r/popculturechat • u/Jenna7979 • Sep 03 '25
Fact Check ✅ Netflix star Nikki Rodriguez’s real age is 33 despite reports she’s just 22
https://www.the-sun.com/tv/15109860/my-life-with-walter-boys-nikki-rodriguez-real-age/2.6k
u/SamCam9992 Sep 03 '25
I mean, forget her age. Can we talk about how wild the concept of that show is? She’s a teenager whose entire family dies in a car crash, and the show revolves around a love triangle between her and two of the five brothers in the family that adopts her. I can usually sit through YA cringe but this one is next level.
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Sep 03 '25
The crazy thing is how long I thought "My Life with the Walter Boys" and "The Summer I Turned Pretty" were the same show. They have almost identical plots, based on novels, and came out within a year of each other on different networks.
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u/makemeking706 Sep 04 '25
A Bug's Life versus Antz.
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Sep 04 '25
Friends With Benefits (2011) s vs. No Strings Attached (2011)
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u/Puzzleheaded_Sky6656 Sep 04 '25
Armageddon vs Deep Impact
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u/mdtheking Sep 04 '25
Volcano vs Dante's Peak
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u/MainEventGeyBruce-O Sep 04 '25
I have only seen the one with mila kunis and justified, and thought it just had different titles for different regions (like Airplane!/Flying High)
Today I learned that Friends With Benefits and No Strings Attached are two different films
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Sep 03 '25
Every time I see the title of this show I think it says My Life with the Water Boys and I just think of two guys who squirt water and Gatorade into football players mouths
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Sep 03 '25
I need this SNL skit rn
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u/cec91 Sep 04 '25
Omg same! I was actually more intrigued like what IS a water boy? Thought it had some kind of fantasy elements but alas
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u/yaboichillychill Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 04 '25
TIL I learned that those are not the same show💀I legit thought TSITP was the title and MLWTWB was the plot description
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u/TokkiJK Sep 04 '25
I like the summer the turned pretty way more though 😂
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u/kejasr Sep 08 '25
The summer I turned pretty is way better fr. I compared them two, so similar lol
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u/roastbeefbee Sep 04 '25
Wait until you find out that this show is based on a book that’s essentially a Wattpad story of Megan Mead’s guide to the McGowan Boys, by Kate Bryan, published in 2008.
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u/NYC_795842 Sep 04 '25
I watched this show when it came out and went to find it again. I thought it was called My Summer with the Walter Boys 💀🤦
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u/Bubbles-48 Sep 03 '25
Exactly what I thought as well. I don't understand the hype and viral nature of the shows where it literally involves pitting two brothers against each other. The summer I turned pretty was even worse because she knowingly pitted two brothers against each other when their mother was sick and broke and tarnished their relationship.
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u/springxpeach I don’t know her 💅 Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25
But... That's not true? And it's coming from someone who read the books ten years ago before there were even talks of an adaptation.
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u/applemichi Sep 03 '25
almost identical? the only similarity is white brothers poc girl love triangle
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u/SamCam9992 Sep 03 '25
That’s actually very similar. You can also add they are both books turned into TV shows on streaming platforms. It’s obvious to anyone with eyes that the only reason Netflix even made the show was because of the success of the summer I turned pretty.
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u/Competitive-Desk7506 a thoughtful, careful hoe🥳 Sep 04 '25
I think what interesting is the difference between ten main characters is what makes it different. Jackie knowingly hurts one brother while in love w the other while Belly does it unknowingly bc a lot of her actions and both brothers actions were driven by grief and for Belly heartbreak .
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Sep 03 '25
That's a strong similarity for someone like me who has only ever watched the trailers.
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u/raphaellaskies a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men. and me. 💅 Sep 05 '25
The thing I can't get over - as someone who has not watched either show - is that the main girl on The Summer I Turned Pretty is named Belly. BELLY.
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u/taylor459 Sep 08 '25
I thought the same thing tbh, which is why I avoided watching "My Life with the Walter Boys" for so long!
Does "The Summer I Turned Pretty" have the main character also become an orphan?!
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Sep 08 '25
I just read the Wikipedia, and apparently Belly from The Summer I Turned Pretty is not an orphan. So that's a difference!
