens were expected to dress mature.

[@SusanLlewellyn-pp2xn]

Modesty was the thing back then. No breasts poking out, no butt cheeks...no belly buttons. No heavy makeup or false nails...people dressed for the occasion .As well, this topic Phil is discussing wouldn't make it today..people can do whatever they.want to, and we leave them alone

[@mayagene6282]

I wonder if they ended up married

[@stefanhoimes]

I could've sworn Ed McMahon was in those Publisher's Clearing House commercials with the big checks. Didn't see him in the one in this video!

[@miata350]

The age of consent in the United States varies, with 34 of the states being age 16.

[@The_MEMEphis]

Legally and morally are not the same

[@RichieDigs]

That silver hat is fire.

[@thenightporter]

😂

[@jomama5186]

Omg you are too funny ! I love it !!!

[@seeharvester]

It's a chick magnet.

[@thenightporter]

@@seeharvester 😂😂😂 I guess she was literally attracted to the hat.

[@rebeccaflowerbeck9894]

and those sunglasses! 😂😂😂

[@parakeet8157]

14 year old male caller, what Phil told him,😂😅😂😅 Lady calls her husband "Papa."

[@russellj.s.257]

This was around the time the Amy Fisher case made mainstream media at that time

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Very cringe indeed.

[@m.e.d.7997]

Phil had such a good show

[@Joefest99]

“Leslie has a stepfather.” Well, surprise, surprise. 🤦‍♂️

[@sherriianiro747]

Like hell this is legal - it's statutory rape.

[@morwitzer34]

Would it be statutory rape if it were older women dating teenaged boys?

[@miata350]

Just because you don't like something doesn't make it illegal. 34 states have an age of consent of 16

[@sherriianiro747]

@@miata350 Sorry Charlie - those states you mentioned maximum age difference is up to 4 years for it to be legal except for Utah and Vermont which is 10. There is over 20 years age difference here and yes this is statutory rape in every state.

[@retha1875]

​@@sherriianiro747wrong.

[@retha1875]

​​@@sherriianiro747there is 17 years difference. She is 17, is 34.

[@elgeneralxx]

What a chomo no wonder hes got glasses and a hat on

[@innappropriateamy7178]

That’s my dad. He was a public figure at the time and was not able to show his identity. They did end up getting married, had two kids together, she left him for a guy her age, and now they have four grandsons together and are amicable.

[@thenightporter]

​@@innappropriateamy7178public figure how? And what is his name?

[@jomama5186]

​@@innappropriateamy7178wow.

[@Fatlizzothethird]

@@innappropriateamy7178cap

[@MsJonessss]

@@innappropriateamy7178if that’s you’re dad than he should be in jail.

[@seeharvester]

Gaydar Alert! 6:47 he never dated a girl in his life.

[@innappropriateamy7178]

Hahahha!

[@Cablecol]

For real

[@connieehresman1171]

nothing new older men with younger girls.

[@AustrianPainter14]

Now it’s the opposite So many teachers getting busted

[@Cablecol]

The 17 year old teen actually looks like she's 21 but that 34 year dude/father of 3 has no business with that young gal. I wonder what happened with them after this 1992 episode.

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@Cablecol 2 kids and divorced

[@cherylbartow5311]

@@innappropriateamy7178 how do we know that?

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@cherylbartow5311 because I am Amy. Little tid bit. We were not best friends

[@cherylbartow5311]

@@innappropriateamy7178 wow I am so sorry you had to go through that. I hope you were able to recover from the trauma that this probably caused you. You were a very cute kid...you look like you could have been in the movies or TV. Too cute!!

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@cherylbartow5311 that is so sweet. I am a happy person for sure. My dream at that time was to be on SNL…which was also filmed in Rockefeller Center. We were not there on a Saturday so didn’t get to see the show, but one of Donahue’s assistants showed us the set of SNL and the hallway with pictures of current and past cast members. That made the entire trip worth it. Also, Donahue was very nice. I definitely can’t say my life was boring. 😉

[@Dontspeakboutme]

Bro wtf the 14yo girl who called in and said her parents were cool with her being 11 and dating a 20yo man WInTF were they allowing back then

[@coinrotator]

The guy at 7:18 is like Starvos. Time is really a flat circle.

