It’s not every day thatKendall Jennerresponds to speculation about her private life — and when she does, it’s short, sweet and to the point.On Tuesday, the supermodel clapped back at a meme circulating on Twitter about her history of dating basketball players.“Starting 5 of NBA playersKendall Jennerdated,” reads the text above a composite of Cleveland Cavaliers guardJordan Clarkson, Golden State Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell, Philadelphia 76ers guardBen Simmons, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma and Detroit Pistons forwardBlake Griffin.“2 out of 5 accurate, thanks,” Jenner, 23, tweeted in response.The two Jenner referenced are presumably Griffin and Simmons. She was first linked to Griffin, 30, in the summer of 2017. But his trade from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Detroit Pistonstook a toll on the relationshipand they grew apart, a source previously told PEOPLE.BACKGRIDJenner and Simmons, 22, dated on and off for the last year, and shepublicly confirmed the relationshipfor the first time while appearing on theEllen DeGeneres Showin February. After asking Jenner about her love of basketball, hostEllen DeGenerespulled up a photo of the model sitting courtside at one of the NBA player’s games.“See there you are, but there’s a guy in front of you, I can hardly see you,” DeGeneres joked, referring to Simmons. “Who’s that guy in the way?”“I’m not so sure,” Jenner said with a laugh.“So obviously you’re dating this guy who’s on the 76ers,” DeGeneres pressed. “How long have you been dating him?”“For a bit now,” Jenner admitted.Ben Simmons and Kendall Jenner.In May, a source told PEOPLE the romance hadcooled off.“The relationship ran its course,” the source said. “She’s spending time with her friends and back to being in fun mode.”A source told PEOPLE last year that Jenner is “very protective of her personal life.”“Kendall’s really different from her sisters in that sense,” the source said. “She honestly doesn’t want people talking about who she’s dating.”Jenner echoed the sentiment in an interview withVogue Australiain May.“For me, a lot of things are very special and very sacred, like my friends and relationships, and I personally think that bringing things into the public makes everything so much messier,” she said. “I’m very young and right now I feel like relationships aren’t always super-certain and I don’t want to bring too much attention to something if you don’t really know long-term [what it’s going to be].”“A relationship is only meant to be between two people, and the second you make it the world’s business is when it starts messing with the two people mentally,” she continued. “Like once everyone is let in, you’re letting all these opinions into your relationships, and I don’t think that’s fair.”
It’s not every day thatKendall Jennerresponds to speculation about her private life — and when she does, it’s short, sweet and to the point.
On Tuesday, the supermodel clapped back at a meme circulating on Twitter about her history of dating basketball players.
“Starting 5 of NBA playersKendall Jennerdated,” reads the text above a composite of Cleveland Cavaliers guardJordan Clarkson, Golden State Warriors guard D’Angelo Russell, Philadelphia 76ers guardBen Simmons, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma and Detroit Pistons forwardBlake Griffin.
“2 out of 5 accurate, thanks,” Jenner, 23, tweeted in response.
The two Jenner referenced are presumably Griffin and Simmons. She was first linked to Griffin, 30, in the summer of 2017. But his trade from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Detroit Pistonstook a toll on the relationshipand they grew apart, a source previously told PEOPLE.
BACKGRID
Jenner and Simmons, 22, dated on and off for the last year, and shepublicly confirmed the relationshipfor the first time while appearing on theEllen DeGeneres Showin February. After asking Jenner about her love of basketball, hostEllen DeGenerespulled up a photo of the model sitting courtside at one of the NBA player’s games.
“See there you are, but there’s a guy in front of you, I can hardly see you,” DeGeneres joked, referring to Simmons. “Who’s that guy in the way?”
“I’m not so sure,” Jenner said with a laugh.
“So obviously you’re dating this guy who’s on the 76ers,” DeGeneres pressed. “How long have you been dating him?”
“For a bit now,” Jenner admitted.
Ben Simmons and Kendall Jenner.
In May, a source told PEOPLE the romance hadcooled off.
“The relationship ran its course,” the source said. “She’s spending time with her friends and back to being in fun mode.”
A source told PEOPLE last year that Jenner is “very protective of her personal life.”
“Kendall’s really different from her sisters in that sense,” the source said. “She honestly doesn’t want people talking about who she’s dating.”
Jenner echoed the sentiment in an interview withVogue Australiain May.
“For me, a lot of things are very special and very sacred, like my friends and relationships, and I personally think that bringing things into the public makes everything so much messier,” she said. “I’m very young and right now I feel like relationships aren’t always super-certain and I don’t want to bring too much attention to something if you don’t really know long-term [what it’s going to be].”
“A relationship is only meant to be between two people, and the second you make it the world’s business is when it starts messing with the two people mentally,” she continued. “Like once everyone is let in, you’re letting all these opinions into your relationships, and I don’t think that’s fair.”
source: people.com
