'GROSS' Nicolas Cage, 57, slammed for romance with pregnant Riko Shibata, 27, as ‘he looks old enough to be her grandfather’
Nicolas' rep confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday that the couple is expecting a baby.
The child will be the actor's third, as he has sons Ka-El Coppola, 16, and Weston Coppola, 31, from past relationships.
His rep told the magazine: "The parents-to-be are elated!"
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While the couple are thrilled with both their nuptials and the news that they're expecting, fans seem to take issue with the idea.
Riko is four years younger than Nicolas' youngest son.
On Reddit, Nicolas was slammed by users as "gross" for his relationship with his much younger wife.
"He looks old enough to be her grandfather," one commenter wrote.
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In an older Reddit post about their marriage, a user called him "creepy," writing: "He never looked all that creepy to me until I read this. Ew."
Another joked: "Excuse me where's Mr. Cage? Oh, he's attending the birth of his next wife."
A third user critiqued: "He keeps getting older but they stay the same age."
NIC AND RIKO'S ROMANCE
The couple met in Shiga, Japan in 2020 through mutual friends.
The actor was there to film the movie Prisoners of the Ghostland.
Nicolas and Riko made their magazine cover debut as a couple when they posed for FLAUNT in October 2021.
The following month, they walked the red carpet at the 2021 GQ Men of the Year party in West Hollywood, California.
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Riko also works as an actress.
The duo made their official red carpet couple debut in July 2021 at the premiere of Nicolas' film, Pig.
He then announced their engagement on brother Marc Coppola's radio show in 2020, shortly after Riko has visited New York with him.
"She left New York and went back to Kyoto, Japan, and I went back to Nevada and I haven't seen her for six months," he said.
"We're really happy together and we're really excited to spend that time together so I finally just said 'Look, I wanna marry you' and we got engaged on FaceTime."
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Nicolas and Riko were first spotted together in February 2020 when he took her to visit New Orleans where he famously purchased a tomb for himself a decade earlier.
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