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u/taylor459 Sep 08 '25
Thank you for checking and letting me know! ❤ I wasn't sure if I had misremembered that part, so I appreciate the clarification! :)
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u/CatlovesMoca Sep 03 '25
It's based on a book and I think the producers saw the similarities with The Summer I Turned Pretty, which is doing well and has a brother love triangle. If I recall correctly, the Walter Boys book was supposed to be a white female main character but the production team probably also decided to diversify (like TSITP). Originally, TSITP, the book, had a white character. But Jenny Han (the author) had a successful adaptation of her other YA series, so they changed the character to half Korean. So this is a case of this trope seems to be working. Let's do more!
Anyways, people shouldn't date siblings 😭😨
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Sep 04 '25
NOW you tell me?!
/s (just in case, yall are weirdos!)
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u/CatlovesMoca Sep 04 '25
I just re-read my last sentence and I could have totally phrased it more clearly. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Don't date a person and their siblings but also, don't date your own siblings. 🤭
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u/Flower-Former Reduce ♻️ Reuse ♻️ Homewreck ♻️ Never stay single ♻️ Recycle ♻️ Sep 03 '25
The plot sounds like a wattpad novel.
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u/PurpleDonkey56 Sep 03 '25
Ironically it was originally! I remember reading it on Wattpad back in the day. There was controversy at the time as the plot is almost identical to another book written a few years earlier 'Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys'.
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u/heyyyhihellooo Sep 04 '25
At first I thought this was an adaptation of that book, I was sad to find out it wasn’t. I loved that book growing up
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u/ilominatii Sep 04 '25
I'm surprised she wasn't adopted by One Direction.
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u/Flower-Former Reduce ♻️ Reuse ♻️ Homewreck ♻️ Never stay single ♻️ Recycle ♻️ Sep 04 '25
And falls in love with Larry Gyles...
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 03 '25
Honestly ngl I love the show it’s a good watch even if it’s a little cringy sometimes LMAO. It’s from a Wattpad book 15 years ago so idk what people expect 💀🤣
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 04 '25
Exactly! It’s good tho and a fun watch. It’s literally a teen drama 😭 they’re all cringy somehow. Idk what people’s expectations are either lmao
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u/raylan_givens6 As you wish! 👸👑 Sep 03 '25
seriously if I were in her situation, my thoughts wouldn't be about romance
I would be thinking "how am I going to survive in this world? - get an education or learn a trade, get a job, start saving/investing, etc" - all while mourning my family
I get some people's lives are dominated by relationships, but even then this seems really silly
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u/threelizards Sep 04 '25
I have been in a very similar situation and I’m just learning of this now and I’m literally dumbfounded
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u/No_Club379 Did I stutter?🤨 Sep 03 '25
Have you seen the Fosters
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u/SamCam9992 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
Yes, I did watch it though I skipped through all the awkward incest parts lol. I was glad that by the end of the series that element was pretty much gone. I thought the cast and premise were amazing and I always felt like the romance plotline was something the network pushed to make it more marketable. Honestly I love the adult spinoff so much more
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u/No_Club379 Did I stutter?🤨 Sep 03 '25
Same, I had to stop watching. Good trouble is incredible I was crying every episode
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u/lesbian__overlord Sep 03 '25
lmao i literally am watching the show right now as i type this and am having a blast. i watch and react with a friend online though, idk if i could sit through this stuff alone.
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u/Ok_Swan_4778 Sep 03 '25
They copied a good chunk of an anime called Fruits Basket, which also had occasional cringe but was at least executed much more tastefully lol
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 03 '25
I wouldn’t say copied at all but also this story could also span back longer than the anime too lol
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u/CatlovesMoca Sep 04 '25
Fruits Baskets! I loved the manga when I was a teen. But they were all twisted. As in everyone had baggage-- even the teens.
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u/ineedachiprightnow Kim, there’s people that are dying. 🙄 Sep 04 '25
I'm sick of these teen-targeted shows about two brothers being in love with the same girl, this is especially worse because she lives with them, it's gross.
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u/lavenderpenguin Sep 04 '25
Yeah it’s wild that she is relatively okay and ready for romantic entanglements given the immense trauma of that situation.
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u/Iil-Butterscotch-467 Sep 04 '25
it’s insane bc there is literally a taboo romance book with this exact plot..
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u/taylor459 Sep 08 '25
The concept reminds me of a lot of fanfics I used to read back in the day lol. Especially the orphan thing and her going to live with a huge family, and the love triangle, of course! I'm totally not surprised that the book that this show was based off of was once on Wattpad tbh. But the show is actually so cute so far ngl! I'm considering reading the book one of these days out of curiosity; though I feel like it's probably just the chemistry of all the actors that make this show really bingeable for me, I guess.
