All the New Celebrity Couples Who’ve Made Their Debut in 2026
Including a few who are giving their relationship a second chance...
With all the celebrity breakups that have already gone down this year (Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff! Morgan Riddle and Taylor Fritz! Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird!), it’s hard to believe that love is even real anymore, right? Wrong. From friends turned lovers (hi, Kim and Lewis) to brand-new love matches (looking at you, Dakota and Role Model), love is in the air, and I am here for it.
If you, like me, simply cannot get enough, then it’s time to take a journey down a romance rabbit hole of all the celebrity couples who’ve debuted their relationships in 2026 so far—and are still going strong! Will any of these couples make it to 2027? It’s too soon to say. But I’m down to start taking bets. (And while you’re here: Feel free to revisit all the brand-new celeb couples that came out of 2025.)
July: Jason Bard Yarmosky and Katie Holmes
Fans were thrilled when Katie was first spotted holding hands with artist Jason Bard Yarmosky in July—and as it turns out, this thing may be more than a fling!
The two have already made their first red carpet appearance together, so stay tuned for more updates as I have them.
June: Mika Abdalla and Josh Heuston
Not long after her split from Jake Short was announced, Mika was spotted looking veeeery cozy with her Off Campus costar Josh during a June trip to Paris.
They’ve been spotted on a handful of occasions, and while nothing official has been confirmed, things are looking promising.
June: Ricky Alvarez and Ariana Grande
Okay, yes, this relationship technically began well over a decade ago, but fans first began speculating that Ari and Ricky could be giving their relationship a second try in June when she began changing the lyric mentioning Ricky in her song “thank u, next” during the Eternal Sunshine Tour.
By July, a People source claimed the two were back on, and by August, they were Instagram (and matching tattoo) official.
June: Andy Cohen and Kevin Sobieski
Though they were first papped together back in April, fans didn’t ID Andy’s new man, Kevin Sobieski, until June, when they were spotted smooching in the West Village.
The Bravo star later confirmed that Kevin was, indeed, his boyfriend, and they’ve since gone Instagram official with their romance.
May: Marciano Brunette and Jessi Draper
TBH, it’s hard to say what is ever really going on with these two, but the reality stars seemingly declared themselves an official item when they attended the AMAs together in May.
Most recently, Marciano showed off his new “J” tattoo on Instagram so...stay tuned to find out whether this is all an elaborate stunt.
April: Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi
Rumors first emerged about these two during the first weekend of Coachella when a Deuxmoi source claimed the two were “all over each other” at an April 11 party.
A People insider later revealed that Kendall and Jacob have “been hanging out and getting to know each other the last couple months,” which was followed by a rumored vacay in Hawai‘i the following month, so time will tell whether they’re the real deal!
March: Nick Beresford-Cleary and Hannah Waddingham
The Ted Lasso star first debuted her spine surgeon BF Nick Beresford-Cleary at a Cheltenham horse racing event in March, where they looked very cozy together.
Since then, they’ve hit the red carpet together on multiple occasions, so it feels safe to say that they’re a bona fide item!
March: Kylian Mbappé and Ester Expósito
Though it’s still not totally clear what’s going on between these two, Spanish actor Ester Expósito first raised eyebrows when she was spotted at one of the footballer’s matches back in March.
By May, they’d been photographed on a yacht in Sardinia together, and though Kylian seemingly hard-launched his rumored GF on Instagram in July, he later deleted the pic.
February: Emily Ratajkowski and Romain Gavras
After months of dating rumors, EmRata seemingly confirmed dating rumors by posting a series of loved-up pics of herself with Dua Lipa’s ex on Instagram in February. We love a hard-launch!
The pair was first linked back in November, when the Daily Mail published pics of the two holding hands and kissing in NYC. They were later spotted together on vacation in Mexico, but now it seems they’re ready to go public.
February: Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton
On February 1, a source for The Sun claimed that Lewis and Kim (who, btw, have been friends for YEARS) “enjoyed an intimate dinner and a couples massage as part of a romantic weekend getaway in the country.”
Soon after, a Daily Mail insider claimed the two were just “friends with benefits” and that “Lewis and Kim are not dating exclusively”…but then they were spotted at the Super Bowl looking very coupley, and things have only progressed from there!
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