Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi have quietly become 2026’s most-watched celebrity pairing, and neither of them has said a single word about it. That silence has done nothing to slow things down. Every sighting, from a Hawaiian breakfast to a London date night, gets picked apart within hours.
Neither Jenner nor Elordi has confirmed a relationship publicly. But the string of sightings across four continents has made denial feel almost beside the point at this stage.
How the Coachella Rumors Started It All
The first real spark came in mid-April, when celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi reported that Jenner and Elordi were seen kissing at a post-Coachella after-party thrown by Justin Bieber. A source told the Daily Mail not to read too much into it, noting that late-night Coachella hookups rarely turn into anything lasting.
That skepticism aged poorly. Reports later surfaced that the two had actually been spending time together privately since February, months before the Coachella moment ever made headlines. Insiders also pointed to a March sighting at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party, where photographer German Larkin caught the pair deep in conversation.
By May, the rumors had real photographic evidence behind them. Jenner and Elordi were spotted having breakfast together in Kauai, Hawaii, then picking up coffee and staying at the same North Shore resort. One person who ran into them on the island told DeuxMoi they seemed easy and relaxed together, not staged for cameras.
The pair kept the momentum going into June with a dinner in Tokyo at the restaurant Udon Shin. Around the same stretch, they were also photographed ducking paparazzi in Los Angeles alongside Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, fueling chatter about a potential double-date dynamic between the sisters and their respective actors.
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From Cipriani to Holding Hands in London
The relationship crossed the Atlantic in August. On August 19, Jenner and Elordi were photographed leaving Cipriani in London with Elordi’s father, John, sparking an even louder wave of speculation given that meeting a parent tends to read as a bigger signal than a beach trip.
Just days later, TMZ reported that the two were seen holding hands while walking through London on a Thursday night, with Jenner in a fitted gray dress and Elordi in a dark blue pinstriped suit. The outing came right after Elordi walked the premiere of his film The Dog Stars, meaning he reportedly went from red carpet to date night without changing.
Jenner’s last significant public relationship was with Bad Bunny, which ran from 2023 into 2024, following an earlier relationship with Devin Booker. Elordi, meanwhile, had been on-and-off with Olivia Jade Giannulli for years before that relationship ended for good in August 2025.
Whether or not either of them ever confirms it outright, the pattern speaks for itself at this point. Every few weeks brings a new city, a new sighting, and a new round of the same question: are they finally making it official?