Well, well. Mary-Kate Olsen is now a married lady. MK married her boyfriend of three years, Olivier Sarkozy. This relationship has always creeped me out slightly, basically because the optics are so unsettling. Mary-Kate is 29 years old, but she looks 18. Olivier Sarkozy is 46 and he looks 50-something. When they’re out together, it looks like a middle-aged father doting on his teenage daughter, which is interesting because he actually does have a teenage daughter (who is closer in age to Mary-Kate than MK and Olivier). But still… MK and Sarko got married. Congrats.
It’s a May-December marriage for Mary-Kate Olsen. The 29-year-old former child actress tied the knot with her French banker beau of three years, Olivier Sarkozy, 46, at an intimate Manhattan ceremony on Friday night, a source said.
The reception was held at a private residence on 49th Street, between Second and Third avenues; cocktails were served in a rear garden before the 50 guests dined indoors. Attendees were required to turn in their cellphones beforehand.
Party decor consisted of “bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes, and everyone smoked the whole night,” the source said.
The couple became engaged in 2014 and live in New York. Mary-Kate and her twin sister, Ashley, rose to fame on the ’90s sitcom “Full House” and now own two fashion labels, The Row and Elizabeth and James. Olivier, the half-brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has two kids from a previous marriage. This is Olsen’s first marriage.
First of all, I would love to know anything about her dress. The Olsen twins are SO private at this point, I doubt we’ll ever see her wedding gown, but I bet it was a shapeless sack dress and I bet the jewelry was pretty fabulous. Second of all, the party décor was “bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes”? How avant-garde! MK is a smoker – she’s been photographed smoking before – but I can’t believe she made cigarettes her wedding reception theme!
In the current week’s issue of the National Enquirer, there were some claims that Sarkozy and MK were fighting over a prenup. MK and her sister are worth hundreds of millions of dollars – they literally have a billion-dollar fashion/beauty/accessories empire. But Sarkozy is not some deadbeat – he’s an investment banker with his own significant connections and dealings in New York and around the world. My guess is that she’s worth more than him, but that he has plenty of money and he’s no golddigger. Believe it or not, I do think they adore each other. I mean, they’ve already been together for three years! This is… a real love match? Weird, right?
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I think she looks very, very old, not 18. But best wishes. They seem in love.
Same. She’s had some weird plastic surgery and smokes like a chimney. She doesn’t really have that teenager vibe going for her anymore.
i thought her “face” was a result of a battle with lyme disease a few years ago?
Ashley dealt with lyme disease, not MK
Personally, and I know this is mean….she looks creepy to me! Like she could be in some scary, spooky, movie and I would be terrified of her…He looks like some very ordinary, except when he is with her, and then he looks creepy, too….Also, can anyone say “Daddy issues”?
I don’t think the Olsen twins have Daddy issues. I think they’ve worked–really worked–since infancy and dating older men puts them on a level playing field with their partners, in a career sense. They are a lot older than their years.
I remember seeing a picture of MK and brother Sarko a few years back walking in the streets of NYC with his daughter, who was a pre-teen at the time. MK and the daughter literally looked they could have been the same age in terms of height and fashion. That really creeped me out.
I agree w goats.
I agree with goats, there is no way these girls could have anything in common with a typical 29/30 something guy. They have been adults since they were toddlers, or more accurately behaving and working as if they were. I would imagine the men in their late 40s early 50s just feel like their contemporaries. I admire their success and think they are incredibly talented designers I really do but I find this sad, should have been able to be kids.
Goats- that is an astute comment that I hadn’t thought of. She’s well beyond her years with experiences in business, being independent, finances, etc. It’s not like she’s had the typical upbringing or was ever able to be a normal teenager- she was a millionaire at 10 or something. I thought this match was creepy (it’s just the pics- they look weird to me and that’s not really my place but it’s true). But she probably has more in common with this guy then any guy in his 20s. Could you imagine her playing beer pong?! I don’t think so 😉
Thanks for that insight Goats. I’m not creeped out by this any more.
I don’t think it’s daddy issues; there’s no way this girl could find a man her own age without massive insecurities. JLaw talked about that–she’s too successful. But a Sarkozy, hailing from French political establishment, isn’t going to get too hung up on a highly successful wife.
