What We Know About Steven Tyler's Much-Younger Girlfriend Aimee Preston

Steven Tyler's personal life has been as just eventful and controversial as his music career, having been divorced twice and involved in scandalous love affairs. From ex-wives Cyrinda Foxe and Teresa Barrick, to girlfriends Bebe Buell and Erin Brady (who was also his ex-fiancee), the rock star and lead singer of Aerosmith has loved and lost countless women during his time in the limelight. However, these days, it seems Tyler has found his stride with girlfriend Aimee Preston, who is 40 years his junior. The two confirmed their relationship back in February 2016, when they stepped out together at the Oscar viewing party for Elton John's AIDS Foundation, per E! Online, and has been going strong since.

Despite refusing to talk about their relationship in public, Tyler has shown his love for his much-younger girlfriend on numerous occasions, including the "Ad Astra" movie premiere in Los Angeles in 2019, where he planted a kiss on Preston's lips on the red carpet. Back in 2020, the rock star also posted a sweet message for Preston on the occasion of her birthday. "THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH... HAPPY BIRTHDAY @theaimeeann MY LOVE... I LOVE YOU FOR BEING BY MY SIDE ALL THIS TIME... SUCH A CRAZY RIDE... THROUGH THICK AND THIN," he wrote on Instagram.

You might be wondering, though: who is Aimee Preston? Here's what we were able to discover about Tyler's leading lady.

Steven Tyler and Aimee Preston were first rumored to be an item back in May 2014, with a source close to Preston confirming their romance to Daily Mail. According to the insider, Preston is a personal assistant of Tyler, and she'd been working for the Aerosmith singer for sometime when their relationship turned into something romantic. "They're not exactly dating but it's not a strictly professional relationship either," the source told outlet at the time. "It's in the early stages. She has been working with him for a few years now." They added, "But they're certainly having fun together. She is his personal assistant so she's been following him everywhere."

Years before dating Tyler, Preston was reportedly married to a talent agent named Scott Schachter. She also served as a personal assistant to Donald Trump at The Trump Organization from 2007 to 2011, has worked for Trump's ex-wife Marla Maples and fashion icon Victoria Beckham as well. After being recruited by "American Idol" creator and former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller's company in 2012, Preston joined Marble Bag Productions to work as the executive assistant for Aerosmith, and then as Tyler's personal assistant. Her LinkedIn profile says she studied musical theater in New York's American Musical and Dramatic Academy and is now based in Los Angeles, California. 

Despite Steven Tyler's history of dating much younger women, his relationship with Aimee Preston still managed to raise more than a few eyebrows. As fans may recall, Tyler's ex-fiancé Erin Brady was 25 years his junior, while Julie Holcomb — a woman who claims to have an illicit relationship with Tyler back in the '70s — was reportedly 16 years old when he started dating her.

When he and Preston debuted their romance in 2016, many were initially doubtful and unsupportive of their coupling. "Imagine having a daughter going through puberty and your future side piece is being born. Man is well old enough to be her father, and thanks to drugs he looks like her grandfather," one fan wrote on Twitter. Others even suggested that she's only in it for the fame and money. "Now would she really date a 71 year old man if he wasn't the Steven Tyler?" another fan tweeted of Preston.

But in spite of the criticism, Tyler and his girlfriend have proved to be a serious couple, having been together for almost seven years as of 2023. And they seem to be madly in love with each other even after all these years; in April 2022, the pair showed just how smitten they are with one another as they hit the red carpet for Tyler's annual Grammy Awards viewing party (seen above). Perhaps the Aerosmith singer has found the one?