Timothee Chalamet’s strange fascination with Kylie Jenner and the ‘Kardashian curse’

So, it looks like Timothée Chalamet is the latest male celebrity to be sucked into the Kardashian family vortex, with reports saying that the Oscar nominee is dating Kylie Jenner.

Entertainment Tonight and other outlets, citing anonymous “insider” sources, confirmed that the reedy 27-year-old heartthrob is dating the 25-year-old makeup mogul and reality TV star.

“They are keeping things casual at this point,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. “It’s not serious, but Kylie is enjoying hanging out with Timothée and seeing where it goes. It’s been really fun for her because it feels a lot different than her past relationships. It’s new and exciting for Kylie and she’s having a lot of fun.”

Maybe it’s “new and exciting” for Jenner because Chalamet moves in what could be seen as different celebrity circles, being that he’s an Oscar nominee and indie-movie darling.

Certainly, Jenner is pretty and very, very rich. It’s likely that she and Chalamet share a love of fashion. Jenner wears lots of designers and has launched various cosmetics and fashion lines — most recently her swimwear line that includes “sizes for all women.” Meanwhile, Chalamet is known for his daring fashion sense, getting edgy with men’s formalwear on the red carpet. The two sparked romance rumors after they were spotted chatting at Paris Fashion week.

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But Chalamet also considered one of the finest young actors of his generation, which means he works with creative people with lofty ideas about cinema and art. Meanwhile, Jenner mostly is know for being a super-famous influencer and reality TV star who allegedly pretended to be a self-made billionaire; has been accused of cultural appropriation; engages is apparent social media feuds with other female influencers; throws over-the-top birthday parties for her children Stormi, 5, and Aire, 1; uses that daughter for marketing products; and finds a way to duck out on her ex-boyfriend Travis Scott’s November 2022 concert when people are getting trampled to death.

Whatever is going on with Chalamet and Jenner, the actor might want to be reminded of the Kardashian curse. It’s the belief that the Kardashian-Jenner sisters have been bad luck to many of the men they’ve been involved with, with the men’s lives falling into disarray or scandal during their high-profile relationships with the sisters or soon thereafter, according to Elle.

Sure, it might be one of the conspiracy theories that’s probably a made-up social media phenomenon. Then again, it’s been borne out in the tumultuous outcomes for a number of these men, Elle said.

Rapper and fashion mogul Kanye West has been canceled by major global businesses and much of  American society for his antisemitic rants and unhinged behavior during his marriage to Kim and after their divorce. Scott Disick, Kourtney’s ex-partner, remains as hapless as ever. Then there’s NBA stars Lamar Odom and Tristan Thompson, Khloe’s ex-partners. Odom suffered a crack cocaine-induced stroke at a Las Vegas brothel in 2015 that put him into a life-threatening coma, while “love rat” Thompson faced global backlash for his serial cheating scandals.

Musician Travis Barker was only married to oldest sister Kourtney Kardashian for a month when he was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in July 2022, suffering from life-threatening pancreatitis, which he said was a complication from an earlier endoscopy, as he explained on Instagram, Us Weekly reported. 

Pete Davidson appears to have emerged from his 10-month relationship with Kim Kardashian relatively unscathed and more famous than ever, with his reputation as a serial seducer of famous women enhanced. But during the relationship, he had to deal with increased tabloid scrutiny of his private life and endured online bullying and threats from Kanye West.

Kylie Jenner’s romance with Chalamet comes several months after she decided to take a break from her on-off relationship with Scott, ET reported. It’s likely that she and Chalamet met through her sister Kendall Jenner.

Neither star has addressed the romance publicly; nor have they stepped out together in an official capacity, including during the star-studded Coachella music festival this past weekend, ET said. “Kylie decided she didn’t want to make things public with Timothée this past weekend at Coachella,” the source told ET, “and really just wanted to chill and have fun with her friends.”