Also agree with Goats.
The twins dated their age before and it was always a disaster. Their life experience, aspirations, and assests are older than their age.
Grats
A agree, the only thing that makes her look like a teen in some of the pictures is her height and petite frame, but face-wise she and Olivier look about the same age to me.
Agreed! I was just about to comment that I was surprised Kaiser thinks she looks 18 because I think she looks very rough for her age.
The bad luck troll gave out coffin nails to her guests? Does she want to see them die?
Um, I just peed a little at my desk! Thank you!
Who is no way in hell 29? for $1000, please Alex.
In those last few photos she looks young, but I saw a more recent one of her the other day and, not to be mean, but she looked terrible. Sort of haggard and very aged.
Regardless, they do look like father and daughter in most photos. If they’re truly happy, congrats, but…I don’t know.
Wasn’t she the one who had to be treated for an eating disorder? I suspect it went years before anybody intervened properly and got her the help she needed, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s taken a pretty serious toll on her body.
She got treated in 2004, she was only 18 then and didn’t look rough at all. But she has become very gaunt in the face after 25.
Yes, but both sisters were said to suffer from the ED. Also said at the time there was a script pill and coke issue for both, but Ashley was handling it better.
Weird couple but if they make each other happy, Congrats!
I actually enjoy this, too. They seem well matched, even with the age difference.
They are both unconventional looking for what mainstream considers attractive (the twins have looked somewhat off in last years, baby faces don’t usually age well) and they both have major money. So what if he’s older, I can’t imagine any younger, rich men are on her playing field mentally or aren’t major players. She’s been a businesswoman for what? Two decades? She’s been with him for 3 years. I’m sure they adore each other and are happy in their weird little bubble.
My take away as well.
But bowls of cigarettes as a theme? O_o
Was the theme cigs or was that a joke that it appeared the centerpieces were full ashtrays because so many guests smoked?
Not sure if i’m reading it correctly.
Same here, she’s 29 years old not 19. That’s damn well old enough to decide to marry your older bf, people are just judging because she looks like a haggard child.
The picture, where he kisses her head creeps me out… Anyway congrats!
I know, she looks like a little kid. Soooooo creepy.
I don’t care what anyone says, both of them have mental issues that isn’t really normal or healthy and he looks like a schlub.
“Both of them have mental issues?” I take it you know them personally, and they’ve given you the go-ahead to air their psychological status on a public forum?
Was just going to say the same. He looks like some pedophile molesting a kid. They both look creepy to me. To each his own I guess.
I know. She seems like she’s barely tolerating it.
That’s the pic that really weirds me out but maybe she was uncomfortable at the PDA since she is so private? It is the exact way I kiss my young sons (and they usually don’t want it). So when I saw it & found out they were a couple I gagged a little. After thinking about it I bet that she is thinking “f-you, don’t kiss me with a huge camera on us” and that gave the creepy vibe.
I laughed so hard at that pic. His hands are huge as he appears to be palming her head like a basketball. Lol LOL LOL. He has chin baggage but no grey hair in his 40s ?
Something strikes me as very “off” with both of those girls. I can’t place my finger on it. I have never been able to pinpoint it, either. But their adulthood has just never seemed normal-ish……
Their adult years seem more normal than their childhood. They run a business and they live mostly in privacy. Considering how most child stars end up and how ridiculously famous they were, they seem mostly successful – no rehab or bankruptcy, or trying to make a come-back. They have real careers and don’t seem to desperately need the spotlight.
The all-black clothes, smoking, gaunt looks – yeah, that’s a bit of a downer – but really, their lives themselves seem pretty stable.
The absence of scandal doesn’t mean that they’re living on the straight and narrow, it just means that they keep their lives locked up tight. Remember Heath Ledger’s death? There has long been word that these two party HARD, but have excellent private security.
I agree. I have no clue what it is… But these twins make me uncomfortable.
Nothing about their life has been normal-ish at all since they were 6 months old. I bet that’s why they seem off. We can’t relate to their experiences, money, influence, power, etc. They made so much freakin’ money off those Olsen twin movies after Full House it was crazy! And I heard that their parents invested it well so they were super rich & powerful at age 8. Who would be typical after that?