[@elgeneralxx]

12:27 24:37 34:26 42:51 theme song

[@boredweegie553]

ive jist came from another episode of older women dating young men . didnt seem that bad round that way.. i started thinking i wonder if they'd be bothered if it was reversed ... and here we are . one woman in her 50s when she was with a 17 yr old boy they were in love for two yrs he was on the show, now in his 30s... i thought.. pretty disgusting.. 17? was bordering on being a pedo but the audience were fine with that . weird

[@Littlemouse884]

Yeah I find it's ALOT more acceptable re an older woman being with a much younger man than the other way around (people get way more creeped out and repulsed when an older man dates a young women - it comes across as alot more predartory for some reason)

[@jomama5186]

It's predatory.

[@CBO_Ga79]

I remember being in school and girls having older boyfriends. I was in 8th grade and girls at my middle School dating guys that were driving.

[@SusanLlewellyn-pp2xn]

30 years later, are these couples still together?

[@caisearbhan4738]

The second narrative appears to be the classic green card situation. It's almost certain that he was extremely nice to her; however, this is likely just a practical agreement for her to come to the States from Hungary in the 80s, which must have been a significant challenge.

[@tonyhoffman3309]

Wonder if he would be fine with a man his age dating his 15yr old daughter?

[@Cablecol]

Dang I wish somebody would have asked that.

[@essenceaquarius9958]

wow

[@AlexF-qx7co]

I would never consider dating a 17 year old if I was 35, but if they are both happy and it's not illegal then who cares.

[@mattw4496]

A lot of people care. As you know, everything that is legal is not moral.

[@AlexF-qx7co]

@@mattw4496 But my argument here is whether it's moral or not, they aren't hurting anyone else. If they're happy, let them be without judgement.

[@TonberryTerror]

The judgemental comments in this thread are so infuriating that they honestly make me want to pursue an age gap relationship just to piss them off. Not that such a relationship would actually happen. Would *you* date someone because they were trying to prove a point to the internet? I doubt it. Neither would your average 16-year-old. In fact, they'd be even less inclined to date an old, angry stubborn hothead like me.

[@anaarredondogarcia]

Really? Don’t you think that’s encouraging pedophilic behavior??? She’s still a child. This is disturbing. 🤢🤢🤮🤮

[@Cablecol]

​@@TonberryTerror Whatever🙄

[@m.e.d.7997]

Amy looks so much younger than Leslie. I thought they were friends

[@Cablecol]

Amy seems immature compared to Leslie, who looks 20.

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@CablecolI was immature. I just turned 15

[@theliltwirp]

​@@innappropriateamy7178Hey Amy, I was wondering. What ultimately happened with you and Josh ? Did you guys get married or what was the outcome ?

[@TonberryTerror]

TIL KZbinrs are experts on every 17-year-old's love life.

[@Debra-s8z]

Look at Celine and Renee. Age didn't stop them from falling in love and having a successful marriage

[@seeharvester]

17:45 He's so full of bull the fly can smell it.

[@MsJonessss]

To bad she can’t smell it.

[@ceciliamatheney7197]

Was this dude a teacher coach?

[@nicolediablo]

when that 14 year old called in 😳😳😳

[@B.91.10]

I get N P T Cluster B vibes from him.

[@ashleyfaulkner3538]

Back then we were always dating older guys outa HS No big thing then

[@krmccarrell]

"I've had many, many boyfriends" is just as bad, and at age 14? Disturbing!

[@elgeneralxx]

Theres a donahue

[@frederickanderson1860]

Funny how older woman go for younger guys. It not acceptable. In most poorer countries its normal because a older guy can provide financial security.

[@amgirl4286]

Lmao underage dating wasn’t a thing back then lol

[@AustrianPainter14]

It’s confirmation bias. All the train wrecks congregated on specialized tv shows rather than real life.

[@m.e.d.7997]

So she never married him??

[@innappropriateamy7178]

She did, and had two kids. Then they got divorced

[@judithhouse214]

This comment is made in 2024. Guy in disguise resembles Donald Trump. 😅

[@HoneyWitchASMR]

they look the same age

[@hiroll8618]

American beauty

[@cherylbartow5311]

I wonder how much Georgi inherited when he died....a few years after this I'm sure....

