According to ET Online, after making his commitment issues the basis for a popular VH1 reality show, Scott Baio, who played both Chachi and Charles on television, finally took charge when he married his long-suffering girlfriend Renee Sloan on a Los Angeles rooftop on Saturday, December 8. The happy couple has a newborn daughter and Sloan, 35, also is the mother of an 18-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
The Scott Baio/Renee Sloan wedding is just the latest celebrity marriage of a 1980’s celebrity that has captured the public’s attention and imagination:
1980’s Celebrity Marriages No. 1: Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (Married July 29, 1981)
The courtship and wedding that set the tone for romance during the 1980’s, Prince Charles and schoolteacher Lady Diana Spencer were married on July 29, 1981 in an elaborate ceremony witnessed by an estimated one billion viewers worldwide. Throughout the rest of the decade, fans of England’s royal family cheered as Prince William and Prince Harry were born, but Charles and Diana’s marital infidelities took the shine off this fairytale relationship years later.
Source: History.com, “This Day in History: Prince Charles Marries Lady Diana
1980’s Celebrity Marriage No. 2: Sean Penn and Madonna (Married August 16, 1985)
The “Material Girl” and up-and-coming actress married the two-fisted Sean Penn in the mid-1980’s; no photographers were permanently injured at the ceremony. Before their eventual divorce, Madonna sang one of the songs on the soundtrack of Penn’s movie “At Close Range” and she hosted one show of the 1985-86 season of “Saturday Night Live,” which critics consider to be one of the worst in the show’s history. Sean Penn hosted a show two seasons later in which he punched out the holier-than-thou “Church Lady” (Dana Carvery in drag).
Source: whosdatedwho.com, “Madonna and Sean Penn”
1980’s Celebrity Marriage No. 3: Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan (Married: July 16, 1988)
A marriage that has endured more than just a few hardships, Michael J. Fox met his future wife on the set of his top-rated 1980’s sitcom “Family Ties.” During the 1985, Pollan played Ellen, a sensitive college student and a calming influence on the money-hungry Alex P. Keaton. In his book, “Oh Lucky Man, ” Fox admitted to being smitten with the attractive actress by Pollan was living with Kevin Bacon at the time. Pollan and Fox later reunited on the set of “Bright Lights, Big City” and he proposed to her before the end of 1987.
Source: tv.com, “Family Ties Home Page”
1980’s Celebrity Marriage No. 4: Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon (Married April 29, 1983)
Dixon, who first became famous thanks to “Bosom Buddies,” is beautiful enough to charm even a befuddled Homer Simpson when he trained to be a department store Santa (“Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid….Donna Dixon). Aykroyd, who started a film career after leaving “Saturday Night Live,” met his wife-to-be on the set of “Doctor Detroit,” a quirky comedy that could only have been made during the 1980’s.
Source: whosdatedwho.com, “Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon”
1980’s Celebrity Marriage No. 5: Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel (Married March 23, 1985)
Another marriage that kept the tabloids in business, supermodel Christie Brinkley and musician Billy Joel married in 1985. Joel, the consummate singer and songwriter, even composed “Uptown Girl” in honor of the lovely Ms. Brinkley during their courtship.
Source: imdb.com, Billy Joel Biography
1980’s Celebrity Marriage No. 6: Robin Givens and Mike Tyson (Married February 7, 1988)
Before he started biting the ears off of his opponents, Mike Tyson was head of his boxing class and was dating Robin Givens, the young actress who was part of the ensemble cast of ABC’s “Head of the Class.” During their courtship, Tyson would visit the set and when Givens asked him to bring her something sweet, he returned with a candy bar and some jewelry. their rocky marriage lasted only one year.
Source: whosdatedwho.com, “Mike Tyson and Robin Givens”
