Madonna sends 16-year-old Lourdes on dates with a chaperone: poor Lourdes?

Madonna Lourdes Leon

As Kaiser reported in April, Lourdes Leon is currently dating her schoolmate (from LaGuardia Performing Arts High School) Timothee Chalame, who also appears as the Vice President’s son on “Homeland.” She’s 16, and he’s 17, so it seems like a very appropriate relationship and not one that would automatically throw up red flags for any parent other than the obligatory, “OMG, my daughter has a boyfriend.”

Still, Lourdes doesn’t have any ordinary mother. She’s the daughter of Madonna, who is notoriously overprotective perhaps because mom knows very well what acts young people are capable of getting away with. Because, you know, Madonna herself still behaves like a youngun. Timothee seems like a good kid though even if there’s a Bieber-esque vibe to his fashion taste. Here’s some photos from his Instagram, and he seems to have a sense of humor about himself:

Timothee Chalamet

Timothee Chalamet

Even though this kid seems alright, Madonna isn’t taking any chances here. She’s making Lourdes take a paid chaperone on every single date with Timothee. Does this sound reasonable?

Strict Madonna finally let her daughter Lourdes Leon go on a date with her boyfriend, “Homeland” star Timothee Chalamet, without parental supervision. But the Material Girl sent a burly chaperone to keep a very close eye on the young couple. Lourdes, 16, and Timothee, 17, classmates at LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, were spotted Saturday night at Brother Jimmy’s BBQ on Second Avenue. Page Six exclusively reported in April that the two were dating, and shortly after, they were spotted on a double date with Lourdes’ father, Carlos Leon, and his fiancee. But on Saturday, Lourdes escaped the watchful eye of her protective parents to have dinner chaperoned by one of Madge’s bodyguards. While the lovebirds sat at a corner table, the guard sat at another and “never took his eyes off of them,” a source told us. Spies told us Timothee reached a few times across the table and grabbed his date’s hand. “They were leaning close together to talk before food came. He was making her laugh a lot,” a spy said. The teens went Dutch on the $51 bill. When the date was over, the bodyguard swiftly escorted the two to a chauffeured car. Timothee, whose character on “Homeland” was aptly shadowed by Secret Service agents on dates, graduates this year. Lourdes graduates in 2014. Madonna recently told “Extra” about Lourdes’ companion, “She has a very nice boyfriend.” But asked if that was Chalamet, she turned coy and said, “I don’t know!”

[From Page Six]

The case could certainly be made that Madge was merely providing Lourdes and Timothee with a bodyguard to actually protect them rather than to make sure they didn’t get to second base. After all, the world is a very dangerous place for anyone, and celebrity kids make very attractive targets not only from civilian gawking but also from sickos who would seek to do them harm. At the same time, I think there’s part of Madge who remembers exactly what goes on in teenagers’ minds (after all, she pretty much still dates teenagers herself), so Madge is using the “security” excuse to make sure Timothee doesn’t see fit to put some serious moves on her daughter. At a certain point though, Madge is going to have to stop doing this. Lourdes can’t walk around with a chaperone forever. At least, not after she turns 18!

Madonna Lourdes Leon

Photos courtesy of Instagram and WENN

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  1. Erinn says:

    Ehh. Mixed feelings. It’d be somewhat embarassing, but at the same time, the security aspect is always good. And I mean, at least it’s not Madge going with them.

    Sidenote: Lourdes is a BEAUTIFUL young lady.

    • LadyMTL says:

      Yeah, I don’t see this as being particularly heinous, especially when you consider that Lourdes would need security. That said, I’m sure it was freaking embarrassing, lol.

      And I agree about Lourdes, she is really good-looking.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      She’s gorgeous and I COVET that All Saints dress she’s wearing. I love aztec patterns.

      Yeah..I had an overprotective mom growing up and it drove me CRAZY but I think I turned out alright. It’s better to be an involved parent than to treat your child like a party pal (side eye to Dina Lohan).

  2. BooBooLaRue says:

    LOL! Do as I say, not as I did!

    • Micki says:

      LOL, I was thinking the same. Madonna must remember her own wild years pretty well.
      On the other hand her daughter is not just the next teenager. An abduction is always possible.

  3. Pixie says:

    And yet Madge seemingly doesn’t think of her children when she parades round in her underwear for everyone to see?!
    I’m not a massive prude but I do think Madonna is too old to dress like that and I think it sends out a bit of a double standard to her children.

