Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler put on an adorable performance together as they arrived together at the TIME 100 Gala in New York City on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old model and the 31-year-old Elvis star couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they posed on a display zooming for the cameras.
Kaya caused an outburst at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center with her elegant gray blazer dress, which left her back exposed.
Austin also looked smashing in a chic double-breasted black tuxedo.
The couple were celebrating Austin’s place on Time magazine’s list of influential people after his star-making role playing Elvis in the blockbuster of the same name.
CUTE COUPLE: Kaia Gerber, 21, and Austin Butler, 31, performed stunningly together at the TIME 100 Gala in New York City on Wednesday
LOVED: The model and Elvis star couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they posed on a display humming for the cameras
Kaia’s elegant dress hugged her slim frame and included a halter neckline.
She clung to her tightly before spreading out into a pretty floor-length maxi skirt.
The sleeveless look highlighted Kaia’s ornate arms, and she paired the dress with gold, point-to-toe, jewel-embellished heels.
Cindy Crawford’s daughter wore her gorgeous brunette locks parted at the middle and cascading down her shoulders, and she added some extra sparkle with a modest pearl bracelet.
Austin opted for classic glamor in his tuxedos.
The dark look with a double-breasted design was intriguing, and the bright peaked lapels made it look even more elegant.
Complement the suit with a black satin tie, and opt for a classic white dress shirt.
The Dune: Part II actor wore his shaggy hair slicked back, and sported some stubble.
Looking good: Kaya caused an explosion at Frederick P.
Revelation: Kaia’s elegant dress hugged her slim frame and included a chin-up collar. She clung to her tightly before spreading out into a pretty floor-length maxi skirt
Cindy Crawford’s daughter wore her gorgeous brunette locks parted down the middle and draped over her shoulders, and she added some extra sparkle with a modest pearl bracelet.
Dapper: Austin opted for classic glamor with his tuxedos. The dark look double-breasted design was intriguing, and the bright peaked lapels made it look even more elegant.
He kept his arm wrapped around his girlfriend as she walked down the red carpet, and at one point Kaia held him as well and stared seductively into his eyes, as if they were going in for a kiss.
The couple initially sparked dating rumors in December of 2021, and made the relationship official when they celebrated Valentine’s Day together in February of 2022.
After being included on the TIME 100 list, Austin received glowing praise from Angela Bassett in a tribute written for the magazine.
She was previously seen comforting the actor at the Academy Awards after he lost to The Whale’s Brendan Fraser.
During the work, she spoke of her disdain for the Academy Award.
The 64-year-old actress was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her powerful role as Queen Ramonda in Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, though she ultimately lost out to Everything Everywhere star Jamie Lee Curtis.
She began by recalling that she first met the Elvis star “during a fleeting moment” during “a very busy awards season.”
The first meeting was, she added, “one of many where we share hugs and warm words”, adding that she was “lucky” to be considered his new girlfriend.
“On the evening of the Oscars, with Austin sitting next to me, I understood firsthand what he felt when it came time to see if he was going up those stairs to the stage,” she said.
Bassett’s nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was her second, her first being for 1993’s What Love Got to Do It, portraying the legendary Tina Turner.
Sweet: He kept his arm wrapped around his girlfriend as she walked the red carpet, and at one point Kaia held him up too and stared seductively into his eyes, as if they were going in for a kiss.
Coupling: The couple initially sparked dating rumors in December of 2021, and made the relationship official when they celebrated Valentine’s Day together in February of 2022
Sing his praises: After being named to the TIME 100 list, Austin receives glowing praise from Angela Bassett in a tribute written for the magazine
In his corner: She was previously seen comforting the actor at the Oscars after he lost to The Whale’s Brendan Fraser
While Bassett won a Golden Globe and an NAACP Image Award for her portrayal of the legendary singer, she ultimately lost the Academy Award to Holly Hunter for The Piano.
So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced. Although he wasn’t named, Austin was nothing short of a winner.
It was time for Austin to say goodbye to Elvis as he began to embrace an endless world of possibilities as an actor. She said, “I can’t wait to see what brings us next.”
Bassett added that she watched Butler’s performance in Elvis, “with a deep appreciation for all the work I knew Austen put into his performance”.
Plenty of actors go on to find their way into an icon, not pretending to be them but offering the artist’s perspective as we perform slices of their story. “You walk away from that group forever changed,” she added.
I hope people don’t see you when they watch the movie—they see the artist’s journey through a different lens. Austen accomplished this with a brilliantly brilliant performance.
While it was a brief moment at the Academy Awards, many fans applauded Bassett for supporting Butler with his first Academy Awards, holding his hand while Brendan Fraser’s name was called out in place of his own.
Twitter user @NadineBabu said: “Angela Bassett is holding Austin Butler’s hand nervously…exactly the kind of woman I imagined she is.”
Another fan @kat_a_bru replied, “Oh the way you squeezed his hand at the end.”
Another wrote, “She’s had a long way too. And she sat there in the front row, being gracious, holding Austin Butler’s hand while his class was up, keeping herself like the royal queen that she is.”
Another wrote: “Shouting at Austin Butler clinging to Angela Bassett.”
Joint Pain: On the job, she spoke about her contempt for the Oscars. It was recently nominated for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever but lost out to Jamie Lee Curtis’ Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Impressed: Bassett added that she watched Butler’s performance of Elvis, “with a deep appreciation for all the work I knew Austen put into his performance.”
While many fans praised her for supporting Butler during his first Academy Award loss, many others criticized Bassett for her reaction – or lack thereof – to her loss to Jamie Lee Curtis at the Academy Award.
Everyone wants to win. But most of them won’t. that’s life. A sore loser never looks good, wrote one fan.
Another quipped, “Everything Angela Bassett says she should have beat Jamie Lee… Her reaction was poor sportsmanship.”
And a third wrote hilariously that BAFTA rapper Ariana DeBose’s rap song – where she says, “Angela Bassett did the thing” – cursed Bassett, saying: “She canceled Angela Bassett. She’s since lost all the awards she was about to get.”
