We’re barely a week into 2021, and already we’ve gotten multiple high-profile celebrity relationship developments. Remember back in the early pandemic days, when it felt like no one was doing anything worth talking about? Yeah, not anymore. Over the weekend, we learned that Zoë Kravitz is divorcing Karl Glusman after just 18 months of marriage, and rumors that she is now dating Channing Tatum were swiftly debunked.
Then on Monday, the internet lit up with the news that Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde are likely together. Styles is currently starring in Wilde’s upcoming movie Don’t Worry Darling, and new photos show them holding hands at the wedding of Jeff Azoff, Harry’s agent. These two stories, coupled with the New Year’s Eve bombshell that Pilot Pete and Kelley called it quits, have given us quite the pile of celebrity couple headlines to sift through in the first week of the year. But where do we go from here? We’ve still got 361 days to go, and there are sure to be many more celebrity breakups, new couples, engagements, and divorces before the year is done. Here are some of our very early celebrity couple predictions for 2021.
Break Up: Scott Disick & Amelia Gray Hamlin
My first order of business for 2021 is channeling all my thoughts and prayers into the hope that Scott Disick will leave Lisa Rinna’s 19-year-old daughter alone. These two were first seen together on Halloween, and we hoped it was a one-time thing, but they’ve still been spending time together, and they marked the beginning of 2021 with a trip to Cabo. You know it’s bad when the pandemic vacation isn’t even the most cringeworthy part of the situation.
Stay Together: Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas
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Throughout quarantine, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been providing us with more content than 90% of celebrities, mostly thanks to their daily Dunkin’ walks and the paparazzi being permanently camped outside the gate to Ben’s house. In case you missed the backstory, these two met pre-pandemic while filming their upcoming movie Deep Water. The movie is scheduled to come out this August, so I definitely don’t think they’ll call it quits before then, and despite my natural cynical tendencies, I actually think Ben and Ana might be in it for the long haul. It wouldn’t shock me if we see an engagement ring at some point this year, but I’m not expecting a breakup any time soon.
Break Up: Braunwyn & Sean Windham-Burke
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If you don’t watch The Real Housewives of Orange County, you probably don’t know who these people are, but stay with me, because this is some genuine mess. Braunwyn and her husband, who have seven children together, went on a relationship roller coaster in 2020, which included announcing a separation, sharing that their marriage is open and that Braunwyn is dating a woman, and Braunwyn ultimately coming out as a lesbian. Though she told GLAAD, “I’m not attracted to men, and I never have been,” she and her husband are currently planning on staying together. To each their own, but this week even more eyebrows were raised when Braunwyn (who currently has a girlfriend) said that Sean is allowed to date other people, but she would be “heartbroken” if he fell in love with someone else. While her fellow RHOC castmates have been pretty judgmental, I’ll just say that I don’t see this current arrangement lasting the year.
Get Engaged: Leonardo DiCaprio & Camila Morrone
I’m really going out on a limb with this one, but I just have a strange feeling that Leo is finally ready to settle down. After years of keeping his sights set on the sub-25 crowd, he’s spent the last three years with actress and model Camila Morrone. That’s a pretty long time, and they were seen together in Boston on New Year’s Eve, so it’s not like they’re only hanging out when he’s on a yacht. Granted, at 23, she still fits into his standard age range, and she won’t hit the 25 mark until June 2022, so they could make it through this whole year before Leo gets his usual age-induced cold feet. Only time will tell!
Break Up: Dua Lipa & Anwar Hadid
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For most of 2020, I was super on board with Dua and Anwar’s relationship. They seemed to have a great time spending early lockdown together in the UK, Yolanda Hadid clearly loves Dua, and overall, they just made sense together. But with Dua getting more and more famous, and Anwar spewing anti-vaxxer nonsense on Instagram, it may be time for her to move on to bigger and better things.