    • BW says:

      I find it amusing that Madonna seems to be wearing 3 layers of fishnets and thigh high hose, probably to cover up the support hose or superSpanx she’s wearing underneath them. This may be the most covered up I’ve ever seen her.

      I love Lourdes’ dress.

    • testington` says:

      I don’t think it is a double standard for the kids, she is an adult, they are not. When Madonna was Lourdes’s age she went to public high school in Michigan, it’s not like she was Britney and slutting it up on TV at that age.

  4. RobN says:

    My guess is that it’s more of a security issue. Mom’s worth a billion dollars; that’s a big target and I’ll bet that Lourdes has security shadowing her wherever she goes. We may not always see it, but I’ll bet it’s there.

  5. truthSF says:

    ” At a certain point though, Madge is going to have to stop doing this. Lourdes can’t walk around with a chaperone forever. At least, not after she turns 18!”

    When she turns 18, your point will be warranted. But until then, what mama says…goes.

    • Jenna says:

      Considering the scary side of fame – stalkers, money hunters, kidnapping concerns – I doubt being 18 is going to loosen up the gal’s security shadows. It might get less obvious, it might slowly shift to being more and more under Lourdes control as to who exactly and how many in sight… but I don’t think she will ever have a day in her entire life where there isn’t one heavily armed and ready to hit person near her side. Would make me crazy, but at least its the life she was born into and she didn’t have to ‘get used’.

  6. Eleonor says:

    So cute!
    Say what you want about Madonna, but Lourdes seems a girl with a good head on her shoulders, and most of all: she is living a quite “normal” teenage life for a celebrity daughter.

  7. NEENAZEE says:

    Does Madonna ever wear pants anymore?

  8. mogul says:

    It’s cute, that she’s so involved in her kids’ life but she should watch that she doesn’t become too much of hypocrite. Never forget that her kids need their own space and have their own needs, otherwise they’ll rebel! madonna should give Lourdes more room to find herself and not label her just as ‘madonna’s daughter’ but let her be Lourdes with her own life and mistakes. she should let her make her mistakes now while in her care, rather than when she’s on her own. Because now her parents are still able to handle those problems

  9. ladybert62 says:

    I think Madonna needs the chaperone not Lourdes.

  10. fingerbinger says:

    Madonna has had stalkers for years, I think this really about protecting her kid. I’m getting a young Sean Penn vibe or maybe Vanilla Ice vibe from Lourdes’ boyfriend in addition to the Bieber vibe.

  11. sarah says:

    At least Madge isn’t trying to date him!!

    Lourdes has really grown up to be beautiful.

  12. Sloane Wyatt says:

    I like Madge the Mom! Security is required to hedge against kidnapping or, God Forbid, worse amongst the uber wealthy.

  13. Lemony says:

    I can’t really fault parents for doing what they can to protect thier kids, especially nowadays & especially celebrities’ children.

  14. epiphany says:

    Poor Madge, she lives in mortal fear that her daughter’s beauty will eclipse her and steal all the attention – which it would, and will.

    • Suze says:

      Horse is out of the barn. Lourdes is a great beauty, something Madonna never was.

    • Alexa says:

      I doubt that Madonna has a “mortal fear” about Lourdes’ beauty eclipsing hers and stealing all her attention. “Madonna” – the celebrity – is not just a beautiful face (OR, as I’ve heard many people say, not EVEN a beautiful face . . . though I highly disagree).

    • NM9005 says:

      Lourdes is a perfect mix of Carlos Leon and Madonna. Both their features are very prominent in Lourdes but she is still Lourdes and not Madonna 2.0 She will arguably even be a better artist than her mother due to her education and connections.

      I don’t know why this idea is perpetuated that Madonna dislikes her daughter for being younger or prettier when she is seen often with her daughter and even work together.

      And it’s normal for Lourdes to be accompanied when you consider she’s the spawn of one of the most famous entertainers on this planet.

  15. Anon says:

    Better safe and protected, than sorry. Parents have to think about what could happen. She will be 18 soon enough.

  16. Nev says:

    she’s a BEAUTY!

    • Pastyousayyouneverknew says:

      +1 That’s the only thing that really stands out to me here lol

  17. Eleonor says:

    I was looking at Met’s Madge photo, and pose.
    Now imagine, you’re 17een and meet your girlfriend’s mother for the very first time, and THAT is what you se. LOL !!!

  18. yolo112 says:

    Hey, Lourdes, tell your mom to put her pants on.

