What Kendall Jenner's Relationship With Bad Bunny Is Really Like

By now you're probably familiar with Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny's rumored romance. The pair have been spotted on numerous dates and seem to be working toward a relationship. Before Jenner and Bad Bunny (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) started getting to know one another, they were both in long-term relationships.

Jenner was previously dating Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker. The former couple was first spotted in 2020 while on a road trip through Arizona. They seemingly confirmed their relationship after Booker posed for photos with Jenner at her 25th birthday party. The couple went on to make their relationship a bit more public by frequently posting about each other on social media. They later parted ways in November 2022.

Before dating Jenner, Bad Bunny was in a four-year-long relationship with Gabriela Berlingeri. The couple met in a restaurant while the "Efecto" singer was out for dinner with family. It took a while for the pair to go public, but when they did, it was clear they were serious about each other. Bad Bunny revealed he enjoyed a cozy quarantine with Berlingeri during an interview with Rolling Stone in 2020. "I am happy with her," the rapper shared. [People] don't know she has helped me a lot in emotional aspects when I needed it the most."

Are Jenner and Bad Bunny's ill-fated former relationships an indication of how they will end? We'll let you decide. This is what Kendall Jenner's relationship with Bad Bunny is really like.

Details of the early days of Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny's rumored relationship may have been revealed by anonymous sources who allegedly know all about the couple's love life. In February 2023, one unnamed informant told People, "Kendall recently started hanging out with him. They were introduced by friends. He moved to L.A. a few weeks ago and bought a house." They added, "She likes him and is having fun. He is different from guys that she dated in the past. He is very charming." If there's any truth to these claims, it looks like there might be hope for something more serious for this pair.

A separate source gave Entertainment Tonight an alleged run-down of the couple's romance that same month. "Kendall and Bad Bunny are attracted to each other and definitely have a flirty vibe," they claimed. "It is still new, but they're enjoying each other's company and like each other. They have mutual friends and had dinner with Hailey, Justin and friends at Wally's in Beverly Hills on Saturday night. It's been fun for both of them so far." Jenner and Bad Bunny were in fact photographed leaving Wally's in Beverly Hills following what appeared to be a double date with Justin and Hailey Bieber. The duo seems to be keeping their romance very private, so these claims will have to hold fans over until the stars share more details about their relationship with the public.

Even though Bad Bunny met Kendall Jenner's family during that aforementioned sushi night, they reportedly weren't all that serious yet. This could explain why they appeared to be keeping things low-key. An unnamed source shared alleged details about the status of their relationship with Us Weekly. "Things are not official between Kendall and Bad Bunny, but they're seeing each other on a regular basis and getting to know each other better," they told the outlet in March 2023.

They added, "It's not super serious, but she likes him and is open to seeing where things go with him. Kendall appreciates how he treats her with respect and he makes her laugh." They made more claims about how Jenner felt about her new fling in the beginning. "He's very charming and she thinks he's a great guy," the anonymous informant said. "Although things are still fairly new, she definitely sees potential."

The couple may not have been in any rush to take things to the next level because Jenner reportedly has no problem being single. After parting ways with ex-boyfriend Blake Griffin, the model enjoyed short-lived flings with Anwar Hadid and Ben Simmons. "Kendall is having fun," an unnamed source claimed at the time, per People. "She doesn't want a serious relationship and is just enjoying being single. She feels that whenever she has been serious about guys in the past, it's kind of a mess and doesn't work out."

We can't blame Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny for keeping their relationship private in the beginning. The public can be cruel and social media users typically aren't afraid to share their opinions on celebrities' romances. The duo faced a decent amount of hate after photos of them together first surfaced. One Twitter user shared, "Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny probably don't share one single damn thing in common this relationship makes no sense." Another penned, "Bad Bunny a fraud.. mf disappointing us on international women's day."

The mean comments reportedly got so bad that Jenner's fans worried about what would happen when the couple officially confirmed their relationship. "Gonna be her biggest relationship thus far, I know Kris [Jenner] is loving this," one fan wrote online (via The U.S. Sun) "I feel for her though because she's about to be harassed more than she ever has before. Benito fans are already mad as h**l." Another fan suggested that the model might receive more hate from Bad Bunny's fans than she did from Harry Styles' fans. You might recall that Styles and Jenner reportedly dated from 2013 to 2016.

According to The U.S. Sun, another fan chimed in and offered a theory for why Jenner might be receiving so many mean comments. "It's not about being jealous," they penned. "Latinos are upset because he's all about Latino proudness but he's dating the most unseasoned of the Kardashians/Jenners."