Timothée Chalamet is expected to take home many trophies this awards season, but his top star at the moment is Kylie Jenner.
When the burgeoning A-list actor, 30, first started dating the reality star-turned-cosmetics mogul, 28, his eyebrows were arched and Hollywood snobs doubted their relationship would last.
But proving the naysayers wrong, Chalamet is taking things even further by declaring his love for Jenner, who won an award at last week’s Film Critics Circle Awards for her role in Marty Supreme.
Despite coming from one of America’s most glamorous and sometimes dramatic families and growing up under the glare of reality TV cameras on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Jenner is notoriously cautious about her personal life, but sources say he’s responsible for bringing her to a happier place.
A music industry insider familiar with Jenner and Chalamet told Page Six: “After living so well and growing up, being with someone like Timmy is healthy and they welcome a stable relationship.”
And it doesn’t hurt that Chalamet is currently in the spotlight, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his role in Marty Supreme, in which he played Marty Moser, a tenacious table tennis hustler determined to become a world champion, making him the youngest and front-runner in that category.
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Sources say the too-cool-for-school born-and-bred New Yorker personality completely charmed Los Angeles native Kylie (who is also a makeup mogul worth more than $670 million, according to Forbes).
“Timmy is a very cool, down-to-earth young kid. Even with Kylie, he’s kept that down-to-earth personality and hasn’t forgotten where he came from. Timmy is the girl next door, but vice versa,” said a music industry insider.
Chalamet and Jenner’s love story began in January 2023, when they were spotted at a Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show during Paris Couture Week, but their last public appearance was at a Beyoncé concert in September of the same year.
During their three years together, skeptics doubted their relationship, as unlike many people in the world, they rarely talk about it and rumors of a breakup regularly circulate. But insiders say the pair are more comfortable showing off PDA, and while they’re keeping a low profile about it, their relationship continues to grow stronger.
Proving they share a sense of humor and style, the pair appeared at the Los Angeles premiere of his film Marty Supreme in December wearing matching Chrome Hearts custom outfits. Chalamet smiled for the camera in an orange leather suit and silk shirt, accentuating his monochrome look with orange boots. Meanwhile, the Kylie Cosmetics mogul complimented her look in a low-cut, floor-length orange dress with a cutout at the waist.
And at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica on January 4, the “Wonka” actor revealed that Jenner is his golden ticket.
He locked lips with the beauty guru before heading to the stage to accept his Best Actor award for “Marty Supreme.”
And he devoted the final moments of his speech to praising her.
“Finally, I would like to thank my partner of three years. Thank you to our foundation. I love you. I couldn’t have done this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” the bright-eyed mother of two responded to the sentiment from the audience by saying, “I love you.”
For the creators of the Kylie Lip Kit, this is no lip service.
He grew up as the youngest of his generation in a famous family. Along with Kourtney, Khloe, Kim, Robert Kardashian Jr., and younger sister Kendall, Jenner grew up quickly and was appearing regularly on national television as a teenager.
She continued to grow rapidly, became pregnant during her second serious relationship with rapper Travis Scott, 34, and gave birth to daughter Stormi Webster, now 7, in 2018 at the age of 21. The pair dated on-again, off-again from 2019 to 2023, and had another son, Isle Webster, in 2022, but ultimately broke up in early 2023, around the same time she was first seen. Chalamet.
The star went from being a shoulder to cry on to a sunshine in Jenner’s life. The key to their relationship is keeping things private, he is based in New York and she is based in California. For example, little is known about Chalamet’s relationship with his mistress’ children. And they rarely allow themselves to be seen off-duty, outside of red carpets and public events.
Gossip has been proven wrong time and time again, including rumors in November that there was “problem in Paradise” and reports that Chalamet had “broken up with Kylie.”
At the Palm Springs Film Festival earlier this month, Jenner posed in an orange sequined Ludovic de Saint-Sernin dress to watch Chalamet win the Spotlight Actor of the Year award for Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
Chalamet echoed the support, liking the Instagram post and commenting using an orange heart emoji.
Their return to the spotlight comes after they vacationed with the extended Kardashian-Jenner family and took part in the annual Christmas “gingerbread house” tradition. The family’s gingerbread house is engraved with the Dune star’s nickname.
Sources say Jenner is enjoying an extended honeymoon with Chalamet while also maintaining a healthy co-parenting rhythm with Scott.
“They’re in a very good place. They’re raising each other very well. There’s been no problems. They talk every day and have a great relationship,” a Scott source said.
Meanwhile, another source told Page Six that the movie star is suspending Jenner.
“Timmy is a New Yorker. He’s interested in stolen goods. You can tell he’s grown into the culture.
“Kylie has always been a kind-hearted, kind-hearted person. She (Kylie) has someone who does a lot for her. She’s a billionaire. Now you have someone who’s hot and doing his own thing. Travis is also doing his own thing, but[Timmy]feels safer. He’s on screen and he’s easier to get along with,” the source said.
Although the couple has a more intense relationship in public, Chalamet, a graduate of Manhattan’s prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music, Arts and Performing Arts, is known for playing emotional and vulnerable characters.
She played a precocious, sexually awakened 17-year-old teen in “Call Me By Your Name,” a womanizing boyfriend in “Lady Bird,” a recovering stimulant addict in “Beautiful Boy,” and the love interest Laurie in “Little Women.”
And during last year’s awards season, Chalamet captivated audiences by transforming into the poet and folk singer Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, perfectly matching the ’60s musician’s nasally raspy vocal range.
Despite his immense fame and success, entertainment sources said Chalamet is refreshingly down-to-earth. Whether it’s eating pizza in the West Village or sitting courtside with Jenner at a Knicks game.
“They have a good relationship with each other because they both tend to think things through a little bit and think things through in their own heads, and they lighten up each other,” a Jenner source told the Post last year.
