The question of whether Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford are happier than ever in their new relationship has been one that has circulated for months, and the answer has always depended on whom you ask. Until now… as the singer's rep told Page Six that after months of dating 31-year-old artist Jesse Rutherford, the pair decided to break up. “We can confirm Billie and Jesse did split amicably and remain good friends,” the rep said. The rep also shut down any speculation that there was cheating involved in the split. Phew.
Despite their 10-year-plus age difference (he was born in 1991; she at the tail end of 2001) and the many ups-and-downs of their relationship, we can't help but feel sad that the musical duo have split… although it does leave the Bad Guy singer single again, just in time for the summer
Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford met at some unknown point in the past, but a fan account posted pictures of them together on December 18, 2017, the day Eilish turned 16. It's not clear when the picture was taken, but in all likelihood she was 15 when they met.
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A fan spots the musicians holding hands as they exit a haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights in Los Angeles. Video of their interaction, posted October 14, goes viral on TikTok.
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Around the same time, they're spotted eating dinner together at a vegan restaurant. TMZ reports there may have been some PDA as well.
On October 19, pictures of them kissing outside a SoCal restaurant hit the press.
The pair make it Instagram-official when Eilish includes Rutherford in a roundup of recent pictures. There's a short video of him dressed as a clown, and their Halloween couple costumes are a baby (her) and an old man (him), which many interpret as the pair either making fun of or playing into discourse around their age difference.
Others in the comments, however, point out that this was apparently part of a group costume that included other people and was not, in the parlance of the internet, “that deep.”
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The pair make their red-carpet debut at a LACMA event, posing together under a Gucci-branded blanket.
The pair made an appearance at day three of the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, back in April, with both looking in high spirits. The night before, Billie had been a surprise guest during Labrinth's Saturday night set at the festival.
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Billie's rep confirms that the two have parted ways after less than a year of dating.
This story originally appeared on GLAMOUR US.