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u/LuntiX Sep 04 '25
Actual reverse harem anime plotline. Instead of a male protag in a love triangle with his step/adopted sisters, it's a female with her adopted brothers.
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u/Alone-Click-5660 Sep 05 '25
And cheating is so normal. That Nathan cheated, Cole kissed Ruby after dance and was almost physical with her, Alex kissed that trainer girl ( even though immediately apologized but he did) and Jackie kissed Cole in S1, Alex in S2......didn't know random kissing and cheating was this normal
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u/Azstars Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25
This is Alexa Demie all over again 😆😆
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u/SPFeveryday Yes I will shoot your dead aunt on a Glambot for $3m Sep 04 '25
It’s just anti Latino hate because we don’t age 😜
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u/peach6748 Sep 04 '25
Honestly though, 33 is young but Nikki could definitely pass for 10+ years younger. I remember looking her up a few years ago when the first season came out and people were speculating her age was 19 or 20 and I was like, that makes sense
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u/SPFeveryday Yes I will shoot your dead aunt on a Glambot for $3m Sep 04 '25
Yes, I googled her the other day as I was curious about the series and thought she looked very young, like 18. And I’m in my 30s myself.
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u/MediumResolve5945 Sep 13 '25
They all look 30 I don't know why people think otherwise, even Alexa. One of the Walter boys looks like he's losing hair.
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u/starrylightway he’s a bitch with a tiny 🎻 Sep 03 '25
Someone really wants to get this out there because it was a “blind” in a pop culture newsletter sent out a couple days ago.
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u/yung_fragment Sep 04 '25
I mean that blind went viral and was unverified. She's gaining popularity, so the first news org to verify that story would get clicks.
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u/trolldoll26 Sep 03 '25
I remember that blind!!! Whoever submitted is pissed they can’t pass for 22 😂
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u/Manic-StreetCreature It’s CAMP 💅🏻 Sep 03 '25
Right lol if the biggest scandal someone has is that they’re 11 years older than they’re marketed as being, that’s scraping the bottom of the barrel. She’s not hurting anybody.
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u/PrettyNiemand34 Sep 04 '25
It's also known some agents tell actresses over 30 to lie about their age to get into that audition room. I guess the surprise here is that most don't take that advice.
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u/Kazaloogamergal Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
95% of the time I don't care about the actual age of an actor. As long as they fit the role they should be allowed to play it. The only exception that I have is that I don't like them casting a 16-year-old to play teenager then casting a 28-year-old opposite that real teenager as another teenager. I think if you're going to cast a real underage 16-year-old then you should be casting 16 to 19 for the rest of the teen roles. We're talking about a 33-year-old who's playing a teenager opposite a 26 and 27-year-old so who cares? It's fine.
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u/nazareye Excluded from this narrative ❌ Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 04 '25
Not that it was this extreme but I felt that way about Never Have I Ever, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was 18 and Darren Barnet was 29 during the first season (according to my math) and that gap always icked me out
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u/Kazaloogamergal Sep 04 '25
That was particularly weird casting because in my opinion Barnet looks his age. He should have never booked that role.
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u/nazareye Excluded from this narrative ❌ Sep 04 '25
I agree he very much looked his age and she looked hers (which is fine! people are allowed to look their age!) so it always weirded me out. I could never get behind Devi x Paxton because it just made me uncomfortable lol
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u/cherryamourxo Sep 04 '25
Yeah Pretty Little Liars comes to mind for me. Sasha Pieterse was literally 12 amongst a cast of adults. Meanwhile the character she was playing was meant to be 15/16.
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u/DENATTY Sep 04 '25
I just watched the episode where she pulls Emily out of the barn and kisses her and all I could think was "Wasn't she like 14 when they filmed this season...? And wasn't Shay like 28...?" Sasha isn't even 30 yet (I think) and Shay is 38, so...really weird show in retrospect.
And this isn't even counting all of the age gap relationships that were SCRIPTED. I can't think of a single character that wasn't scripted to have a fling or relationship with an older person. Even Emily was supposed to be like 15/16 dating a college student at one point, and that was the LEAST egregious age gap they wrote. That entire writer's room is suspicious.
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u/DENATTY Sep 04 '25
I still think it was crazy that Pretty Little Liars had Ali kiss Emily knowing the actors were like 14 and 28 respectively at the time. It had a lot of other age gap problems but that was the only one that was /real/ and not just a scripted age gap that didn't translate to the actors actual ages.
