Casper Smart Says His Love For Jennifer Lopez Defies Age

UPDATE-Casper Smart, 24, and Jennifer Lopez, 42, isn’t the first relationship between an older woman and a younger man and it certainly won’t be the last. Which may explain why Casper insists on defending his love for JLo and putting the naysayers in their place for questioning the authenticity of their love.

“Age, status, n opinions of others are irrelevant. Our hearts are endless and our souls infinite. Our ages are mere reminders of the hours logged on this earth and the precious time remaining.”

Casper, who was first seen vacationing with his then-employer Jennifer in Hawaii during Thanksgiving, is usually seen and not heard. Not even a peep from him when his drag racing incident resulted in probation.

He seemed to tweet the messages out of the blue, but shortly after his tweets, Lopez retweeted. To which Casper followed up with: “We should all honor our time here by indulging our passion and dreams. So, close your ears and open your hearts; Love and be happy!”

Earlier this month, Jennifer’s estranged husband Marc Anthony took to Twitter to gush about his new love interest, 24-year-old Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima.

“To @Shadelima, my statue of liberty. Kisses, baby.”

Is this a competition between the stars and their younger love interests?

The American Idol jude and Marc Anthony reunited at the Television Critics Association winter press tour to promote their new reality show, “Q’Viva! The Chosen,” the two were hand in hand. After weeks of sordid headlines, the parents of twins, Emme and Max, seem to have put on a united front.

“Working together has been great,” Lopez said about working with Anthony. “We have a ball.”

“We have a great time working together,” Anthony followed up.

We don’t think the superstars love interests have anything to worry about, they seem to be happy with their significant others.

What do you think of Jennifer and Casper together – would you date a much younger man post divorce?

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