Charlize Theron has always liked to keep her personal life private in the past, but through recent interviews, the Oscar winning actress has opened up about her romantic history and even her s*x life.
At 49, Theron made headlines recently for discussing a one night stand with a 26 year old. She stated that she feels more comfortable in her s*xuality and independence than she ever did in her youth.
Discussing on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Charlize Theron revealed that she has only experienced three one night stands in her life. However, her most recent experience left a lasting positive impression.
"I’ve probably had three one-night stands in my entire life... But I did just recently f–k a 26-year-old and it was really f–king amazing. And I’ve never done that. I was like, 'Oh, this is great. OK,'" she said.
“I’ve never done that,” she said of dating someone so much younger in the past. The actress looked back at how she is now having a better s*x life than in her 20s and 30s, having a greater confidence to focus on pleasure.
"We should be the ones that are like f–k you. I’m going to have an org*sm," Theron remarked.
Aside from her evolving views on dating and s*x, Charlize Theron has also enjoyed a few high-profile relationships in her years in the spotlight. Her dating roster includes movie stars and musicians from Hollywood, though she has always made her desire to keep her personal life private.
In 1994, she had a highly publicized relationship with fellow actor Craig Bierko. They were linked from 1995 to 1997, when a young Theron was just starting to build her acting resume. Not long after, she was in a relationship with Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins. According to Us Weekly, they dated until 2001 and Jenkins later confessed that some of his songs were fueled by their split.
A look into Charlize Theron's other relationships and rumors
Charlize Theron’s longest relationship was with Irish actor Stuart Townsend, whom she met on set of the 2002 film, Trapped. They were supposedly together for almost a decade and even called each other husband and wife, though they never married. They parted ways eventually.
Theron started dating American actor Sean Penn in 2013, and the two dated publicly until 2015. The couple was rumored to have been engaged, but Theron later said that they were never headed in that direction.
"No, we dated, that was literally all we did, we dated. It was a relationship, for sure. We were definitely exclusive, but it was for barely a year," she told Howard Stern in a 2020 interview.
According to Us Weekly, Theron was reported to be casually dating male model Gabriel Aubry in 2017, but she publicly denied the rumors. In 2023, her name was linked with model Alex Dimitrijevic. Friends close to the two remarked on how easy and connected the relationship seemed, with some wondering whether it was one that would stick.
Charlize Theron has also tried more modernized dating apps, like the celebrity app Raya, but that hasn’t supposedly gone too well. She called the experience a “clown show,” denouncing the insincere profiles she saw.
"The apps are just horrible. It’s not hard, it’s a f–king clown show. I’m sorry, guys, but please. Like, no," she said during her recent podacst interview.
Despite the trials and tribulations of her love life, Charlize Theron insists that she is happy where she is. An adoptive mother to her two daughters, Jackson and August, she has repeatedly said that her children and her personal life comes first.
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