[@Spice99857]

Nowadays, nobody bats an eyelash about a 17 year old girl dating a 34-year-old man.

[@sarahosborne7477]

I think more people do . Back then it was more relaxed nw they would probably be charged with rape

[@muddyotterspottery569]

I think it’s the reverse. Anyone who initiates a relationship with a minor nowadays can find themselves in a heap of trouble.

[@Spice99857]

@@muddyotterspottery569 I'm just saying I've noticed a double standard.

[@AustrianPainter14]

It never happens now. It’s actually the reverse. Cougars

[@bethr8756]

Yes they do

[@MsTambo-u1g]

Most women not too long ago got married at 14 on Jesus mother Mary was 14 Joseph 40+

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Donahue was a total shitshow

[@theL0VERS]

Gross

[@VerifiedVIPMember]

Hot!

[@atrocchia]

Boring episode.

[@innappropriateamy7178]

I didn’t help it be any more interesting by being so agreeable with their relationship either, but what’s a kid to do?

[@Cablecol]

Lol

[@deannawitt9376]

No one cares

[@gdurandeau1143]

Not even her mom cares, and her dad didn't bother to show up in the show.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@gdurandeau1143The Mom did

[@wettaloca2923]

Welp you obviously cared enough to take time to comment 😂

[@deanwinchester9978]

Dude

[@immanuelsuleiman7550]

seriously. what the fuck is this

[@ezrc9294]

that daughter is just adorable

[@innappropriateamy7178]

Thank you

[@cherylbartow5311]

@@innappropriateamy7178 I'm really curious about this? This is sad.... I'm sorry you had to live through this...

[@innappropriateamy7178]

@@cherylbartow5311 I didn’t realize the gravity of it at the time. I didn’t like it, but I wasn’t going to disrespect my dad (especially on live TV). It was very embarrassing since I was a freshman in a new town and new school. A small school at that. I’m sure it’s a huge reason I’m such a codependent now. I’m always taking care of others before myself and even as I try to break free from that, it feels wrong to put myself first. I use humor as a coverup and try to find something funny in situations that aren’t so I would use this story in a one truth two lie option for the break the ice games and it was a good option until a coworker found it as I was sharing the story. It was very hard to watch the entire thing, but I did and I never want to see it again. My whole it’s not lust comment makes me sick. At the time I thought it was grown up thing to say. I was told not to talk about my mom and so when the lady asked about my mom I just said, “She is alive”. For years I thought I said she died (to stop any further conversation about it). I’m really glad I didn’t say that because my mom did see it. My daughter is 13 now and I would never put her in this situation, but I still love my dad. It was eye opening to watch this as a now 47 year old woman. I was cute. I didn’t know it. I knew I was a sweet kid and I am a kind adult. As unfortunate as this experience was, I understand that we are all just human and doing the best we can. If I had to choose to let things play out again the same way…I would have to let it happen again. I got one of the best sisters a girl could have out of the deal. And I’m big on past experiences not defining who you are. When you are an adult, you get to decide who you are…and I did decide. I know my Inappropriate Amy name may look like I don’t have values, but there is a back story. I got the name from some coworkers. They would say some story and I would just add something at the end. One I remember is I walked into a conversation betweena couple of coworkers about a lady being arrested in a KFC for breastfeeding in public. Apparently it was her adult son and I simply said “Oh.. that’s sweet. Besides, drinks are expensive.” So it’s just a social media thing for fun. I think the whole experience keeps me humble.

[@billbrown6487]

I was that guy! But dude I would takeoff the aluminum foil trucker hat and the blues Brothers glasses before the first family dinner date!

[@VGMDK1999]

huh?

[@thenightporter]

😂

[@seeharvester]

So you scored a 17 year old? Attaboy!

[@tonyhoffman3309]

There is no challenge in dating a child. It's a predatory behaviour which depends on the naivete and vulnerability of the young person.

[@AustrianPainter14]

tonyhoffman3309 Cope. You’re just jealous that this guy does what you wish you could do.