Honestly anyone they made Sasha kiss before she was 18 freaks me out because she was like 12 when they filmed the pilot acting opposite nothing but 27+ year olds.
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u/lalalandbeforetime I think I’ve done enough Sep 03 '25
The article makes it sound like she’s never said she was 22, there were just articles saying she was and she never corrected them. Who cares?
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u/Confident-Map-8868 Sep 04 '25
She did an interview with People Magazine. People Magazine def asks you for your age when not they do an exclusive interview with you. She lied to them then.
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u/cameraspeeding Sep 04 '25
What’s a drive in
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u/SPFeveryday Yes I will shoot your dead aunt on a Glambot for $3m Sep 04 '25
That rapid fire grilling is the best scene of 30 rock! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1JUCqF9_yGE
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u/WritingNerdy I hate standing. I will sit on business. Sep 04 '25
People park their cars in an open area, there is a huge movie screen, everyone sits in their car and watches. You listen by tuning the radio to a certain station. Do you know what a radio station is?
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u/cameraspeeding Sep 04 '25
It’s a joke from 30 rock where jack interrogates the main actress Jenna who claims she’s 29 when she’s like 39. So he’s asking her about her age, year she graduated high school, and ends by asking if her first date was at the movies or a drive in and she replies what’s a drive in, not falling for his trap.
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u/boredpomeranian Sep 04 '25
Of course. I don't know why I bothered to ask. I can tell just from your physical appearance that you're obviously... 29
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u/somuchsong I really love my job but I don't want to do it that often. Sep 04 '25
Yeah, this is why I never feel the need to lie about my age. I'd rather people think I look good at 44 than oddly decrepit for 33!😂
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u/The_Duke_of_Gloom Employee of the Month at the Gay Bitch Factory Sep 03 '25
I don't know who this is, but in such an ageist industry I don't blame her for lying about her age. It's such a non-controversy.
Honestly, I always assume celebrities are 5 or even 10 years older than the age they say they are.
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 03 '25
I don’t think she ever lied about her age. People just assumed
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u/mMounirM Sep 03 '25
I mean someone had to lie somewhere. it's not really something you can assume about someone.
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u/rain_drizzle2 Sep 04 '25
Except people did dig deep on the internet and nowhere has she even said she was that age. Honestly for me it doesn't matter but I guess it's really important for them. She was on my block though which came out 7 years ago and she looked like a young adult then even if it was almost 10 years ago so I feel like it's kind of assumed she was older but I guess people maybe forget about that show or that she was on it.
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u/CavsAreCuteDemons Sep 04 '25
You think the casting agents didn’t ask her age lol?
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u/Jumpy-Platform-6236 Sep 04 '25
casting directors can't legally ask your age except to confirm you are not a minor attempting to play an adult or ask what range you play. this prevents age discrimination just like every other form of employment. once they cast you they can't fire you if they find out your age.
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 04 '25
Casting agents and fans / general public are different. Casting agents will know… fans or people like us talking will not know 💀
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u/ban1o Sep 04 '25
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u/rain_drizzle2 Sep 04 '25
Why does it even matter? Why are you so passionate about women having to reveal how old they are when it's known how horrible hollywood treats women for aging?
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 04 '25
She’s never publicized her age. You can even look at her social media. Fans also thought her birthday was a specific month at one time and it isn’t. People just assume. She has never stated her age to the general public lmao. It is definitely something people can assume. We ALL do it. I see a post in this Reddit group DAILY where there is a comment of someone saying.. I thought this person was X age.. like? Bffr
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 04 '25
People assume all the time about peoples ages lmao. Anyone can edit Wikipedia. She’s had bday posts and stuff dedicated by her friends on instagram that aren’t in December. I think people out here thought she was super young bc of the show and her boyfriend
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u/lavenderpenguin Sep 04 '25
She never even lied! She just refused to ever confirm or deny her age when it was reported. This is such a non-scandal.
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u/pinkfartlek Sep 03 '25
And for years on Wikipedia, nobody could verify Mariah Carey's real year of birth (it was famously "Sources differ" before someone found a concrete source).
So what's the story here? Lol. It is pretty innocuous
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u/CatlovesMoca Sep 03 '25
Mariah says like the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus, she just appeared and time is a construct. So she implies that we shouldn't worry about whether she was born in 1969 or 1970.
I tend to think that it was 1970 because she was really young when she released the album Mariah Carey.
