The Ick Factor a.k.a Why these Celebrity Couplings weird me out

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hayden Panitierre and Milo Ventimiglia
- Co-stars on HEROES

Why it’s weird?
- On the show she plays his high school niece, the illegitimate daughter of his older brother
- In real life, she’s 18 and he’s 30ish.
- It’s more than just the age gap. It’s the fact that they’re seen together smooching in public. It makes the thought of it all too unsettling.

Dave Anabelle and Emily Van Camp
- Co-stars on BROTHERS & SISTERS

Why it’s weird?
- On the show, they share the same father, they’re literally Brothers & Sisters.
- In real life, they are rumored to be dating but no one has come out to confirm it.
- But they have this undeniable sexual chemistry on screen, so much so that writers of the series may actually alter their storyline and surprise all of Brothers & Sisters fans with it. Hint: one of them is really not their father’s child.

Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter
- Co-stars on DEXTER

Why it’s weird? 
- On the show, they are foster siblings who rely on each other since losing their parents.
- In real life, they have supposedly been dating since January and was recently seen on a romantic dinner together
- Isn’t Michael just recently divorced? He’s moving on now?

Do you know of other celebrity couples who cannot actually be together in the TV world they live in?