“Kylie decided she didn’t want to make things public with Timothée this past weekend at Coachella,” a source told ET, “and really just wanted to chill and have fun with her friends.” The source also seemed to suggest that Jenner and Chalamet met through mutual friends — one mutual friend in particular. “Timothée is also friends with Kendall,” said the source, “so it’s been easy for Kylie to integrate him into her life.”
17 April 2023: A source confirms the pair are dating.
Shortly after Coachella’s first weekend, Entertainment Tonight reported that Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet were actually dating, like, for real. A source confirmed the rumors to ET, revealing that the wild card couple is currently “keeping things casual” for now.
“It’s not serious, but Kylie is enjoying hanging out with Timothée and seeing where it goes,” the source told ET. “It’s been really fun for her because it feels a lot different than her past relationships. It’s new and exciting for Kylie and she’s having a lot of fun.”
The Kardashian-Jenner family does love an unexpected boyfriend, like Kendall’s recent public — and romantic — outings with Bad Bunny, and Kim’s whirlwind romance with Pete Davidson. (Kylie and her on-again, off-again partner Travis Scott split for the second time in early 2023, several months after the birth of their son Aire.)
Social media did not take the Jenner and Chalamet news well, though. Timothée is one of the Internet’s favorite actors, a constant boyfriend-of-the-month, and rumours of his relationship with Kylie are… a shock, to say the least.
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“Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet dating is even more random than Kendall and Benito?!?!?” tweeted one user. “My life is over,” wrote another. “The streets are saying Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner are dating… The Jenners are collecting my men like Pokemons, signing OFF,” mourned another. Others think this could be a song and dance planted by either star’s team (cough, cough Kris Jenner) to distract the public. “I’m sorry but the Timothée and Kylie rumors have to be a cover up for something bigger,” theorised one Twitter user.
28 July 2023: Jenner’s ex Travis Scott appears to diss Chalamet in a song.
Jenner’s ex Travis Scott released his long-awaited fourth studio album Utopia on July 28, and may have weighed in on her new relationship via the the seventh track “Meltdown” featuring Drake. Scott’s song references Willy Wonka — the very character Chalamet will portray onscreen later this year: “Chocolate AP and chocolate the Vs (Vs), got the Willy Wonka factory (Vs) / Burn a athlete like it’s calories, find another flame hot as me, b*tch.” It might not the most compelling diss of all time, but it certainly doesn’t feel like a coincidence.
Jenner and Scott have had an on-again, off-again relationship for years; they have been co-parenting Stormi and Aire since their latest split in early 2023. “Kylie knows she and Travis will always be in each other’s lives, and they have an amazing coparenting relationship,” a source previously shared of the former couple. “Part of her dating Timothée is in hopes of moving on from Travis, but that hasn’t happened yet. There’s always a possibility of reconciling with Travis at some point.”
2 August 2023: Rumours of a breakup are shut down by TMZ
On August 2, Life & Style reported that Chalamet “dumped” Jenner after seven months of dating. “She’s telling people that things between them naturally fizzled out because they’re both busy and traveling,” said the magazine’s source, “Kylie is playing it casual, but her friends know this must sting.”