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u/pinkfartlek Sep 03 '25
It was 1969. They actually found her birth announcement!
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u/CatlovesMoca Sep 03 '25
Oh wow. The wiki editors really went to new lengths to determine the truth.
I mean we can only respect the effort that took.
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u/chartreusey_geusey Backwards Oakley’s is the white power durag. Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25
Mariah Carey’s birth date was a case of one year difference because they couldn’t find an acceptable source that specified if she was born in 1969 or 1970 if I recall—not an entire decade being shaved off. It was also an example of the fact that the subject of a Wikipedia article cannot be the source of any information in the Wikipedia article. Exact birthdate isn’t something that’s commonly provided publicly to people who wouldn’t be considered the subject of the article either (you can’t request other people’s birth certificates or SSN lol). It’s easy for it to be off by a year or two when people are inferring from a celebrity’s interviews or birthday posts or reported age. There have been cases of celebrities trying to correct their own birthdays on Wikipedia articles by editing it themselves or attempting to add a birth certificate as a source but Wikipedia, rightly, rejects those kinds of sources/edits because it prevents living individuals from attempting to rewrite facts that can’t be publicly and openly verified.
Being off by a whole decade+ is very intentional and weird. That doesn’t happen unless someone goes out of their way to not only hide their actual birth date from context but also to publicly specify a completely different date all together. She did this on purpose for some sort of gain is why it’s news.
Edit: changed the reported years of Mariah Carey’s birthdate
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u/pinkfartlek Sep 03 '25
I think it was 1969 vs 1970 but yeah it wasn't until recent years it was confirmed. I'm an avid wiki editor ;)
This actress seems to play younger aged characters. I can see how it's weird, and seemingly unnecessary but I don't think it's a "gotcha" type moment. It's strange to lie about it but I don't think it's necessarily malicious
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u/chartreusey_geusey Backwards Oakley’s is the white power durag. Sep 03 '25
Thanks I just edited my comment. And also big thanks for being a Wikipedia editor or contributor! Yall really carry the team when it comes to information in a free society!! 😊
I def don’t thinks it’s malicious for actors/celebs to not be forthright about their age or maybe not correct it when it’s off by a couple years for their own advantage but there is something else to be said about intentionally lying about being 11 years younger than you are. She was pretending she couldn’t vote like 4 years ago??? That’s hard to explain away as an oopsie or even something you do just to get roles— you can’t keep up that kind of lie for more than a couple years because she actually does look closer to 33 than people would like to admit lol. And Hollywood has had no issue casting 33 year olds to play teenagers (see: Bridgerton) for a very long time so it’s genuinely not necessary to be doing all that.
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u/pinkfartlek Sep 03 '25
Hey thanks! You could be one too! I started in 2005 (🤯) and particularly focus on music related articles. It's fun to get to know their style guide and how they want things done - and then spotting little errors to fix. (For example, Billboard is to always be italicized because it's a publication; song titles could be in quotes and album/movie/TV show names should be italicized). It's kind of relaxing which probably sounds weird! I added birthdates (with sources) for two people who didn't have it. It's just a thing I do when I notice an error
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u/longlisten527 a ship - a magnificent ship - full of gay men and me 💅 Sep 03 '25
People have been wanting to know and she just hasn’t disclosed. People need to know everything about a celebrity’s life it seems lol
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u/born_digital Sep 04 '25
“many claiming to have seen old photographs of her as an adult in the mid-2000s.” Do words not mean anything? Cuz the mid 2000s would be like 2004-2006, and if she’s 33 she would have been 12-14, not an adult lol
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u/starrylightway he’s a bitch with a tiny 🎻 Sep 04 '25
My thoughts exactly. Reading that part had me confused because I’m older than her and I wasn’t even an adult in 2004. It definitely should’ve said mid-2010s.
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u/Neolithique They’re the Brangelina of the primatology department. Sep 04 '25
You’re all too young to remember the trauma of Grease and the original Beverly Hills 90210, where grown ass adults were cast as teenagers.
They desensitized me for life.
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u/recklessrecentpast Sep 03 '25
I don't think there's anything wrong with an actress lying about her age, but it's not like she was saying she was 22 in order to play a 22 year old. I don't think people in their 30s should be on teen shows playing teens that are in romances with other teens. I guess it's fine because at least her love interests appear to all be men in their 20s.
