I love me some Ellen Barkin but her connection to the kid's dad before he was even born kinda skeeves me out. Word is they're possibly engaged. I'm not buying they met for the first time 4 years ago either. What do you think?

Barry Levinson directed Ellen Barkin in her breakout role, 'Diner,' nearly thirty years ago, but for the past couple of years she's had a drastically different connection with the famed filmmaker: she's dating his young son.

Well, according to Page Six that is, whose multiple sources say the 57-year-old Emmy winner and writer Sam Levinson, 26, are not only an item but have actually been living together for two years.

"They go out, they're photographed together, they don't keep it secret," said one source (indeed, we easily found the photo at right of them, shot in January). Another calls the May-December romance "the worst-kept secret in New York."

Barkin's rep said the star does not comment on her personal life.

Her lush film career started in 1982's 'Diner.' Sam Levinson was three years from even existing when his famous dad directed the actress in the Baltimore-based nostalgia-fest. She's had other major roles in 'The Big Easy,' 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Ocean's Thirteen,' among others.
Barkin met the younger Levinson a few years ago after he sent her a script to his film, 'Another Happy Day,' which debuted at Sundance this year. He described getting her on board to star in the film in an interview with Speakeasy in February.

"She called me three hours later and said, 'I'm not Julia Roberts so it's not going to be an easy road, but I'm in it with you. Let's do it.' From that point on, she led the charge," he said, without mentioning anything about dating the older actress.

Barkin showed the New York Times Magazine around her apartment in NYC's West Village for a profile in April, but made no mention of having a live-in boyfriend there. She has been married twice, first to Irish actor Gabriel Byrnes, with whom she has two children, and later billionaire investor Ronald Perelman.

Barkin is currently up for a Tony Award for her role in 'The Normal Heart.'

Dayum.

She looks bad in that pic too.

Although, the age difference is odd IMO I could let them make it IF she did not know his father so well and likely knew him as a kid. That's kinda disconcerting to me. There's another celeb who married their friend's kid but I can't recall who right now. That's just weird to me.

I'm not mad at her, though I don't see me doing it but who knows. Now if she was never personal with his father then the creepiness factor does drop a bit. But thinking about one of my friends hooking up with my son or daughter, I think I'd want to stone them.

I don't know the history but ...is it just that his father directed her first film 30 years ago? Just because he directed her in a film doesn't mean she was life long friends with him after that.

If she knew the boy growing up....ok, that is WEIRD. BUT and that's a big BUT if she didn't.

good for her!

morningsong said:

I'm not mad at her, though I don't see me doing it but who knows. Now if she was never personal with his father then the creepiness factor does drop a bit. But thinking about one of my friends hooking up with my son or daughter, I think I'd want to stone them.

To me, it doesn't matter how close they were. They've remained in touch over the years and I've seen them do interviews since then. I dunno, with ALLL the 22 year olds in the world (that's how old he was when they started dating) why you gotta go after the kid of a colleague?

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Well, I don't predict it'll last, but if they are into it, hey, why not?

Ashton Kutcher (younger) and Demi Moore (older).

It is ok for a man to date a younger woman but it's not ok for a younger man to date an older woman?

Shit I say good 4 her!!!

Whether he's "Mr. Right" or "Mr. Right Now", do yo thang Ellen!!

luv4u said:

Ashton Kutcher (younger) and Demi Moore (older).

It is ok for a man to date a younger woman but it's not ok for a younger man to date an older woman?

Where did I say it wasnt? I clearly said that part doesnt really bother me. Even tho a 31 year age difference is kinda odd regardless if the man OR the woman is the older person. Ashton and Demi are only 15 years apart. Big difference. My point is that this isn't some random younger guy. She has an established relationship with his father and may have known him as a kid. That to me is weird.

As Shorty mentioned...

its OK if you don't know a kid growing up and I think its skeevy if a women aims at the son of a friend. Creepy...

Otherwise... if this young man approached her in a position as a adult and she only knew him as an adult then its not so bad I think.

But really... what does a 20 something year old man and a 50 something year old woman share in common other than sex? Generation gap and experience be damned if a woman is controlling, then this is a way to go I guess.

My final thought.. eww.

I mean in her hey day, she was a beautiful woman but in that pic above, both of them are fugly. I do find it distasteful that out of all the 20-something men in the world, she had to choose the one who was the son of a collegue, which there is a good chance she knew this kid or at least met him back in the day. That to me is kind of sick.

I don't see what's wrong with it, if they are both happy with eachother.

Makes me feel less guilty about some agegaps I encountered

I'm not mad at this at all. I love me some older women too. I bet she's a freak...

Tittypants said:

I love me some older women too.

Tittypants said:

I'm not mad at this at all. I love me some older women too. I bet she's a freak...

Ain't nuthin' wrong with that. Go get that young stuff Ellen!

he looks cazy as hell in that photo.

