Let’s make this awkward but fun. When Amanda was doing her first soap opera role in the late 1980s, Chris was negative three years old. He didn’t exist. He was a twinkle in some record executive’s eye. And when she was on the cover of Loaded magazine in 1997, Chris was still in primary school, probably wearing a backpack shaped like Pikachu.
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But here’s the twist: they’ve been together since 2008. That’s 16 years. They got married in 2008, when Chris was 26 and Amanda was 46. So, technically, she’s been married to a man who could have been her undergraduate student for over a decade. She’s not just a cougar; she’s a long-term investment in youth.
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Amanda once joked that she has to explain old-school references like “Molly Ringwald” to him, and he has to teach her about TikTok dances. They have two daughters together, Lexi (18) and Hollie (12). Imagine the family conversations: “When I was your age, we didn’t have Snapchat.” “Mum, you didn’t have the internet.” “I had a map, Chris. A folded map.” It’s a comedy sketch waiting to happen.
And let’s not forget the age of her husband compared to her kids. Lexi is 18, and Chris is 32. That’s a difference of only 14 years between stepdad and stepdaughter. They can legally hang out at the same bar, and nobody would blink. Picture them ordering cocktails together: “One for me, and one for my… uh… co-parent?” It’s less a family and more a confusing sitcom.
Amanda Holden poses for a rare snap with husband Chris Hughes as they
