Mary-Kate Olsen has been dating 43-year old Olivier Sarkozy since around May of this year, but that doesn’t make the odd romance any easier for people to swallow.

The 26-year old hasn’t said much about her relationship with the much-older man–who also happens to be the brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy–but every time they’re seen in public together, the media goes wild. Their latest outing was to a Knicks game on Friday, and despite Mary-Kate’s assertions that they are very happy together, some of the photos that were snapped make her seem downright terrified.

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Despite trying to keep the relationship as private as possible while remaining in the public eye, Olsen recently spoke up about it during an interview.

“Everyone has an opinion,” she said. “I find it’s better to focus on what’s in front of you and to keep putting one foot in front of the other.”

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