Joan Collins Looks Flirty at 90 Alongside Husband, 58, Though Gets Slammed for Her Eyebrows

• Joan Collins turned 90 in 2023, but some people focused more on her looks than the significant milestone.
• The actress met her husband when she’d decided not to marry again.
• The couple still found ways to bond despite being together for decades.

On May 23, 2023, Joan Collins reached a new milestone when she celebrated her 90th birthday! She honored the day by attending her birthday party with her younger husband, Percy Gibson, who was 58.

For the celebration, the actress wore an outfit that allowed her to show some skin flirtatiously. However, while some of her fans praised and paid tribute to her, some social media users weren’t so kind.

Some people took offense at her look and vocalized their displeasure. Most of the trolls focused on her face and criticized the makeup Collins had chosen to wear, which included dark eyebrows that stood out.

For her birthday, Collins wore a white ruffled off-the-shoulder top that showed off her shoulders. The Primetime Emmy Award winner was photographed beside her husband while she looked happy on a balcony.

The “Dynasty” star wore oversized statement earrings and a black headband to push back the top of her hair. She wore red lipstick and emphasized her eyebrows with some eyeliner, with her husband complimenting her with his outfit.

Gibson was dressed in a kilt, a black vest, and a white button-down long-sleeved shirt. “The New York Post” shared a Facebook article of Collins’ outing showing her look for the day, and while some people congratulated her, others slammed her for her makeup.

One person wrote, “That makeup is really bad.” Another follower described the actress as having a “Terrible makeup job” and noted how someone should’ve told the star to take her birthday photos before going out.

Someone else agreed, saying the celebrity’s eyebrows and eyeliner looked “really bad.” A fourth social media user “shuddered” when they saw the way Collins did her eyebrows, while someone else wrote:

“Who [sic] did her makeup should be fired.”

Despite all the criticism, the person whose opinion mattered most to the actress was the love of her life, Gibson. The duo have been together for over 20 years, and he wasn’t Collins’ first husband.

Gibson met Collins in 2000 while he was working as the producer on the play “Love Letters” in San Francisco, and they connected instantly. At the time, she was in a long-term relationship that wasn’t faring well, and she had no intention of marrying again before meeting her current husband.

Collins’ bitter divorce from Peter Holm, her fourth husband, lasted longer than their 13-month marriage, but meeting Gibson changed her mind about tying the knot. In “The World According to Joan,” the memoir writer felt he was his person and secure in his skin.

The star said he was engaging, funny, and pleasing to the eye. After the show was done, she socialized with him, her daughter Katy, and her co-star George Hamilton, and they enjoyed each other like a family, and there were plenty of laughs.

After the play wrapped up its six-week tour, they met again in New York City, and he took her to see the musical “Kiss Me, Kate.” While listening to the song “So In Love,” the duo realized they had something happening.

They bonded over shared values after realizing their fathers were born in the early 20th century and were both strict. The following year Gibson offered to help the actress to type her fourth novel.

Soon enough, they started a relationship with Collins being in her 60s and him in his 30s, but their age difference wasn’t an issue, and he didn’t want children. He adored the star’s children and grandchildren.

When 9/11 occurred, the couple realized how unpredictable life was and decided to marry. The celebrity’s fifth husband was 32 years younger than her, and two years after their meeting and shortly after their February wedding, the actress described as such:

“Percy is the most honorable man I’ve ever met.”

After their marriage, Collins asked to change her last name to his on the marriage register, but he refused. Gibson wanted her to keep the name that had earned her fame and was comfortable knowing she was his wife and shrugged off being called Mr. Collins.

After being married for 11 years, Collins’s heart still skipped when she looked at him across the room. The couple never thought about the future, nor did they discuss what could happen in 20 years, and she was content with him dying.

According to the celebrity, her husband was half-Peruvian, half-Scottish, and an alpha male. Gibson worked as a film producer and a theater manager, having produced the 2017 comedy, “The Time of Their Lives,” which featured his famous wife.

[Percy] Gibson matched his wife [Joan Collins] in a blue shirt and gray pants…

In 1998, he competed in “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” and in 2009, he appeared in “Banksy’s Coming for Dinner.” Despite having been together for decades, Collins and Gibson still made efforts to connect.

Age hasn’t kept Collins from making sure she remained classy. The day before she celebrated her 90th birthday, she was seen looking elegant and stylish and out in matching clothing with her husband in London while out on a date.

The actress wore a light blue tweed blazer jacket with a white gauze top. She added navy pants and white espadrille wedges while carrying a white handbag and accessorized with a white fedora hat.

The English star also carried a white scarf and sunglasses and wore a silver necklace, pearl earrings, and a heart-shaped ring. Her makeup for the occasion was toned down with rouge lipstick, and she styled her hair in a low ponytail.

Gibson matched his wife in a blue shirt and gray pants, and they looked happy while walking to their car. On the same day, the star was also photographed on another outing, but this time, she was in a different outfit as she went out with her love.

Collins wore a white dress cinched at the waist with a white belt, a cream blazer on top, and a straw hat. She wore pink lipstick and oversized sunglasses, while her hair was styled in waves with her loving husband always by her side.