  19. mel says:

    If I were in Madonna’s shoes I would absolutely want a security guard with my daughter on a date…I wish I had that luxury. I worry about my kids so much!

  20. Thiajoka says:

    I just hope they don’t try to lose the chaperone by high-speeding away and end up hitting some poor pedestrian trying to get across the street. It would be a shame if life imitated art, although calling that particular season of Homeland “art” is, perhaps, a bit ridiculous.

  21. DAFFY says:

    SMART MOM. PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTERS I SAY

  22. Izzy says:

    I have to agree with several posters here – this is probably more about security than anything else. Celebrities have stalkers, Madonna has certainly had her fair share of dangerous stalkers, and if the stalker is unhinged enough, he or she might try to get to a celebrity through their children. Nauseating thought, but it happens.

    If I were that famous you’d better believe I’d have security for my kids. I can’t imagine living like that, it must be very confining. I know that celebrities seek the spotlight, but I honestly don’t think they deserve some of the danger directed at them by stalkers.

    • Sumodo1 says:

      Just what I was thinking. Potential kidnappers….

    • akua says:

      Definitely! I’m certainly not famous, and my daughter is only 9, but I don’t even let her bike to the end of the block by herself, so I can’t imagine what I’d do if I had more of a reason to worry.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        You’re a better parent than most in my area. Where I live, people let their kids walk around, at all ages, all over town. This is a small town, where there’s three bars (in a row!) on the main street, and has about ten-twelve pedophiles living in the area (I know, because my mom checks once in a while).

        Last summer, my little brother was playing with these kids from a few streets away. The oldest one might have been eight or nine, and the youngest was about two or three. There was about four kids. Their “mother” let them walk around town all morning, without her, and then she came over in the afternoon to come get them (this is the first time she’s come to check on them all day)…they lost the youngest one. She was yelling at the oldest kid, asking where he was, telling him to find him…

        Seriously? It’s YOUR kid. I always thought my mom was too tough because she never let us ride our bikes outside of our front yard without an adult watching us, let alone walk around town by ourselves. I’m eighteen and she doesn’t let me do that (go for a walk), unless it’s light outside and I have the family cell phone with me.

        “Parents” these days…. (some of them at least)

    • Zvonk says:

      In my 20’s, I dated the daughter of a famous singer. It was astonishing how many strangers would come up to her to talk about her famous parent. When she was 9, she had a stalker approach her outside her school, and was assigned a bodyguard for the remainder of her childhood..

      I can’t blame Madonna for wanting security for her daughter.

  23. Lauren says:

    Lourdes looks so much like her father. He is a good looking man and she is turning into a beautiful young woman.

  24. val says:

    Good for Madge. Lourdes seems well rounded and is not on drugs. In this day and age, Madonna needs to keep a close eye on her kids, especially since they have access to so much money. Madonna may have been wild in her day; but, times are way crazier now. I’m 25, and I appreciated my parents protectiveness. It’s kept me controlled, grounded, and made me who I am today.

  25. MAC says:

    People read way too much into this situation. For simple security reasons it makes sense. I guess after a few weeks everyone forgets about 3 women in ohio. Madge has major $$ all of her children need to be protected. Its the reality they live with everyday.

  26. JL says:

    It’s security, Madonna has it, the Obama’s have it, lots of people have it.

    I love strict mom Madge.

  27. Leila says:

    I think this is a good decision..just to make sure that she’s not drinking or taking drugs or doing anything stupid.

  28. bridget says:

    Wow. Page 6 getting the exclusive on the relationship of a couple of teenagers. Way to aim high on that reporting.

  29. Jo 'Mama' Besser says:

    Chickens: Meet Roost.

  30. eliza says:

    Timothee looks douchey and also spells his name in a douchey manner. That aside, I agree with the chaperone thing. I don’t think she wants Lourdes starring on Teen Mom.

    • catt says:

      I call total BS on the chaperone thing. That guy is a bodyguard and I think that is a great and smart idea for all the reasons other posters mentioned.

  31. Boxy Lady says:

    If I am remembering correctly what I have read about Madonna, she was not wild and crazy in high school. She was a cheerleader who went to dance class all the time and got really good grades and her dad was really strict. I don’t think she turned wild until she went to college. It seems to me that Madonna has found a way to let her daughter have some fun while in high school but also keep an eye on her at the same time. I can’t say that that is a bad thing.

  32. lee says:

    Her daughter is soooo beautiful.