I know what you mean. I feel it too. There are plenty of issues a person can have that doesn’t involve drinking, drugs, or the need for attention which is what we usually see with grown up child stars. I get 1) a hermit vibe like Michael Jackson – growing to hate attention and the camera to the point they’ve become phobic about their privacy; 2) they didn’t have a real childhood, can’t relate to anybody who did, and seem abnormally serious, somber, sullen; and 3) they are uncomfortable with their bodies, faces, looks. It seems that with child actors/actresses, being on camera really messes with the way they see themselves. I would think being on camera all the time as a child would make you more comfortable, but I know there is pressure re body, weight, going through puberty, judgement, etc. but they were just kids – little kids – no puberty on camera, no weight struggles, no judgement. One of them developed an eating disorder but it was way after Full House.
We tend to think these two girls avoided the pitfalls that most child actors go through, but I think they had/have their own pitfalls that just aren’t as obvious. It all just makes me feel more strongly that kids shouldn’t be in show business.
They did star in their own films and such after full house (as preteens/teens?), just to add more to your comment.
I had to go back and re-read that….”decorated with bowls and bowls of cigarettes”…are you kidding me??? It’s their business if they smoke, but I think that is one of the tackiest things I have ever read! Can you imagine telling your children about your wedding “yes, my child, daddy and I had a magically, romantic wedding! We smoked and smoked!!” They are both creepy, and deserve each other…best wishes, and save some of that money for lung transplants!
I’d be very surprised if they had children.
Please never have children, MK.
She would probably have a baby shower with bowls of pink cigarettes and bowls of blue cigarettes, as baby favors! lol
Bowls and bowls of cigarettes? Damn, that’s tacky.
Where are they even finding these smoker friends? I know exactly one person who smokes.
GNAT, me too….I don’t anyone who smokes anymore! Maybe a European thing? Not trying to insult Europeans, just wondering….
A large portion of people smoke here in France even after a big hike in VAT. It’s a huge issue amongst the youth population. You often see high schoolers smoking in front of their school. At my kids’ former primary school, the principal and her secretary would be in front of the school smoking cigarettes while the parents came for the afternoon school run. I’m a non-smoker and have a tough time with the rampant second-hand smoke.
Since brother Sarko (got to call him that, as Nicolas is the orginal “Sarko”) is French, the ciggy theme makes more sense although I agree that the idea is tacky as hell. His sis-in-law Carla Bruni smokes a ton as well.
Go to Paris, you will find many smokers! Ironically the women in France have the best skin too. Weird but I think the French skincare is very good too which may help.
It is a European thing. I don’t smoke, but half of my friends do. When I was in high school there was a hang out beside the school where people went to smoke in recess.
There was a smoking ban in cafes a few years back, but it had to be modified to allow smoking in certain cafes because it caused huge drops in numbers of people going to cafes ( cafe culture is huge here). It is very ingrained in our society.
Mhmm its a European thing. Pretty much all young people smoke. I used to DJ in Budapest around 2006 and we would get through 2/3 packets a night because we could smoke indoors. Luckily, I quit before my skin was ruined and exercise regularly so my lungs are now in the clear. Youth does make you feel invincible.
Giant bowls of unfiltered Gauloises or maybe some kind of Turkish tobacco and papers. Servers coming around with trays of other cigarettes. Servers with lighters. Servers standing stock still for hours, just holding an ashtray for guests’ convenience.
Worst wedding ever. Cigarette smoke is a migraine trigger for me.
I would bet that some of those cigs were not tobacco.
To be fair the info is coming from “A Source” so it may not even be true or at least grossly exaggerated. If it is really true though it’s very disgusting.
I know, so bizarre. I imagine any photographic glimpse of the wedding dress might be obscured by the thick smelly haze that probably hung over the event.
I went to a cocktail party for an arts organization that was sponsored by Phillip Morris and the centerpieces were bowls of different kinds of cigarettes. This was 20 years ago and even then it seemed odd and horrible. Remember how awful it was to be in a plane, seated next to the smoking section? I suppose that’s why they had the party at a private house.
Perhaps they are part of the Guilty Remnant team? LOL.
