David Spade is a complete enigma to me. I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that he’s douchebag but I honestly don’t know where I’ve gotten that. I find him charming in interviews, I like his stand-up and while digging around on our site, most of the stories about him were nice. In addition, he is not the typical Hollywood heartthrob but he has dated people like Heather Locklear, Lara Flynn Boyle, Nicolette Sheridan and Naya Rivera. So, when I read the headline about David dating women so young they don’t know who Led Zeppelin is, I was all set to pounce on him. But then I watched the interview and he was funny and charismatic enough that now I want to download his book. David is promoting his new audiobook, A Polaroid Guy in a Snapchat World, which deals with David’s current dating life, supposedly. I’m not saying David isn’t dating much younger women – I mean Naya Rivera is 20+ years his junior – but the book is comedy and I don’t doubt he’s exaggerating certain content for entertainment. While promoting the book on Ellen Degeneres’ talk show, David said occasionally the age gap can lead to awkward conversations such as, “Like, you’re out, and you hear a Led Zeppelin song, and their face is blank. I’m like, ‘You don’t know who Led Zeppelin is?’ They’re like, ‘Dude, I don’t know who Maroon 5 is. I’m young, and you’re old, is there a problem?’” Again, when you hear him say it, it’s much funnier than it reads:
I’m also laughing at this because The Mister and I discussed this the other night and I said I would not be able to date anyone who couldn’t reference the TV show M*A*S*H from memory. The Mister suggested maybe I shouldn’t be dating at all while we were married, and I can see his point but still, I think it’s important to have some rules in place, just in case. David goes on to talk about how being rejected on text differs from being rejected by dial-up phones and how his car is woefully inadequate for today’s technology. Again, most of what he said is for comedic value. Sure, his dates can’t reference Ramble On but at least he sees the humor in the age discrepancy. If he can put up with a blank stare from across the table when he explains what a typewriter is, all power to him. Although I suspect the joke is on him. Maybe all the young women he dates are really just hoping he can introduce them to his sister-in-law Kate.
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