Either the rumor mill is working overtime or Selena Gomez she’s dating former One Direction member Zayn Malik — and honestly, both assumptions are totally believable.
The Zelena rumors went viral in March, when an alleged hostess at a celebrity-favorite New York restaurant took to TikTok after receiving a text from another hostess saying Gomez and Malik were hooking up. to do while they were at dinner. The source was obviously suspicious, and even DeuxMoi, Instagram’s favorite gossip page, had doubts.
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However, a source who spoke with Entertainment Tonight recently confirmed the claims of the creator of TikTok and you know what that means: It’s time for a complete timeline of the alleged relationship between Selena Gomez and Zayn Malik.
December 2010-March 2018: Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have been dating and breaking up repeatedly for about eight years. We won’t dwell on everything that happened, but there is a moment that specifically concerns Malik…
August 14, 2016: During a hiatus in 2016, Gomez and Bieber allegedly fought on Instagram over photos he shared with alleged girlfriend Sofia Richie. During their alleged spat in the comments, Gomez appears to insinuate that Bieber has “cheated multiple times” during their relationship. According to screenshots shared by Harper’s Bazaarhe replies: “I cheated… oh did I forget about you and Zayn?”.
Malik is currently dating Gigi Hadid. Gomez reportedly responded to the comment by writing: “I’m done. I have some Selenatrici to meet”.
October 2021: Having been on and off dating since November 2015, Hadid and Malik split just a year after welcoming their daughter, Khai.
May 15, 2022: during her debut as a host at the Saturday Night LiveGomez talks about love: “I would like to say that I’m looking for my soul mate, but at this point I would accept anyone,” he jokes.
January 15, 2023: According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Page Six, Gomez was spotted making out with The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart at The Gutter bowling alley in New York City.
January 19: Selena Gomez silences romance rumors by posting and deleting an Instagram story with the hashtag “I’m single” and writing, over a black-and-white landscape, “I love being alone too much.”
January 21st: Gomez and Taggart are photographed holding hands in New York.
March 15: Gomez jokes that her crush “doesn’t even exist” in a video on TikTok. Gomez captioned the post: “Still out here looking for it lol.”
March 21: Gomez is reportedly having dinner with Malik’s personal assistant, Taryn Zimmerman. According to the report shared by Us Weekly On March 31, Gomez and Zimmerman were photographed at New York’s Nobu just two days before Gomez and Malik’s rumored exit.
March 23: TikTok user and alleged restaurant hostess Klarissa Garcia posts a video claiming that her friend, it too hostess, made Gomez and Malik sit down in a New York club. In screenshots of their text message exchange, the friend wrote, “Tell me why Selena Gomez and (Zayn) just walked into (restaurant name) holding hands while kissing and I sat them down.”
In the video, Garcia also noted that Gomez is one of only 18 people Malik follows on Instagram. And yes, she follows him back.
March 24: DeuxMoi shares an IG story in which he says he hasn’t been able to independently confirm the story, adding, “Usually when he’s in New York someone writes that he saw her and I always assumed Zayn stayed in Pennsylvania.”
However, an eyewitness source tells a Entertainment Tonight: “Selena and Zayn went out in SoHo, New York, last night around 10.30pm. They walked in holding hands and kissed. Most of the staff and restaurant goers didn’t notice them. They looked good together and it was clear it was a date.”
March 27: a source tells a Us Weekly that Gomez and Malik aren’t “super serious,” but Malik might wish they were. “Zayn has known Selena for years and he definitely likes her,” the source said. “She’s always looked up to her and she thinks she’s an incredible person, inside and out.”
The source claims that the couple is not exclusive and adds: «She is free to date other people. However, Zayn would like to continue seeing Selena and see where things go.”.
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