I think it’s rather original but only if the cigarettes were really fancy ones in beautiful boxes, like keepsakes. When I and my girlfriends smoked years ago, we used to buy Nat Sherman’s Rainbow and then pick the cigarettes that matched our outfits. It was really fun! I’m sure there are those who will hate on me for saying that, but smoking a cigarette now and again can be quite nice with a good cognac or port. Now, if they just put out bowls of Marlboros or any other American cigarette brand, then that’s gross.
Nat Sherman’s are AWESOME!
Ewww. Well, to each her own. Congrats.
It’s random, but they seem happy together.
He’s worth $50-$60 million, so she’s wealthier, but I’m sure she has a pre-nup and for someone as wealthy as she is, she doesn’t live nearly as extravagantly as she could, so it’s not like his lifestyle is upgraded by being with her. As odd as it is it seems like an actual love match.
That last pic gave me chills in a bad way
It looks like she is squarming for her dad to stop embarrassing her.
I imagine she was irked that the was the type of affection he chose to display for the camera – a top head kiss like I give my son at night when he goes to bed. Not the best way to say, “I’m not a child; we are equals.”
“a bowl full of cigarettes.. everyone was chain-smoking”..
This is so gross and disrespectful. Think about those poor non-smoking guests.
Ugh.
I’d wish them a long and happy marriage but the way these two smoke it is unlikely to be long. Bowls of cigarettes? How revolting.
How is the baby from Full House almost 30 years old?!?!? As Uncle Jesse would say “have mercy!”
I guess lung cancer is the new black.
Zing!
Bowls and bowls of cigarettes. How considerate to any non-smoking wait staff
Weird. I tried to post a link to the hysterical Vanity Fair article but it keeps getting deleted. Oh well, go look it up…it’s a fantastic write-up about all the bowls of cigarettes. I wonder if his children were in attendance?
I guess that’s one of the reasons why the wedding was held in a “private residence” as most public venues are non-smoking, non? Congrats, to them, I guess. Not to be mean, but I see lung cancer in their futures. Ugh.
I know. My husband used to work at Leo Burnett and their big client was Phillip Morris so on one of their floors they literally had bowls and bowls of cigarettes places everywhere. They also had a specially designed air filtration system. Still, I’m glad I never had to visit that floor.
That was my thought exactly! How rude to people who don’t smoke & the people subjected to it. Other habits don’t actually make people sick…..But maybe they informed the staff or smoked outside? I don’t know- it sounds like such an odd story that I smell exaggeration or total bs.
Smoking laws in some states (anyone know about New York?) would require catering staff to be given advance notice it was a smoking work environment and they would have had to opt-in to work that event.
Thank you! Yes, smoking is not good for you but there are a lot of other things people do whether it’s what they ingest or how they behave that are also bad for you. Why can’t people who enjoy the elegance of Parisian-style smoking atmosphere not feature that at their wedding? And yes, they would have given notice to staff who could opt-in. Jeez, there are so many worse things in the world than a couple celebrating their wedding the way they wish.
I just don’t get it. I don’t get any part of it.
They look freakish together. But love is blind, Still think that if that were a 49 year women with a 29 year old man, it’d be a whole different thread so I won’t go there. Puff puff puff that cigarette, puff puff puff until you smoke yourself to death. Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate, you just have to hesitate, I just have to have another cigarette. Stunted her growth and perhaps her vision.
So the theme was lung cancer…lord have mercy.
If true, the cigarette thing sounds like it may be an inside joke with their friends if it was a small wedding and not meant to be taken seriously. Agree that optically they look creepy but a 17 year age difference isn’t that bad and they’ve been together for three years. Basically, I think goth barbie witch and old face Sarkozy brother love each other.
IF the cigarette theme is true, I see as an “In Your Face” tactic to all the smoke shamers. Perhaps they tried to secure a venue, but smoking isn’t allowed, so this was their rebellion?
May – December? More like May –
September. He’s quite a bit older but he’s far from old.
They both look like dolls to me, but MK made her face look pointy like a fish for some reason. She has always seemed utterly joyless. And cigarettes is a disgusting detail – no food for this crowd! Wasn’t she anorexic at one time?
Why on earth would he marry someone 17 years younger whose nose reaches the middle of his chest?
