How lovely to hear John Cleese saying such nice things about his new girlfriend Veronica Smiley today! With so many stars tight-lipped when it comes to their love lives, his openness is really refreshing. There's no new film to promote, he just said those nice things because he wanted to share his joy with the world. Makes me feel all warm inside! And good on him for downplaying people's fascination with the age gap between them. "I'm not sure it matters," is about right I think. There are plenty of flourishing partnerships in celeb land where there's difference. Vivienne Westwood and her partner, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Ivana Trump and her Italian husband, to name just a few...
I hope you and Ms Smiley are very happy together, John!

I'm glad he came out with the happy, kind words for his new love. It shows any prior heartache was "Just A Flesh Wound."