By Editor,Jana Hocking

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Poor, poor Jessica Alba. She’s living every divorced woman’s nightmare.

Her ex-husband Cash Warren, 46, appears to be making a habit of dating ladies less than half his age – joining the skin-crawling ‘Forever Young Girlfriends’ club.

Among the association’s illustrious members are Leonardo DiCaprio, a 50-year-old man with a seemingly endless carousel of under-30s on his arm, Scott Disick, 42, with his rotation of winsome twenty-somethings, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, two octogenarians who both recently fathered babies with ladies young enough to be their granddaughters.

I speak for womankind when I say, gross. But for Alba, 44, her ex seems to have taken things one creepy step further.

First, there was hot tryst with model, Hana Sun Doerr, 26. And now, Warren’s been pictured hand in hand with 20-year-old actress Seanna Pereira.

Hmm… something about these women looks familiar. The slim frames. The glossy hair. The flawless skin. The freakishly beautiful features.

Where have I seen that before?

Warren hasn’t just dated down the age bracket, he’s gone full doppelgänger, picking up discount versions of his ex-wife!

In some ways this makes sense for Warren, a man who, let’s face it, has long played second fiddle.

Fun fact: Jessica Alba is a gazillionaire. And no, not because of her Oscar-worthy (ok, maybe that’s a stretch) movies like Honey and Good Luck Chuck. Her net worth is estimated to be around $100 million – at least double Warren’s – thanks in large part to the success of her ‘clean’ baby and beauty company, The Honest Company.

Add in her multi-million-dollar Hollywood career, and enviable real estate portfolio, and it’s clear that Alba was always the heavyweight in this relationship.

Look, Warren – a film and tv producer – is no slouch. But he’s also no A-Lister. And to someone with a A-List ego – that’s gotta hurt.

Perhaps chasing budding Alba clones is just his way of feeling like a leading man rather than her sidekick.

Psychologists will tell you this isn’t romance – it’s regression. Men typically date much younger women to claw back their glory days and replay the highlight reel when they still had abs and weren’t googling ‘is gout hereditary?’

Now, Alba is not completely innocent here either. She is now in a relationship with actor Danny Rameriez, 33.

But seeing Warren flaunt his new relationships for all to see has to sting in a way no facelift ever could. Because, at first glance, it only seems to reinforce that tired old storyline that beauty fades and men trade up.

But look closer: it’s not really an upgrade.

A man dating his ex’s younger doppelgänger is like him buying a sports car he can’t afford to insure – shiny on lot but destined for a breakdown.

I speak from experience.

When I was 25, I got swept away by the razzle-dazzle of a 45-year-old former soccer player.

It was fun when we were walking red carpets, but our dinner conversations left a lot to be desired.

I still remember a long road trip where I made him listen to both Adele albums back-to-back. Eventually, he snapped, pulled into a gas station, and returned clutching a Led Zeppelin CD (yes, this was a while ago).

In that moment, I knew we were done. Well, that and the previous weekend when he scolded me for staying out late with friends when he wanted to go to bed.

And that’s exactly what these younger Albas will be dealing with: a man who wants to talk about his kids (who she’s closer in age to than him), his dodgy knee or his divorce woes.

Meanwhile, what these women really want is to let loose, stay up till dawn and go to concerts by bands who’ve released music in the last decade.

And here’s where the script flips. Because however much it hurts right now, Alba wins in this scenario. Trust me.

While her ex is desperately clinging to his past, she gets to build her future.

One of my close friends was left by her husband for a young woman who he worked with and she was devastated. But ten years on, it all looks very different.

Her ex is in his sixties – stuck with crippling school fees and the exhaustion of raising young children with his whipper-snapper wife.

My friend, on the other hand, has sold her business and bought a beach house. She spends her days hopping between yoga retreats in Bali and river cruises in Europe.

That’s the real endgame here. Men who chase younger versions of their exes aren’t rewriting the rules of romance. They’re simply repeating a chapter that they can’t accept is over.

So yes, Alba might be cringing right now but give it time. The last laugh is hers for the taking.

Because when Warren is knee-deep in nappies at 55, she’ll be somewhere far sunnier, sipping margaritas and living her best life.

And isn’t that the sweetest revenge of all?