He’s not *that* old and she’s not *that* young. I find it interesting that many seem to find these two more gross than say Sam and Aaron Taylor Johnson. How old was MK when they got together? 25? 26? She wasn’t a child, even if she might look young. And it’s not like he’s in a power-position towards her. IMO it’s because of how they look, people think they’re gross. Which is sort of odd. Sam gets praised for finding love with a young, young man and MK is weird and her partner gross for getting together.
The only gross thing to me are all the cigarettes. Ew.
Because she literally looks his captive in any pics of them together. Their body language is incredibly creepy and totally off to me. It’s not even about their ages for me anymore.
Yes I agree. Sam and Aaron creeps me him out much more. I think they take weird pictures and him kissing her forehead looks creepy. But really she does not look that much younger and she and her sister do not seem like they act their age but rather much older. Now if she was some broke 29 yr old model marrying this rich guy, I would not like it. But she has her own money, I have no issue with them.
Sam and Aaron bothers me more because he was still practically a child when they got together. I think MK and this dude look creepy together, but their age difference isn’t THAT big a deal, especially considering they Olsen twins seem very mature and have been running their businesses since they were young.
It’s a pretty big age difference, but 29 is a lot better than if she were 22-23. And in fairness, she’s probably a lot more jaded and experienced than most of us are/will be at that age given her career.
Though, I agree that Sam and Aaron are far more off-putting to me.
Big age differences generally don’t creep me out, I just don’t get the attraction from either side. I agree with Kaiser though it’s the optics on this one. MK is aging and not really well, the smoking I assume, but they still look like creepy father and daughter. Sam and Aaron to me just don’t look as odd. To each his own though if happy have fun.
No! Sam and Aaron are far more creepy than these two. Aaron was only 19 when he met 42 yo Sam Taylor who was his boss no less. Beyond creepy – People don’t typically see females as possible sexual predators, but I have no problem calling it like it is regardless of gender. There is some serious pathology going on there.
Hejhej – Statistics prove that males are the ones most likely to victimize someone and the majority of their victims are females and minors. That’s why I think the “ewwww” to the first photos of MK and Sarko as a couple were not odd. Repulsion and concern are healthy protective reactions to have when one’s pedophile radar pinged. Sam with Aaron does not evoke the same response because Sam does not look like he could be a minor whereas MK did.
Ewwww. If I were rich and famous enough to be invited to this wedding, I definitely would have walked out when I realized everyone would be smoking in my face all night.
I’m sure you would have been informed ahead of time so you could mark “no” on the RSVP.
Must’ve been so chic I bet.
Gonna sound like my mother here, but gosh I wish she’d do something with her hair
His head is enormous, particularly next to hers.
Just, Eeww.
Personally I don’t really get dating someone 15+ years older or younger, and everyone I know who has married someone significantly older/younger than themselves the relationship was very unsuccessful. But, I live among mere mortals who don’t have gobs of money or bizarre childhoods to ease those generational differences.
I also can’t think of anything more disgustimg than a wedding receptions with bowls of cigarettes everywhere. And I smoked for several years. Yuk.
I used to idolize her for her style when I was younger, but she looks so different now. I think she looks 30+, which actually makes their look as a couple less weird.
come now, 30+ doesn’t look that haggard! A lot of my friends are in their early 30s and they don’t look anywhere near as gaunt or prematurely aged as MK.
The bowls of cigarettes part made me gag. Literally. I quit smoking a few years ago but for some reason the smell of cigarettes never bothered me until this past year. That has to be made up, right? I mean really, who does that???
So the bride wore white, but was it more bag-lady chic, or Guilty Remnant shabby??
Lots of height bias in the comments i see. So he’s taller than her, therefore they look weird or creepy together? Guess ppl here haven’t travelled to other parts of the world, such as South Asia where women are on average 5’2. Lots of women marry men much taller or older than them. I see nothing wrong with that, nor do i think it looks weird. Some of her personal choices might be regretable but equally so are the nauseating comments in this blog. Never visiting this site again.
Are we reading the same blog? I have only seen one comment on here about height not including yours, and it was saying her height and petite frame makes her appear younger. When you say optics it is more than height. We have very tall athletes with shorter women all the time, and it doesn’t optically create the father/daughter image. Her overall appearance to me just shouts young, and his just doesn’t. Still they didn’t jump into marriage – good luck to them both. I hope the cigarette bowel is at least exaggerated, but hopefully just a story.
