Harry Styles and Caroline Flack have split up, not that surprisingly. We say that because they spent their entire relationship being heckled by One Direction fans as well as people who probably wouldn't have heard of either party had they not read a Daily Mail article. Yes, the age gap was weird, mostly because Styles is below the legal drinking age and going to the pub is great. However, we do wonder if Hugh Hefner gets publicly called a 'sicko' for seeing teenagers. Actually, he wouldn't be able to rub his leathery skin against Styles in California because the age of consent is 18 years there, so really it all comes down to a matter of months. Oh if only Styles had been born in 1993 instead of 1994, not only would he have saved Flack from being tarred and feathered, but he would've also been around to see Take That perform Pray on Top of the Pops. Christ, he really is young.

So, Harry Styles has confirmed the end of his relationship with Caroline Flack in a tweet, naturally, writing:

"Please know I didn't 'dump' Caroline.

"This was a mutual decision. She is one of the kindest, sweetest people I know. Please respect that."

FYI, here's a list of blokes who've dated woman significantly younger than them at some point. DOUBLE STANDARDS?

• Hugh Hefner . . . Crystal Harris (60 years)
• Cary Grant . . . Barbara Harris (47 Years)
• Fred Astaire . . . Robyn Smith (44 years)
• Ronnie Wood . . . Ekaterina Ivanova (41 years)
• Al Pacino . . . Lucila Sola (39 years)
• Patrick Stewart . . . Lisa Dillon (39 years)
• Rupert Murdoch . . . Wendi Deng (38 years)
• Des O'Connor . . . Jodie Brooke Wilson (37 years)
• Woody Allen . . . Soon-Yi Previn (35 years)
• Jack Nicholson . . . Lara Flynn Boyle (33 years)
• Eric Clapton . . . Melia McEnery (30 years)
• John Cleese . . . Jennifer Wade (30 years)
• Frank Sinatra . . . Mia Farrow (30 years)
• Pete Townshend . . . Rachel Fuller (28 years)
• Jack Nicholson . . . Sandra Knight (28 years)
• Harrison Ford . . . Minnie Driver (28 years)
• Nelson Mandela . . . Graca Machel (28 years)
• Rod Stewart . . . Penny Lancaster (28 years)
• Alec Baldwin . . . Hilaria Thomas (28 years)
• Kelsey Grammer . . . Kayte Walsh (28 years)
• Mick Jagger . . . Luciana Morad (28 years)
• Larry King . . . Shawn Southwick (28 years)
• Steve Martin . . . Anne Stringfield (28 years)
• Humphrey Bogart . . . Lauren Bacall (25 years)
• Michael Douglas . . . Catherine Zeta-Jones (25 years)
• Paul McCartney . . . Heather Mills (25 years)
• Rod Stewart . . . Rachel Hunter (25 years)
• Bruce WIllis . . . Nadia Bjorlin (25 years)