Kim Kardashian is said to be close to making it official with superstar American football player Odell Beckham Jr.
The reality TV personality and former wife of Kanye West, 43, has been reportedly dating the Baltimore Ravens NFL star, 31, for five months now.
Kim finalised her divorce from the controversial Gold Digger rapper in 2022 and began dating the former New York Giants star mid-way through 2023.
And now it appears the two, who have been keeping things on the down-low in recent times, are ready to go public with their relationship for the first time.
A source has said that Odell apparently wants to avoid being in the headlines as much as Kim’s former partners, such as Pete Davidson and Reggie Bush.
Speaking to MailOnline, the source remarked that, as a person, Odell is ‘much more private’ than Kim, and has been keen to ‘figure out’ their next moves as a couple.
However, there’s said to be a connection between Odell and Kim’s younger sister Khloe, 39, with the two rumoured to have been romantically attached in the past.
In 2016, photos and videos surfaced of the pair getting close at a party, but Khloe denied the rumours, referring to their interaction as ‘a little flirting’.
In 2021, Odell and Kim’s half-sister Kendall Jenner, 28, also teamed up for a toothpaste commercial campaign in the United States.
Kim’s ex-husband Kanye referenced Odell on his song Facts back in 2016, before declaring his intention to run for the Presidency four years later – the year Joe Biden was elected instead.
The line from the song reads, ‘On the field, I’m over-reckless, on my Odell Beckham / 2020 I’ma run the whole election, yeah!’
News of the rumoured couple (seemingly) publicly confirming their relationship comes just days after Odell and Kim were ‘spotted’ at a swanky pre-Grammys party.
The gathering, said to be hosted by rapper and Kanye West collaborator Jay-Z, was apparently the scene of Odell and Kim getting closer than ever before and more comfortable with their relationship being a public thing.
An insider, also speaking to MailOnline, reported that Odell and Kim, who would become one of the most high-profile couples in the world, are ‘fond’ of each other.
However, it seems Kim is also keen to manage the next steps of their relationship carefully, with the insider commenting: ‘Kim wants to keep her romantic life as private as she can right now.’
‘She wants to protect her private life a bit more than she has done in the past.’
Odell has a son, Zydn Beckham, with previous wife Lauren Wood, to whom he was married for seven years – the pair still manage their infant’s Instagram account despite being divorced since 2022.
Meanwhile, Kim’s daughter with ex-husband Kanye, North, has made her debut in an official music video as her dad prepares to release Vultures, his collaborative album with rapper Ty Dolla $ign.
The song, titled Talking / Once Again, features vocals from North and also shows shots of her having her hair braided, as well as shouting in her famous dad’s ear.
