New celebrity couples of 2020

For many, 2020 will go down as the year that canceled all sorts of things, but one thing it did not manage to cancel was romance and love. Despite the many challenges that the year put before us all, new romances and loves still managed to blossom. While experts were telling everyone to keep their distance and isolate, love found a way to keep on keepin’ on. It’s true that we saw a lot of celebrity breakups happen in 2020, but we witnessed quite a few celebrity hookups, too.

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It would have been the perfect year for celebrities to keep any romantic relationships to themselves, since most public events and media happenings were canceled, but some famous folks just couldn’t keep their love lives to themselves. You know how love is! When you’re deep in it, you just want to shout it from the rooftops—or if you’re famous, you post about it on social media or let yourself be seen together. Here are some famous folks who became couples in 2020!

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have taken their friendship to the next level.

According to People magazine, a source revealed that Rihanna and her longtime buddy, rapper A$AP Rocky, are now more than friends. In January 2020, Rihanna and her billionaire boyfriend of three years, Hassan Jameel, called it quits. In July 2020, A$AP Rocky was a part of Rihanna’s Fenty Skin campaign. “I think the hardest part about working with you is not goofin’ off and laughing the whole time. Like this [expletive] is comedy," he said in a GQ video about partnering with Rihanna.

Lele Pons and Guaynaa are official.

The Venezuelan internet sensation went Instagram official about her romantic relationship with Puerto Rican rapper Guaynaa on December 12, 2020. She posted a series of photos of them frolicking in the snow and wrote, “MINE ❤️ (it’s official) @guaynaa.”

Adele and Skepta became more than friends.

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In September 2019, Adele filed for divorce from Simon Konecki. They had already been separated for about five months at the time. Adele and Skepta have known each other for years, live near each other, run in the same circles, and have bonded over music and parenthood. Now that Adele is single, they seem to have bonded romantically as well.

Katie Holmes and Emilio Vitolo Jr. have been holding hands a lot.

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Katie and the chef have been sighted on the streets of New York City holding hands and being unapologetically and very publicly affectionate. Despite working hard at his father’s restaurant, somehow Emilio finds plenty of time to be photographed spending time with Katie.

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns went Instagram official.

On September 26, 2020, Jordyn Woods posted a series of photos of herself and the NBA player wearing matching bathing suits on the beach and wrote, “I found you, then I found me .” On his own feed on the same day, Karl-Anthony posted similar photos and wrote, “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights .”

Rebel Wilson and Jacob Busch are together.

Rebel Wilson went IG official about her relationship with the businessman, whose family founded Anheuser-Busch, on September 24, 2020. It wasn’t a big ol’ declaration of love or anything, but the second photo in a series of two that she posted, showed them standing next to each other looking all coupled up.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt are playing footsie together.

In July 2020, Halle posted a picture of her feet and someone else’s feet playing footsie. Then on September 17, 2020, the actress posted a pic of herself wearing T-shirt with singer Van Hunt’s logo on it, and she wrote, "now ya know… ♥️ ."

Pamela Anderson started dating Dan Hayhurst.

Dan happens to be her security guard. The actress was actually married to Hollywood producer Jon Peters earlier in the year, but that marriage lasted for only 12 days. In February, after her marriage ended, Pamela and Dan got together.

Ana Brenda Contreras and Zacarías Melhem went public on his birthday.

In January, TVNotas reported that Ana Brenda was dating her best friend’s brother, Zacarías Melhem. They’ve known each other for years, but now they are romantically involved. On November 9, 2020, Ana Brenda posted a picture of herself sitting on his lap and wrote, “Happy birthday to the king , to the one with the kindest heart and eternal smile. The one who takes care of us all, the one who gives me perspective and levels me out. But above all, he always makes me smile (or laugh) my rock ❤️ Happy birthday .”

Brad Pitt and Nicole Poturalski were a thing, and then they weren’t.

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So, in 2019, these two were seen apparently flirting with each other a few times. Then in 2020, the American actor and the German model spent some time together in the south of France over the summer. Apparently, they weren’t that into each other, though, because by October 2020, they were over. The thing is, Nicole is married to Roland Mary, who owns the restaurant Borchardt in Germany. Supposedly, Nicole and Roland have an open relationship.

Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich also were a thing—until they weren’t.

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In March, they did the whole social distancing thing together and appeared smooching on each other in Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's "Stuck With U" video. In July they got engaged, and then in September they called off the whole relationship.

Speaking of Ariana Grande, she got engaged to Dalton Gomez.

Ariana and Dalton, who is a real estate agent, were spotted kissing right around Valentine’s Day 2020. They also did the social distancing thing together and appeared as a couple in the "Stuck With U" video. Then right before Christmas, Ariana shared pictures of the engagement ring that Dalton gave her.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly made it Instagram official.

Machine Gun Kelly posted a picture of himself and Megan Fox on July 28 with the caption, “Waited for eternity to find you again … ❤️ .” Megan, who separated from husband Brian Austin Green in 2019, met Machine Gun Kelly on the set of their movie Midnight in the Switchgrass. "I knew right away that he was what I call a twin flame," she said in an interview. "Instead of a soul mate, a twin flame is actually where a soul has ascended into a high enough level that it can be split into two different bodies at the same time. So we're actually two halves of the same soul, I think. And I said that to him almost immediately, because I felt it right away."

Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck are in deep.

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Ana and Ben worked together in 2019 while shooting the film Deep Water, but supposedly back then everything was above water and very professional between the two. Then on March 8, 2020, the two were seen vacationing together in Cuba – Ana was born in Cuba. Since then, it’s harder to spot the actors apart than it is to see them together, acting very much like a very-in-love couple.

Tiffany Haddish and Common started their romance virtually.

Tiffany confirmed that she’s been dating Common on a July 30, 2020, podcast episode of Steve-O’s Wild Ride. The couple met in 2019 on the set of the film The Kitchen. It “wasn't anything sexual or anything like that because my eyes were set on something else," the actress shared. But in 2020, they went on a virtual Bumble date, and sparks sparked.

Christian Nodal and Belinda are in love.

After weeks of rumors that the two singers were dating, Christian confirmed on La Voz that they were indeed a couple. He also shared snapshots of the two on social media and wrote, “Te amo.” The Instagram account for La Voz even shared a picture of the two with the caption, “Love came to #LaVoz … ❤️ Our coaches, @nodal and @belindapop started a relationship … We are very excited! .”

Lupillo Rivera and Giselle Soto got engaged.

Giselle, who is the CEO and founder of Giselle Soto Brows, posted a couple of pictures of herself and Lupillo and wrote: “I told him I wanted to be his #1 and he got to it ❤️.” If you look at the photo, you can very clearly see that she is sporting a ginormous engagement ring.

Julián Gil and Valeria Marín are smitten.

They’ve been together since around February, but the Puerto Rican actor and the Mexican sportscaster only started posting pics of themselves together on their social media accounts in July. In December they celebrated 10 months of being together.