We were so close and throughout filming, I was just best friends with Jacob. It's a far cry from the lovestruck man who promoted the original film. "In this world, everyone wants to know your business and what you're doing," King admitted "And I think it's very interesting when you go through things and people kind of feel like they're owed an explanation, but I understand." It was great. After the first month, I was like, ‘Hmm, I think I like him.'”. King and Elordi seemed like they were meant to be for a time, but were they? It does seem that the fanbase may have played a role in the break-up, whether they meant to or not. Sometimes a couple drifts apart.

ELLE participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. When Jacob and Joey met on the set of The Kissing Booth, it sparked a whirlwind romance. Unfortunately, their love story was short-lived. Joey King with her Boyfriend Jacob Elordi in The Farmers Market. ✨‍‍ @jacobelordi @joel_courtney, A post shared by Joey King (@joeyking) on Mar 20, 2017 at 2:01am PDT, There's never been an official confirmation of when King and Elordi's relationship turned romantic. Joey seems to believe that the relationship wasn't as lovey-dovey as we saw on Instagram and, what the fanbase believed them to be, they might never have been. Sometimes it's all about timing. That same month, Netflix announced that The Kissing Booth 2 was happening and that King and Elordi would reprise their roles. Ouch. Taking a break from social media is a totally typical and healthy thing to do, yet the decision still caused rumors to circulate. The high school romance story became one of the most re-watched movies on Netflix in 2018, as noted by Deadline. In March 2019, Joey confirmed the break-up in an interview with Refinery29 and spoke about how she's coping. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Thank you for making these past 2 months a dream. Dating when you're in the spotlight is even harder. She first gained recognition for portraying Ramona Quimby in the comedy film Ramona and Beezus (2010). It was hardly the romantic moment that most people wish their first kiss with a significant other will be like. Only King and co-star Joel Courtney appeared in the announcement video, though — Elordi was notably absent, making the split seem even more certain. Sparks didn't even fly at their first meeting on the set of The Kissing Booth — although King did think her leading man was cute. It's hard to know what really happened in the months following Elordi deleting his Instagram as people began to speculate that the couple had split up. Savannah Walsh is an Editorial Fellow at ELLE.com. “G’day! It's possible that the pressure of being in the spotlight contributed to Elordi's breakup with King, though we can't know for sure. She continued, "For me, I've publicly gone through some things, privately gone through some things, it's all about finding your balance, finding what makes you comfortable. While it seems that Joey King and Jacob Elordi weren't meant to be, their parting appears to have been pretty amicable. In the midst of shooting and promoting her Emmy-nominated performance in Hulu's The Act, King spoke to Refinery29 about re-focusing the narrative on her work, not her personal life. After he was cast on Euphoria, things began to turn around for the actor, and he abandoned plans to move back to Australia. Both King and Elordi were set to reprise their roles from the start. "Was it love at first sight? It started with a lack of social media posts. "I was like 'Omg! Jacob and Joey met during their time shooting hit Netflix film The Kissing Booth in 2017. They were frequently spotted by paparazzi out together and the two posted about their relationship on social media constantly. Were they perhaps just taking a break? The sequel to the Netflix's hit romance, The Kissing Booth, dropped on the streaming platform on July 24 — and viewers were left with lingering questions about the actors. This content is imported from YouTube. (Almost every trace of their relationship is no longer on their profiles.) There was only one problem. Her career was not the only major demand on her time. Also falling in love were the film's two stars, King and Elordi. Did they really call it quits then? Joey Lynn King is an American actress who was born on July 30, 1999.

How Old Is the Cast of HBO's Controversial Teen-Centric Drama 'Euphoria? All rights reserved, Michael Kovac, Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images, Kevork Djansezian, David M. Benett/Getty Images, eculation about Elordi and King's breakup began after he announced he was taking a social media break to focus on work, after all. Far from falling in love at first sight, their relationship started off completely platonically. King was a child star who had been acting for most of her life when she landed her role in the movie — her acting resume dates all the way back to 2006, when she had a guest spot on two episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. They also got flirtatious in a few promotional videos for the movie: A few months after the film's highly-successful premiere, King and Elordi made a few more public outings together. Part of the reason that figuring out why Joey King and Jacob Elordi broke up is so hard is because the couple haven't really addressed the breakup publicly. But that was the case for The Kissing Booth co-stars Joey King, 20 and Jacob Elordi, 23—who had to reunite in the year following their 2018 breakup for the blockbuster movie's sequel. It was a time of a lot of transition and stress for Elordi, and it's possible that all of the pressure may have contributed to the deterioration of his relationship with King. "Some of these things are just meant for you.". They attended the Hollywood premiere for the documentary In The Cosmos: Where We Come From, Where We Are, And Where We Are Going on August 26. Like to take a moment to thank everyone for the support over the last year,” he wrote in a since-deleted post, per the outlet. While playing Noah from The Kissing Booth wasn't his first acting credit, it was one of the first roles on his resume and the one that turned him into a breakout star. King announced the news in a video not with Elordi, but co-star Courtney. Us Weekly asked if dating another actor was a benefit to her relationship. Still, though, "making those sacrifices was totally worth it," said the actress. Breakups happen for all sorts of reasons. Dating is hard. Whatever people are talking about is not your business, it's kind of how it feels. In the lead-up to The Kissing Booth's release on Netflix, King posted several photos with Elordi. Rumors of romance between King and The Act producer Steven Piet have circulated since last fall.

"Just even the fact that somebody you don't know knows your name could be quite disembodying. The director of the film decided to have them rehearse smooching in his office. King didn't elaborate too much and said she wasn't "outwardly addressing" the situation, but it definitely seems like there was some awkwardness on the set of The Kissing Booth 2. That meant that he wasn't just adjusting to being a famous actor when his popularity exploded thanks to The Kissing Booth — he was also adjusting to living in the United States. While Elordi told GQ Australia that he's not too into the party scene, we can imagine that being a 21-year-old in Hollywood with a younger girlfriend might be a bummer when you can legally drink and she can't. I just met this guy.

Notably, the film focuses heavily on the long-distance nature of Noah and Elle's relationship, meaning the exes don't share as much screen time together as the original movie. It's possible that constant demands from the public to know what was going on in their relationship contributed to Joey King and Jacob Elordi's breakup. Right away we were talking about gross things with each other," she explained. It wasn't long before she started to develop feelings for him, even though their friendship started with them "talking about gross things with each other." As noted by, , this happened right before he started filming on. They didn't even officially announce that they were broken up, but instead they left fans to speculate about what had happened between them, as noted by Us Weekly. Two years isn't that big of an age gap — particularly in Hollywood — but those two years can be a big deal when you remember just how young they are. While Elordi and King have kept the details of their breakup pretty quiet, by looking closely at their relationship and their lives, we can try to see where things went wrong. Nothing... until you consider that Zendaya was announced as the show's lead at the same time. Jacob Elordi's career following The Kissing Booth was a bit rocky.