Teen Romance or Faux-mance?

I know some people are getting all scandalized that almost-sweet-sixteen superstar Miley Cyrus is being seen with a dirty old man of (gasp!) 20. Hunky model Justin Gaston stutted his stuff on the runway at the Christian Audigier American Lord fashion show last night during L.A.’s Fashion Week. Miley was smiling from the front row like a good girlfriend (and sticking out her tongue like a teenager.) Sure Justin’s quite the hottie but I wouldn’t be planning that bridal shower yet for these two. Especially since a teenage girl has the attention span of a puppy and guys who look like Justin go through girlfriends faster than he can change the undies he models. Justin’s gotten his most prominent, shall we say, exposure, posing in designer skivvies but hey, we all gotta pay the rent somehow. The two or three of us who watched NBC’s ill-fated “Nashville Star” TV series back in the summer may remember that Justin hails from Pineville, LA, and moved to Hollywood at 17 to pursue a singing career. Three years later, he doesn’t seem to be having much luck at that, being one of the first contestants voted off NS. (Apparently, the ladies in the audience enjoyed looking at him but weren’t that crazy about hearing his sing.) But being on the NBC series did give Gaston the chance to strike up a friendship with NS host Billy Ray Cyrus, who introduced the Louisiana lad to his family. Including his superstar daughter. So now the sexy southern stud is getting the kind of “exposure” that might get him signed to a recording contract, especially since these days Nashville is obviously signing acts for how hot they look in videos, not whether they actually have talent. Which is the only explanation for Jessica Simpson and Julianne Hough being passed off as “country.” So what’s in it for the much-more-famous half of this “couple?” Miley gets to be seen around town with a dreamboat who turns all the other girls’ heads and makes the guys jealous. Take that, Nick Jonas!

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