Dennis Quaid isn't letting any backlash surrounding the 39-year age gap between he and his fiancée Laura Savoie get him down.
Dennis Quaid isn't letting any backlash surrounding the 39-year age gap between he and his fiancée Laura Savoie get him down.
And no, he doesn't really care.
His engagement to the 26-year-old PhD student comes about a year after he had split from his longtime girlfriend Santa Auzina.
She was his wife for 12 years before they got divorced in 2016.
They were together for 10 years and even have a 27-year-old son named Jack!
The proposal had taken place in October while they were vacationing in Hawaii.
It led to a lot of tweets like this one.
"That was really a laugh," the 65-year-old actor said. "I thought it was wonderful, actually."
"No, it really doesn't bother us. Everyone comes from the perspective of their own life and so I can't comment on the way they feel; I can't even get angry."
He then explained how the pair met.
"I met her at a business event and then the relationship developed," he explained.
"But I can't let what a few people think control all that. I've been married three times and this is the final one, I know it is. I feel like I have a real partner in life."
It belongs to none other than Elaine Hendrix, the actress who played Quaid's almost-wife in The Parent Trap.
And get this: Quaid even has 11-year-old twins in real life with his third wife.
"In fact, that very day, we went to the Staglin Family Vineyard, where we filmed The Parent Trap, I hadn't been there since 1996."
When asked if he would actually get married there, he replied, "Well, wouldn't you? For sure!"
By our calculations, this would mean a summer or early fall wedding!
We'll have to wait and see if Lindsay Lohan or Elaine Hendrix nab an invite!