Scott Baio, Renee Sloan Married

Baio is the Latest 1980's Celebrity to Take the Plunge

By Steven Bryan, published Dec 10, 2007
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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)

Scott Baio, Renee Sloan Married
Date: December 8, 2007
Location:
Los Angeles, CA  USA

Tracy Pollan and Michael J. Fox

Credit: Alan Light

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Thanks for the nice words, jcorn. I think you and Kay may have to duke it out for Scott's attention if he suddenly becomes "Scott Baio...46 and divorced."

Posted on 12/11/2007 at 3:12:43 PM

 
I forgot to add how much I enjoyed your lively and engaging writing style. :)

Posted on 12/11/2007 at 1:12:51 PM

 
I had such a crush on him but I knew he wasn't on the market at the time, lol!

Posted on 12/11/2007 at 1:12:38 PM

 
Kay: if the feedback from his former girlfriends on the VH1 show was accurate, he definitely would have dated you, but marriage would have been a long shot.

Posted on 12/10/2007 at 7:12:36 PM

 
I had a huge crush on Chachi when I was in middle school. I watched the Scott Baio reality show and kept telling my husband, "I would have married him 20 years ago." My sweet husband acted as if that were actually a possibility!

Posted on 12/10/2007 at 6:12:34 PM

 
I know marriage is sacred, but in retrospect some of these hook-ups are laughable. Nice job.

Posted on 12/10/2007 at 3:12:18 PM

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