Marriage Quote by Corey Feldman

Feldman’s line lands because it’s a confession disguised as a punchline: the “rules” are there to protect him, but the story’s whole point is that protection failed in the most consequential way possible. Coming from a former child star who grew up in the churn of attention, access, and opportunism, those two rules read less like player wisdom and more like survival policy. Nightclubs and “fans” are shorthand for two classic celebrity hazards: environments optimized for performance, and relationships distorted by power imbalance.

The intent is to frame his marriage as proof of authenticity, a rare case where the usual red flags didn’t signal a con. It also lets him keep control of the narrative. By admitting he broke his own guidelines, he preempts the obvious skepticism: of course people will side-eye a romance that begins in a nightclub or with someone who already “knows” you. He acknowledges that cynicism and then asks the audience to make room for an exception.

There’s a sly bit of image management here, too. “Never date a fan” is a boundary that flatters him (yes, I have fans) while signaling hard-earned caution (yes, I’ve been burned). The subtext is that fame forces you into romantic triage: you sort people not just by compatibility, but by motive, context, and the likelihood of being consumed as a brand. The joke works because it’s romantic and bleak at once: love, for Feldman, arrives as a breach in the perimeter.