PHOTOSGoing Down In The DMs! These Celeb Couples Found Love On Social Media
2020: What a time to be alive and dating! It’s not easy to find love in today's world, and for celebs, it can be even harder.
Many Hollywood stars are afraid of using dating apps such as Tinder or Hinge due to the fear of being catfished. Instead, they are turning to social media to find their new boo.
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Instagram and Twitter isn’t just for posting thirst traps — we’re looking at you, Martha Stewart! — and #OOTD’s anymore, it's actually turning out to be the perfect place to find the next love of your life.
Forget about meeting at a bar or through mutual friends, many A-listers are now sliding into the DMs of other celebrities to take their shot at love.
Scroll through the photos to see which of your favorite celeb couples found love via social media.
Dylan Sprouse & Barbara Palvin
Although Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin technically met at a party, the actor did admit to W Magazine that he slid into the Victoria’s Secret model’s inbox afterward.
“She followed me, so I was like, ‘I guess I’ll give her something,’ and I slid into her DMs,” Sprouse said. “I was like, ‘Hey, I don’t know if you’re in New York for very long, but we should hang out if you want to. Here’s my number.’ And she didn’t message me for six months."
Palvin eventually texted him, and the rest is history. The adorable couple has been dating for a little over two years.
Sarah Paulson & Holland Taylor
When the two lovely ladies first met each other, they were in relationships. Years later, they reunited on Twitter.
American Horror Story actress Sarah Paulson told Andy Cohen during Watch What Happens Live that she and Holland Taylor “breezed by each other” during an event at actress Martha Plimpton’s house, which led to her reaching out on social media. Fellow guest Billy Eichner chimed in, saying, “Holland Taylor slid into your DMs?!” Paulson slyly replied: “She actually did!”
Nick Jonas & Priyanka Chopra
Nick Jonas asked around about Priyanka Chopra before he slid into her DMs on Twitter in 2016. Luckily, Chopra messaged him back and asked him to text her.
The gorgeous couple got married in December 2018.
Dua Lipa & Anwar Hadid
Cohen asked pop star Dua Lipa during an episode of his talk show, Watch What Happens Live!, if she had ever slid into a celebs' DMs, and her answer shocked everyone when she admitted that’s how she met her new man, Anwar Hadid.
“I have a confession to make … Mine was my boyfriend, so my current boyfriend,” the singer said. “I definitely did that.”
Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner spilled the beans to Harper’s BAZAAR U.K. that she initially met Joe Jonas after he messaged her on Instagram.
“We had a lot of mutual friends, and they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time,” she told the outlet. “We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.”
The lovebirds got married in May 2019 and welcomed their daughter, Willa, in July 2020.
Sarah Hyland & Wells Adams
Modern Family star Sarah Hyland told Jimmy Kimmel in 2018 that the Bachelor in Paradise contestant “slid into my DMs.” Adams told the actress, “Next time I’m in LA, I’m taking you out for drinks and tacos.”
The pair got engaged in July 2019, but their wedding has been put on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Julia Michaels & JP Saxe
Michaels appeared on On Air with Ryan Seacrest to share her love story on Tuesday, November 10. “We wrote ‘If The World Was Ending’ the day we met. I was the one that slid into his DMs,” she recalled. “I was like, ‘Hey, I think you’re a super amazing songwriter and I’d love to work with you.’ And we’d been trying to get it to work out and it finally did and that was the first song we ever wrote together and then I think we started dating like nine days later or something.”
