Three Years and Still Standing: Timothée Chalamet's Rare Tribute to Kylie Jenner

For a couple that guards its privacy, it was a strikingly public moment. Accepting the Best Actor prize at the 2026 Critics' Choice Awards, Timothée Chalamet paused to thank Kylie Jenner directly: "Thank you to my partner of three years. Thank you for our foundation. I love you. I couldn't do this without you." With one sentence, the notoriously guarded actor confirmed both the length and the seriousness of a romance fans have followed since 2023.

The tribute landed because it came after months of on-again, off-again breakup chatter. Instead of splitting, Chalamet and Jenner have spent 2026 quietly proving the rumors wrong — one red carpet and one courtside seat at a time.

A Year of Showing Up Together

The couple opened awards season side by side, sharing affectionate moments in the room at the Golden Globes. In March they attended the Academy Awards together, seated in the front row. By spring they had traded black tie for casual outings: they were spotted watching Justin Bieber's set at Coachella and sitting together at a New York Knicks playoff game in late April.

None of it was loud. That is rather the point. Where other celebrity romances play out in captions and confessional interviews, Jenner and Chalamet let the appearances speak — a hand on a shoulder here, a shared laugh there, a thank-you from a podium when it counts.

Why It Resonates

On paper they are an unlikely pairing: the beauty mogul and Kardashian-Jenner heir on one side, the art-house-to-blockbuster leading man on the other. In practice, the contrast is exactly what has kept audiences fascinated. Three years in, the relationship has outlasted the skepticism that greeted its first sightings — and Chalamet's Critics' Choice speech reframed the story from tabloid curiosity into something closer to a partnership.

Neither has spelled out what comes next, and both remain famously protective of their private life. But after a year of speculation, the message from the couple is quietly consistent: they are still here, still together, and no longer especially interested in hiding it.

How long have Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet been together?

Chalamet confirmed at the 2026 Critics' Choice Awards that they had been together for three years, which lines up with the first reports of their romance in 2023.

Did Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet break up?

Despite recurring breakup rumors through the year, the couple has continued to appear together publicly — from the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards to Coachella and a Knicks game.