Just Jared points us to these photos of burlesque goddess Dita Von Teese, 36, at the airport in Paris last week with her new boyfriend, a 25 year-old French count named Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, the son of fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. (Thanks Bellatrix.) The two were also seen together at Coachella in late April, with the NY Post reporting that Dita was “robbing the cradle”:
DITA Von Teese (above) has a new romance with a French aristocrat 11 years younger. The ex-Mrs. Marilyn Manson, 36, is dating Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, 25, the actor-son of fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and his stunning ex-wife Catherine de Castelbajac, who dated Bill Koch and the late Ron Silver. Dita and her new beau were recently spotted at the Coachella Music Festival. “We’re all shocked they’re together,” a pal of Castelbajac told us. “She’s really robbing the cradle.” Von Teese’s rep didn’t get back to us.
[From The NY Post, 4/29/09]
An 11 year age difference is hardly “robbing the cradle,” but you would expect to hear an obnoxious statement like that from Page Six. Back in February, Dita gave a revealing and somewhat titillating interview to the UK’s Fabulous Mag in which she said that she’s not in relationships for keeps and enjoys her torrid affairs with no happy ending necessary:
“I don’t think I’m the sort of girl who’ll be celebrating a 75th anniversary with a man. I actually enjoy rollercoasters of life, and with great passion sometimes comes great heartbreak. I think I’ll end up belonging to the club of glamorous women like Lana Turner and Betty Grable, who had big, adventurous love affairs. The road less travelled can be more frightening, but it’s a lot of fun.”
Then she pauses and adds: “The only thing is, at the moment I’m definitely not looking at musicians. I’m attracted to normal, sweet-looking guys in sweaters. I’m finished with the leather trousers and eyeliner types.
“You can have a rollercoaster ride with a nice guy in a sweater.”
[From Fabulous Mag]
Was Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac Dita’s “nice guy in a sweater” back then or is he new? He hardly seems like the vanilla type she was referring to, but it’s possible. Good for Dita for landing a hot one and 11 years isn’t that much. That doesn’t even come close to approaching the 28 year age gap between Madonna and Jesus Luz.
Thanks to Bauergriffinonline for these photos, taken June 2-5th.
Update I just found these photos of Dita and Count Jean-Charles out on 5/29/09 at the Terminator: Salvation after party in Paris. They’re shown with Princess Gloria of Thurn and Taxis, a pseudo-royal in Germany. Credit: Fame Pictures.
Major improvement!
That is one good looking couple.
That is not Jean-Charles! That is his son Louis-Marie… 🙂
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is the major French fashion designer.
You’ve got to give it to the boy: he sure knows how to play the buzz card when his first real exhibition is happening. He likes to think of himself as an artsy person. From what I’ve seen, he’s pretending to do so with very little effort. See here for a picture of said exhibition: http://www.glamourparis.com/mode/news/4780-anatomy-of-1-l-expo-de-l-m-de-castelbajac.html
I am so jealous – I would love a vanilla Count in a sweater. What a handsome, handsome man.
Thanks Bellatrix nice to see you on! I will correct the post. Appreciate it!
LOL! @ his exhibition! Is that it, Bellatrix?? Or are those the ones that have been rejected?! 🙂
Go Dita. Very elegant, stylish arm candy.
Wow – good for Dita! He is very handsome! I am glad to hear she is done with the rockers in eyeliner. Marilyn M. was beyond disgusting.
You’re very welcome, CB. I’m actually almost ashamed of knowing this kind of useless information.
Geronimo: if only you’d seen the rest. This is very much representative of the entire “thing”. It took me less than a minute to figure out the place to be during the exhibition opening was the bar. I really tried to stare into a few pieces in order to “get it”. But I didn’t “get it”. Or maybe it was “it” that didn’t get me.
I’ve seen better drawings on the walls of a child psychiatrist’s office (I don’t mean anything insulting by that!).
Sometimes, we really only go to art exhibition openings for the drinks and the good-looking men. Because the art often seems to be absent.
Yeah, for men it’s normal to have much younger girlfriends but women are robbing the cradle.
Since women statistically live longer than men, I vote whe should all go for hot young men.
Who wants balding guys with beerbellys?
Yay for cradlesnatching!
she does absolutely nothing for me. he, however, is a tall drink of water, and shouldnt be wasted on that vampiric poseur.
She’s gorgeous and he’s beautiful.. Great couple!
Bellatrix – so true re what passes for art, I’ve been to a few of those where I’ve just been embarrassed for the ‘artist’. And this stuff doesn’t ever have that naive charm you get with kids’ drawings. Money (and connections) can buy everything it seems….oh, except talent, that is!
OK first off, I have to 100% wholeheartedly support what saintdevil said…where’s that petition so I can sign it??? LOL
Second, I never EVER EVER use this phrase but it just seems so appropriate for this situation (Dita) so please forgive me – YOU GO GIRL!
OK I feel better now… 😀
Statistically, he’s around his sexual peak and she is entering her’s, or around it– so everything sounds about right to me.
Younger men are the new black– mine’s only 3 years, but it truly is the way to go. 🙂
Honestly, I think Dita is one of the most classy women in Hollywood, even if she does burlesque…she brings some sort of old Hollywood charm to it.
I’m happy she found her Vanilla. 😉
the candid photos of them in the patisserie are beyond beautiful…they look like stills from some 1940s movie or something. love her.
“… I’m definitely not looking at musicians”
she sounds like some powerful hollywood casting agent.
LOVES IT!
dita is a P-I-M-P!
ride ’em hard, girl. you’re my hero.
whoa!
lol
I’m getting an R-Pattz vibe off him. But it’s nice. Good looking kid.
So I guess I’ll have to wait for her and Clooney to get together.
Oh!! A French Count! Who’s HOT!!
Keeper.
He could be calling me a dirty dirty wh*re but if he said it in French, I’d melt. “Oh Louis! You’re sooooo cultured!” LOL
He’s gorgeous. He seems like more her type, I wonder if he is what Dita was trying to turn MM into, which is what caused the problems in their marriage.
Oh, wow, Dita. Major yum there! He can be Vanilla anything as long as he looks like that!
I tend not to go for the traditionally good looking guys. However, in this instance I’ve gotta go ahead and admit I’d be swooning and possibly unable to properly get my words out if I saw that man in front of me. Sweater or no sweater.
Then you add her to the equation, and it’s all over. They are unbelievably beautiful looking together.
All the make up in the world can never make her truly beautiful but I do like her.
I’ve seen her look a lot better than she looks in these photos. But he’s unbelievable. I hope this works for her. She was a good wife to Marilyn Manson but he’s a creep.
Love Dita. She’s got it all. Smart, gorgeous, sexy, iconic (as well as ironic)and now she has a hot young thing to top it off. She’s well rid of Manson and he never, never deserved her.
anyone is an improvement over marilyn manson! *shudders*
for some reason, she looks really old in those pictures, especially in the blue dress. her hands are atrocious. i guess putting on make-up with a trowel does that to a person. what does she look like without make-up?
Heh, somehow this makes perfect sense.
Robbing the craddle? The guy is 25 years old. Hardly a baby, in my book. He looks amazing and they make a good looking couple. I hope he’s the right guy for her. She’s so beautiful and classy. They’d certainly have gorgeous babies.
Good for her!!! Ditch the eyeliner guys, they’re stupid.
from the daughter of a machinist..what i call gripping life’s horns with both hands and taking control most would be destroyed but dita has the upper hand well done.