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Daddy or Zazzy? Couple with 19-year age gap plan marriage despite online haters calling them names

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Michael Justin and Emily Downing. mediadrumimages / @emdowning /magazinefeatures.co.za
Michael Justin and Emily Downing. mediadrumimages / @emdowning /magazinefeatures.co.za

A couple with a 19-year age gap are getting married despite stalkers and social media trolls saying the woman has "daddy issues" and trying to split them up.

Model Michael Justin, 46, and nurse Emily Downing, 27, from Los Angeles, US, hit it off after meeting at a yoga class in Arizona in 2019.

Their four-year relationship has survived the Covid-19 pandemic, obsessed stalkers, abusive messages claiming that Emily looks older than Michael, and weird kidnapping rumours seeded by social media trolls.

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