Secrecy has been the key to Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet making their unlikely romance work, and a source claims the billionaire beauty is refusing to let the cameras in so she can get a chance at her happy ending.
The A-list couple has largely kept their two-year romance out of the spotlight, making their first public appearance in months to show off their PDA at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.
And while fans are desperate to know what Kylie, 27, and Timothée, 29, are talking about, the lovebirds know that keeping to themselves has worked in their favor.
But finding a way to juggle Timothée’s Hollywood career with the level of fame surrounding Kylie’s famous family and the intense scrutiny over their romance has been no easy task.
“Kylie and Timothée are still trying to figure out who they are as a couple,” an exclusive source told DailyMail.com.
“There are no problems in paradise, but there are things they still have to navigate.”
Secrecy has been the key to Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet making their unlikely romance work, sources tell DailyMail.com.
The couple, who have been dating for two years, recently showed off their 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.
“Adding a relationship to the mix with someone like Kylie is a lot to juggle.”
The source added that refusing to share everything on camera has been beneficial in strengthening them as an element.
“Being so secretive aside from the occasional awards show is how they’ve managed to work, and Kylie understands that,” they said.
“She knows she can’t give it a Kardashian spin, because if she does, the relationship will be too much for Timothée.
“She wants him around and is willing to sacrifice him to make her love life work.”
“They understand that people want to know more, but they want to keep a lot of things to themselves, because they want to honor the success of the relationship.”
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Kylie and Timothée for comment.
Knowing how to juggle Timothée’s Hollywood career with the level of fame surrounding Kylie’s famous family and the intense scrutiny surrounding their romance has not been an easy task.
A source told DailyMail.com: “Being so private outside of the occasional awards show is how they’ve managed to work, and Kylie understands that” (pictured at the 2024 Golden Globes).
Last year, DailyMail.com reported that Kylie She wanted to avoid their romance becoming a ‘spectacle’ and had decided not to pressure her Wonka star boyfriend into joining her family reality show, The Kardashians.
“Kylie and Timothée are going very well because Kylie is not giving him ultimatums to be part of the Kardashian TV show,” a source said.
“Theirs is a more private relationship where they can be as normal a couple as possible considering their levels of fame.”
Mom Kris Jenner, 68, had reportedly expressed her hope that Kylie and her boyfriend would be more open about the relationship.
“Kris would love for Timothée to flaunt Kylie everywhere, but Kylie makes sure to fight this because she doesn’t really want it to be any more of a spectacle than it already is,” the source said.
“She wants to foster the relationship… They love doing normal, fun things with each other and they are homebodies.”
Kylie clearly knew things were serious after six months, when she rented a remote castle in the Italian countryside and invited the Call Me By Your Name star as an ‘introduction’ to 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 had all met Timothee before but the relationship was very new at the time and they wanted to get to know him properly.”
“It wasn’t until Timothee went on vacation with the girls and Kris – and a group of Kylie’s friends – that they considered him part of the family, it was something of an initiation vacation.
‘And that’s where Kylie and Timothee really fell in love, they came back from that holiday as a real couple.
“They couldn’t keep their hands off each other while 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’s a PR stunt.
Last week it was rumored that the couple had split, although at the same time a rumor was circulating that Jenner was pregnant.
“I always assumed he was more intellectual than to associate with someone from that miserable clan, but I stand corrected,” one person said.
Another wrote: “I curse Timothée Chalamet.”
A source claims that Timothée is still deciding 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 perhaps had been paid to be there.
“Maybe Kris (Jenner, Kylie’s mother and manager) wrote her a big, fat check to take her special little girl as her date,” they speculated.
“He probably made more on this date than he took home from the movie.”
Kylie and Timothée’s approach stands in stark contrast to that of their sisters, who have documented their highly publicized and sometimes traumatic relationships.
Khloe Kardashian, 40, detailed the painful fallout from Tristan Thompson’s paternity scandal and Kim Kardashian, 43, broke down in tears over her drama-plagued divorce from Kanye West, while Kourtney Kardashian, 45, spoke to Candor about her very active sex life with husband Travis Barker.