Yeah like Hayden Panettiere and her husband have a big height difference but they look great together. When I see Mary Kate with that guy looks like she is with her dad
“bowel”? Your typo not only made me laugh but the way the mind associates, it got me thinking perhaps the smoking is her last attempt at clinging to weight control. She is the one who had the eating disorder, so I can’t but help but wonder if the smoking is a way to curb her appetite.
I understand where you’re coming from–I’m close in age to MK and I have a similar height and build, and having people tell me that I look twelve does get pretty tiresome–but I don’t really see any of that going on here. As mentioned, one other person mentioned her height and it appeared to be in a complimentary fashion. I think you’re taking offence where none was intended. Don’t stop reading the site because of some misinterpreted comments!
I don’t personally understand the appeal of significantly older partners at a young age, but she’s not CRAZY YOUNG and probably is far more mature/experienced than most 29-year-olds. So, like, good for them? They were together three years, so I suppose it works for them.
I’ve been side-eyeing her since all the weirdness when Health Ledger died. The demands for immunity. Lawyering up so fast. All a bit much when someone dies from “accidental drug overdose”. Not saying she supplied anything but I’d bet she knew who did.
I wonder if the full story will ever come out.
I never heard, but you piqued my interest, so I Googled. All I can say is Wow! No wonder she lives under such seclusion as if she didn’t before. And yes, more than just side-eyeing over here. I’m utterly flabberghast that she was allowed to slink away and stay quiet. I’d think the Feds would’ve chased her without mercy, but I guess if you’re a HW elitist, you can fiind a way to avoid responsibility.
There was likely no hard evidence left at her place after her private security stopped there. Remember, they were the first ones called!
I questioned this in the beginning because there was such a huge age difference, but I get it more now. I have been in love with a man 17 years my senior. (I’m not some stalker–he actually admitted he was in love with me long before the thought crossed my mind.) Other issues and barriers existed, but sometimes it just works. We were odd looking together as well. I’m black and he is a pale pasty bald white man. But he is the only person who made my heart happy. Translation: leave them alone!
It’s creepy, but congrats (?).
The creepy things about them can’t be attributed to their age difference, IMO. It’s still less than 20 years, which isn’t that uncommon.
I’m going to be the jerk today: This was a disaterous decision on her part.
He seems like a playboy who’s still acts like a frat boy.
She’s had a history of self distinctive behavior.
I bet he still has side peices and will continue to have them. And I think despite having his own money he will try to clean her out after the divorce.
I bet she knows about his side peices but would never say anything because she’s going to blame herself and compete them for his affection.
When this is over there’s going to be stories of him using her money to settle gambling debts and set up apartments for mistresses.
Ohhh you’re so right… French intrigue at its finest. I can see the movie now, Starts with bowls full of cigarettes…
He may be the sweetest, most loving man ever, but something about the Olsen twins just look and seem young. I think that’s always how I will view them (they are older than I am.lol) and because he looks like he could be her dad, or maybe Uncle… It it’s kinda side eye worthy, I suppose. But love is a beautiful thing so I will try to keep my eyes forward.
Wonder if Nicolas and Carla were invited.
I mean I can’t shade this reletionship I guess. Yes it looks creepy on the surface because of how much younger she looks, but she is 29. Age differences can get less creepy the older the younger party is, imo…Anna Nicole and her million year old husband not withstanding
Isn’t MK the one that found Heath Ledger or is that the other necromancer twin?
She didn’t find him, he was staying at her apartment, and the massage therapist (who was the one to find Ledger) called MK when she found him. And MK didn’t call an ambulance, she called her security guy!
Can we acknowledge that it doesn’t matter what age or size either of these individuals are, the pairing is creepy because it’s MK Olsen? She looks weird with Sarkozy, she looked weird with Katzenberg, she looked weird with Stavros Niarchos. At this point neither Olsen twin seems like a real person anymore.
I feel has though I should alert child services when I see them together.
I’m ashamed of myself that I’m creep out. She is successful and mature beyond her years, it’s natural that she seeks the same within her partner.