I didn't think much of it til I saw the pic . She know she look like that boy's mama

dJJ said:

Tittypants said:

I love me some older women too.

Yeah Baby! It's true....

Tittypants said:

I'm not mad at this at all. I love me some older women too. I bet she's a freak...

Apparently, so does this dog...

Evvy said:

he looks cazy as hell in that photo.

Like he finna chop her up and put her in the fridge in jars or some shit.

Ottensen said:

I didn't think much of it til I saw the pic . She know she look like that boy's mama

Love knows now age difference. 57-year-old Ellen Barkin proposed to her 26-year-old boyfriend Sam Levinson to marry her.

Apparently he said yes and they are planning to get married next year. "Ellen is madly in love with Sam and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. She proposed marriage while they were walking on the beach on late afternoon in August. Sam did't skip a beat before accepting", one source revealed for The Enquirer. More than that, they are considering adopting a baby.
The two started dating four years ago.
Previously, Ellen was married to billionaire businessman Ron Perelman and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne. She has two children (son Jack, 21, and daughter Romy, 18) with her last husband.

Okay I'm on a new level of ewww with this. He's a few years older than her own son.

You'd think after her fiasco with Perelman she wouldn't want no parts of marriage. Oh well, if she really wants to spend "the rest of life" with him youngsta won't be on the hook THAT long.

SCNDLS said:

Although, the age difference is odd IMO I could let them make it IF she did not know his father so well and likely knew him as a kid. That's kinda disconcerting to me. There's another celeb who married their friend's kid but I can't recall who right now. That's just weird to me.

Its beyond weird. Hell the age difference alone is

What I wanna know is where is this dude's momma? How the hell you gonna date somebody the same age as your parent or potentially older? Sorry but that's just gross. Aint enough cosmetic surgery/money in the world

SCNDLS said:

Okay I'm on a new level of ewww with this. He's a few years older than her own son.

You'd think after her fiasco with Perelman she wouldn't want no parts of marriage. Oh well, if she really wants to spend "the rest of life" with him youngsta won't be on the hook THAT long.

This is all Cher's fault!

SCNDLS said:

Ottensen said:

I didn't think much of it til I saw the pic . She know she look like that boy's mama

Love knows now age difference. 57-year-old Ellen Barkin proposed to her 26-year-old boyfriend Sam Levinson to marry her.

Apparently he said yes and they are planning to get married next year. "Ellen is madly in love with Sam and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. She proposed marriage while they were walking on the beach on late afternoon in August. Sam did't skip a beat before accepting", one source revealed for The Enquirer. More than that, they are considering adopting a baby.
The two started dating four years ago.
Previously, Ellen was married to billionaire businessman Ron Perelman and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne. She has two children (son Jack, 21, and daughter Romy, 18) with her last husband.

if this were a woody allen project, sam would end up with barkin's daughter romy in a true love mix up.

HotGritz said:

SCNDLS said:

Okay I'm on a new level of ewww with this. He's a few years older than her own son.

You'd think after her fiasco with Perelman she wouldn't want no parts of marriage. Oh well, if she really wants to spend "the rest of life" with him youngsta won't be on the hook THAT long.

This is all Cher's fault!

Speaking of . . . I went to a party in BH earlier this year. And one of the ladies was dating this cute Italian dude. Somebody introduced us and when he walked away my friend told me, "That's Cher's ex Rob Camiletti." I was like, "Bagel Boy?!" Damn, almost 20 years later and you're STILL known as Cher's ex and trolling for old cooch in BH.

Didn't Perelman kick her ass out of his NY apartment? I mean harsh too. I seem to recall stories that he had the help pack up her belongings for her and she was escorted out of the building.

HotGritz said:

Didn't Perelman kick her ass out of his NY apartment? I mean harsh too. I seem to recall stories that he had the help pack up her belongings for her and she was escorted out of the building.

He did a BUNCH of foul ass shit. You remember in Sex and the City when they went to that jewelry auction some chick was having to sell everything her ex gave her? That was based on Ellen and Ron. I was like, "No they di'int!"

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SCNDLS said:

HotGritz said:

Didn't Perelman kick her ass out of his NY apartment? I mean harsh too. I seem to recall stories that he had the help pack up her belongings for her and she was escorted out of the building.

He did a BUNCH of foul ass shit. You remember in Sex and the City when they went to that jewelry auction some chick was having that was based on Ellen and Ron. I was like, "No they di'int!"

No way!!!!!! That's one of my fav scenes. Had no idea is was based on Ron and Ellen. Man she surely got played.

I've also heard rumors that Ellen is pretty good in the sack which is why she keeps snagging all these men who really have no reason to give her the time of day. What I mean is...she's not the youngest nor prettiest thing on the block and since your average man don't give two shits about a woman's intelligence (outside of breeding), Ellen must be packin' kryptonite in her cooch.