Age is just a number. Billie Eilish and boyfriend Jesse Rutherford went public with their relationship, despite criticism over their age difference.
The “Happier Than Ever” singer, born December 2001, first shared a photo of Rutherford (born August 1991) on her Instagram after a Halloween outing in October 2022. The neighborhood leader dressed as an old man , with a bald cap and a gray mustache.
The two teased the backlash over their age difference after they were spotted packing on the PDA earlier on date nights at LA hotspots including Crossroads Kitchen and Lal Mirch.
The couple went public in early November 2022, making their red carpet debut at the 11th Annual LACMA Art + Film Gala. Eilish and Rutherford wore matching Gucci outfits to the event, which is a fundraiser for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The “Bad Guy” singer wore a silky camisole and skirt with lace trim. She completed the look with a sleep mask on top of her head and a dress. Meanwhile, Rutherford wore a matching button-down top and a pair of pants with slippers. They posed bundled up in a Gucci blanket.
The lovebirds were photographed with Finneas O’ConnellEilish’s collaborator and brother, and his girlfriend Claudia Sulewski at the LACMA gala, indicating that Rutherford had already met his family.
Before going public with the ‘Sweater Weather’ crooner, Eilish was linked to Matthew Tyler Vorce after the two were spotted on a romantic outing in April 2021. She previously dated the rapper 7:AMP (real name Brandon Quention Adams) for nearly a year before their split in 2019, which was explained in his Apple TV+ documentary The world is a little blurry.
“I just wasn’t happy and didn’t want the same things he wanted, and I don’t think that’s fair to him,” she said in the film. “I don’t think you should be in a relationship super excited about certain things the other person doesn’t care less about. I don’t think it’s fair for you. I didn’t think it was fair for him.
Eilish said she doesn’t like putting her romances in the public eye.
“I’ve had relationships and kept them private,” Eilish said during an appearance on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp in a September 2020. “And even the ones I got; with the small amount that I let the world see, I regret.
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