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Recent trending celebrity headlines are going wild about Demi Moore being encouraged by Jennifer Aniston to try online dating. This story is leaking more incidences about celebrities who have used online dating as early as 2006. Hollywood stars who have admitted to searching for love online include Joan Rivers, Chace Crawford, and Rivers Cuomo, to name a few. If these Hollywood hotties are actually on sites like Ok Cupid, that means John Doe on Match.com who breaks all of the traditional online dating profile rules by not posting a photo or disclosing details about his personal life might actually be Zac Efron or some other famous bachelor looking for love. Or he could turn out to be a psycho impersonator. Would you break every online dating rule pertaining to safety and honesty to literally go on a blind date with a supposed celebrity? Let’s take a look at a few celebrities who have claimed to use online dating.
Carrie-Ann Inaba, Dancing with the Stars judge, told Access Hollywood that she met her fiancé Jesse Sloan on eHarmony. She reportedly had a minimalist dating profile that excluded photos and any personal details; she simply stated what she was searching for in a relationship. The romantic is you is probably saying, “wow! That means her fiancé must truly love her since they met before he knew she was famous!” Meanwhile, the rest of you are thinking, “what an idiot! With all of these online dating scams, that was incredibly dangerous!”
We think both assertions have their merits, but when celebrities are going undercover when they use dating sites, it’s no surprise they have very little luck. Halle Berry admitted to Contact Magazine, “I am never who I am,” referring to a time when she would check out dating sites just to see what people were talking about. It’s no wonder she claimed to have had very little success. Orlando Bloom has even admitted to using a friend’s name and photo to fill out his online dating profile. How deceptive is that? Although we’re sure nearly any lady on Match.com would count herself lucky if she unintentionally scored a date with a movie star.
It’s no secret that online dating is growing increasingly dangerous as more people are being scammed and set up, so it’s always important to heed safety tips. It’s easy to understand that celebrities go undercover because they don’t want to attract potential dates on their status alone. However, think about how upset you were when you discovered that John Doe was hardly who he claimed to be in his dating profile. If celebrities can receive legal exemptions (ahem, Lindsay Lohan), would you excuse their using fake identities in their online dating profiles? Tell us your opinions in the comments!
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