Secrecy has been the key for Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet in making their unlikely romance work – with an insider claiming that the beauty billionaire refuses to let the cameras in so she can have a shot at getting her happily-ever-after.
The A-list couple have largely kept their two year romance out of the spotlight, making their first public appearance in months to pack on the PDA at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.
And while fans are desperate to know what Kylie, 27, and Timothée, 29, talk about, the lovebirds know that keeping themselves to themselves has worked in their favor.
But navigating how to juggle Timothée’s Hollywood trajectory with the level of fame around Kylie’s famous family and the intense scrutiny on their romance has been no easy feat.
‘Kylie and Timothée are still trying to figure out who they are as a couple,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively.
‘There is no trouble in paradise, but there are things they still need to navigate.’
Secrecy has been the key for Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet in making their unlikely romance work, insiders have told DailyMail.com
The couple, who have been dating for two years, recently packed on the PDA at the Golden Globes during a rare outing on Sunday night
They continued: ‘They are both very attracted to each other, but Timothée is still trying to figure out his career, which is a lot to deal with.
‘To add a relationship into the mix with someone like Kylie is a lot to juggle.’
The source added that a refusal to share everything on camera has been beneficial in strengthening them as an item.
‘Being so secretive besides the odd award show is how they have managed to work, and Kylie understands that,’ they said.
‘She knows she can’t put the Kardashian spin on it, because if she does, the relationship will be too much to deal with for Timothée.
‘She wants him around and is willing to sacrifice that to make her love life work.
‘They understand people want to know more, but they want to keep a bunch of stuff to themselves, because they want to honor the success of the relationship.’
DailyMail.com has contacted reps for both Kylie and Timothée for comment.
Navigating how to juggle Timothée’s Hollywood trajectory with the level of fame around Kylie’s famous family and the intense scrutiny on their romance has been no easy feat
An insider told DailyMail.com: ‘Being so secretive besides the odd award show is how they have managed to work, and Kylie understands that’ (pictured at the 2024 Golden Globes)
Last year, DailyMail.com reported that Kylie was keen to avoid their romance becoming a ‘spectacle’ and had decided not to pressure her Wonka star boyfriend to join their family reality show, The Kardashians.
‘Kylie and Timothée are going so well because Kylie is not putting ultimatums on him to be a part of the Kardashians TV show,’ a source said.
‘Theirs is a more private relationship in which they can be as normal a couple as is possible considering their levels of fame.’
Momager Kris Jenner, 68, had reportedly expressed her desire for Kylie and her boyfriend to be more open about the relationship.
‘Kris would love for Timothée to flaunt Kylie everywhere – but Kylie is making sure to fight this because she actually doesn’t want to make it more of a spectacle than it already is,’ the insider said.
‘She wants to nurture the relationship… They love doing normal and fun things with each other and are homebodies.’
Kylie clearly knew things were serious after six months, when she rented out a remote castle in the Italian countryside and invited the Call Me By Your Name star as an ‘induction’ into the family.
Timothée, 29, and Kylie, 27, first sparked romance rumors in April 2013
A well-placed source told MailOnline: ‘Kris, Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kendall – they’d all met Timothee before but the relationship was very new at that point and they wanted to get to know him properly.
‘It wasn’t until Timothee went on that holiday with the girls and Kris – and a bunch of Kylie’s friends – that he was considered part of the family, it was sort of like an induction holiday.
‘And that’s really where Kylie and Timothee fell in love, they came back from that holiday a real couple.
‘They couldn’t keep their hands off each other, kissing by the pool.’
Fans haven’t necessarily been supportive of Kylie and Timothée’s relationship, with many still clinging to the idea that it is a PR stunt.
As recently as last week the couple were said to have broken up – although at the same time a rumour was circulating that Jenner was pregnant.
‘I always assumed he was more highbrow than to hook up with someone from that wretched clan, but I stand corrected,’ one person said.
Another wrote: ‘I curse Timothée Chalamet.’
A source has claimed that Timothée is still figuring out his career
Kylie knows she can’t ‘put the Kardashian spin’ on the relationship, because if she does ‘it will be too much for Timothée’ and she wants them to last
A third suggested he might be mentally ill, or that perhaps he had been paid to be there.
‘Maybe Kris [Jenner, Kylie’s mother and manager] wrote him a big fat check to take her special little girl as his date,’ they speculated.
‘He probably made more on this date than his take home from the movie.’
Kylie and Timothée’s approach is a stark contrast to her sisters who have all documented their highly publicized and, at times, traumatic relationships.
Khloe Kardashian, 40, detailed the painful aftermath of Tristan Thompson’s paternity scandal and Kim Kardashian, 43, broke down in tears over her drama-plagued divorce with Kanye West, while Kourtney Kardashian, 45, has talked candidly about her very active sex life with husband Travis Barker.