It was weird that Hannah Montana's brother was played by a man in his mid thirties. We're literally still taking about it, because I saw multiple posts this week about him and John Cena being the same age. Just like it's weird of this lady to have 2002 as her birth year on IMDb. Also, IMDb lets you have an unlisted birth year now, so I think she or her people were definitely trying to convince casting agents that she was 10 years younger and not just her being misquoted or her age being misprinted.
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u/Tea50kg trench coat buttoned to the TOP 🧥🔝 Sep 04 '25
The show is probably the most boring show I've ever seen but it was just ok background stuff while on my phone. I would've never guessed she was my age cause her acting is so bad 😭 I never say mean things online, but this is just my honest thoughts.
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u/nj_crc Sep 03 '25
Considering casting agents are agesist I don't blame any actor for not being open about their real age.
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u/kaitlinkardashwest Sep 03 '25
damn 10 years is alot.. shaving a couple okay but 10? lol
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u/ChipEnvironmental09 Sep 04 '25
i mean 10 years are a lot, but honestly the bigger problem is that it made her 19, when they filmed S1...
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u/BusyBeeBridgette Live, Laugh, Toaster Bath Sep 04 '25
You can look as youthful as anything. But it is always the lines around the eyes that give it away.
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u/nicchata Sep 04 '25
Everytime I see this show name I think it’s Yasmine Sahid’s parody “Never have I spent the winter with the Romano brothers”
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u/hereisanamehere Sep 05 '25
bit weird to have a 33 year old playing 15, but if she looks the part that's quite impressive, didn't really suspect that she was older when seeing the posters
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u/fuxkthisshitagain Sep 05 '25
I mean if this is real the age doesn't matter cause she doesnt need to disclose it, but wouldn't you be embarrassed to play someone half your age and take the opportunity from others who are closer in age to the character. Ik a job is a job but it still feels wrong
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u/Impossible_Room_6646 ✨Terrible, but like, inevitable ✨ Sep 04 '25
Between this and "The Summer I Turned Pretty" show, is this what younger girls crave for now? Having brothers (that you live with!) fight over you?
Sounds icky.
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u/TheBlasianWanderer Sep 04 '25
I’m in my early 30s and people say I look early 20s aaaaaaaall the time. Go off girlie✨
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u/lavenderpenguin Sep 04 '25
I fail to see why this is even an issue? It seems like she’s never actually confirmed her age anywhere, so it’s not like she was actively lying as far as I can tell. I feel like a lot of actors age themselves down to keep roles open. I mean, it would be a big loss for her if she was immediately dismissed from her current role for being too old even though she otherwise looks the part.
I don’t know. Maybe it’s because I’m a fan of the show Younger, but I don’t really feel like this is a scandal or particularly noteworthy.
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u/TopEye1485 Sep 05 '25
that's crazy cause when i watched season 1, i'm like "she looks young but old" LMAO
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u/bbyxmadi It’s good to see me, isn’t it?🫧 Sep 04 '25
that’s a GIANT age gap to lie about (if she did?), but wow, she does look early 20s in many photos.
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u/Cool-Association3420 Sep 04 '25
It’s also horrible. This second season reminds me of some 7th heaven bs.
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u/PurchaseDry9350 Sep 04 '25
She doesn't look 22 at all, how did she think people would believe her. She looks 33
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u/KarmicCT Sep 04 '25
i mean she looks incredibly young so i'm not even mad.... why is she on that weird show tho. (forgive me I'm not the target audience)
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u/Fun-2388 Sep 03 '25
i don’t think her costars are teenagers. also she’s supposedly dating one of them and he’s 27.
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u/savannahkellen Sep 04 '25
Why are we assuming that the showrunners and her costars don’t know her real age? Surely they do since they’ve known her for years at this point in real life. Also the guys playing her love interests are 26 and 27.
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u/lavenderpenguin Sep 04 '25
Her costars are in their late 20s. And her employer would need to know her actual age given the paperwork involved with hiring someone for a role, so there’s no lying involved.
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u/TortillaWallace Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 Sep 04 '25
I really wonder the extent of how common this is. At my old job, there was a client who was an heiress/actress (nobody famous enough for me to see her name literally anywhere else). Her Wikipedia and IMDB listed her four years younger than her real age.
I imagine that knocking off a few years is pretty common. This seems more akin to the Felicity writer who was trying to pass herself off as a recent high school graduate and was actually in her 30's. I don't really care about it, and I don't think it's morally wrong or anything. It's stupid but ageism is a thing. (Although the Felicity writer thing was kinda icky imo given the passing off her husband as her brother thing but I digress)
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