Get Together: Dua Lipa & Jonah Hill
This is a prediction that is based purely on vibes. Obviously, I have a feeling Dua Lipa may be single at some point this year, and Jonah Hill split up with fiancée Gianna Santos back in October. I can see Dua and Jonah hitting it off, and I could see her wanting an older guy after dating Anwar, who is four years her junior. I don’t know how well they know each other, but they were on an episode of The Tonight Show together in 2016, so chances are they’ve at least met. I’m not putting money on this one, unless I’m right, of course.
Get Engaged: Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn
Taylor’s relationship with Joe, which began in 2016, has been way more low-key than her previous relationships, and until recently she barely even publicly acknowledged his existence. But the longer these two stay together, the more it feels like we’re approaching a big next step, and this feels like the year Taylor Swift finally gets engaged. Realistically though, I could see her keeping it a secret, so don’t expect too much information if and when it happens.
Get Together: Miley Cyrus & A Hot Rando Woman
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Since splitting up with Cody Simpson, Miley Cyrus has really been feeling herself. She’s been publicly horny all over Instagram and TikTok, and along with her amazing new look and sound, it feels like she’s just having a lot of fun. My guess for 2021 is that she’ll get a girlfriend, but it won’t be someone we know much about. She could slide into a hot woman’s comment section on TikTok, or maybe she’ll meet her new flame on Raya. Either way, I think it’s going to be a good year for Miley.
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I love a good pop culture crossover. The Avengers coming together, Grey’s Anatomy teaming up with Private Practice, Tom Sandoval showing up in a random episode of The Hills—it sparks joy for me. Based on my personal interests, there’s nothing that should excite me more than a crossover between Real Housewives and the Kardashian family—it’s always fun when Kris Jenner shows up at one of Kyle Richards’ parties, and I nearly died when I found this old photo of Bethenny Frankel and Kim K posing together. But I have to draw the line somewhere, and Scott Disick hanging out with Lisa Rinna’s 19-year-old daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin feels like an attack on everything I hold near and dear.
We got our first glimpse of Amelia and Scott together on Halloween, when they arrived at Kendall Jenner’s ill-advised Halloween/25th birthday party together (with no masks, naturally). Scott was wearing a bootleg Ace Ventura costume, while Amelia was decked out in a fuchsia wig and a candy bra. The photos sent a chill down my spine, and I knew that nothing good could come out of this.
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Showing up to a Halloween party together is one thing, but two weeks later, it’s apparent that something is going on between these two. On Monday, they were photographed together walking on the beach, Scott with his arm around Amelia. They also recently attended a group dinner together, which like, who even knew group dinners were a thing right now? Obviously we don’t know if Scott and Amelia are dating, or just hooking up, or even just friends, but something is going on.
To viewers of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Amelia Gray is familiar as the younger of Lisa’s two aspiring model daughters, and she’s taken a pretty active role on the show in recent seasons. On RHOBH, she doesn’t exactly come across as the most mature person in the world (duh, she’s only 19), which makes Scott’s involvement even more questionable. We’ve watched over the years as Scott has struggled with sobriety, fathered three children, and seemingly grown into a family man who’s a great dad. So why the f*ck is he doing this again?
Of course, this type of age difference isn’t out of character for Lord Disick. He and Sofia Richie first began dating back in May of 2017, when she was 18 and he was 33. Right around the same time, Scott also had a brief fling with Bella Thorne, who was 19 at the time. These age gaps raised some eyebrows, but Scott and Sofia were ultimately together for over three years before ultimately calling it quits earlier this year. Since then, there’s been heavy speculation that Scott and Kourtney were rekindling their romance, especially when they posted pictures together from Kim’s cursed 40th birthday trip. Sorry for all the Scott and Kourtney loyalists out there, but with all the recent photos of him and Amelia together, it seems like Kourtney is doing her own thing.
Scott disick be like oh covid’s 19? 🧐
— cory buy furniture from me (@_averagemeat) November 18, 2020
I definitely don’t feel great about whatever is going on between Amelia and Scott, but I will say, I kind of hope we get at least one scene of Lisa Rinna grilling Scott on next season of RHOBH. But for real, let’s hope this “relationship” ends soon, because it’s just not a good look.
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