The Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler breakup wasn’t one we saw coming. Just days into 2025, however, it was reported that the most good-looking couple in Hollywood had split after three years together.
News of the breakup comes two years after the couple sparked engagement rumors fueled by the gossip Instagram account DeuxMoi. Since then, though, the couple continued to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, rarely discussing the other in interviews.
Keep reading for all the details on the Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler breakup, starting with the most recent events up top.
2025
January 7, 2025: Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler break up, according to multiple outlets. TMZ, which was first to report the news of the split, says that there’s no “bad blood” between the two, and that the relationship simply “ran its course.”
2024
December 2024: Butler is conspicuously absent from Gerber’s family vacation in Mexico. And it’s not like this was an immediate family-only gathering; Gerber’s brother, Presley, brought his girlfriend, model Isabella Jones, along for the trip. Tabloids speculate that Butler’s absence signals trouble in paradise.
October 5, 2024: The couple is spotted attending Gracie Abrams’s concert in New York.
Fall 2024: Gerber is busy promoting Saturday Night and Shell, her latest films. Butler does not accompany her on the red carpet, nor is he spotted behind-the-scenes at the premieres.
July 17, 2024: Gerber and Butler are seen together in New York City at the opening night of Broadway’s Oh, Mary!
February 15, 2024: Gerber and Butler are photographed at the world premiere of Butler’s latest film, Dune: Part II, in London.
2023
August 13, 2023: The pair double dates with an unlikely couple: Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner. That’s right, “dinner with the Kushners.” Gerber and Butler were spotted exiting Nobu Malibu looking stylishly casual and were photographed saying bye to their model and entrepreneur dining companions.
July 5, 2023: Skipping the Independence Day celebrations back home, Gerber and Butler spent the Fourth of July holiday in Paris, and were spotted leaving the restaurant Costes in the “wee hours.”
May 28, 2023: The couple has a double date with Gerber’s parents.
May 25, 2023: TMZ reports that the couple is not engaged, despite rumors percolating on the gossip Instagram account DeuxMoi. The rumors picked up steam after Butler was spotted helping Gerber move into a new home; it’s unclear if the two were living together.
February 2023: Another public outing!
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January 2023: Gerber and Butler meet up after the Golden Globes.
2022
August 2022: The couple poses for a magazine cover together…kinda. You can see her arm.
May 2022: They make their red-carpet debut at—where else?—the Met Gala. Later that month they make out at Cannes!
In his GQ profile, Butler is asked about his budding relationship with the model and replies with the perfect phrase: “I don’t think there’s anything I want to share about that, but thank you for providing the space.”
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2021
December 2021: Butler, 30, and Gerber, 20, are spotted in LA together, sparking rumors of a relationship.
Pre-2021
2011–2019: Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler date. He’s on The Carrie Diaries. They go to Coachella. Here are some pictures from that era:
2017: In the middle of this, a new nepo model takes over the runways. Her name? Kaia Gerber.
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