In this new digital era, finding love looks a whole lot different than how it used to back in the day. Whether you’re an everyday person or a famous face, the use of social media and/or dating apps are terrains you might have to venture into if you’re trying to find your forever partner.
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But if you were feeling a bit apprehensive about the whole concept, let these handful of celeb couples inspire you. Some like Draya Michele and NBA star Jalen Green might make you reconsider hopping in the DMs and shooting your shot. Others like Jonathan Owens and Simone Biles may just make you re-download that one dating app and give it another go round.
Regardless of which route you take, just know you can find some success by sliding as evidenced by these famous couples! Keep reading to find out exactly how the DM’s played a role in their love story!
Draya Michele and Jalen Green
In a new interview with Whistle released on Wednesday, Phoenix Suns player Jalen Green revealed he actually slid in reality TV star Draya Michele’s DMs first, despite their 17-year age gap.
“Thank you. Did everyone hear that?” Michele said as she’s been the subject of online scrutiny for her relationship. While the two aren’t married, they did welcome a child together, a 14-month-old daughter named Lyght.
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens
Biles told the Wall Street Journal that they two of them met on the popular celeb dating app Raya in March 2020. Once she saw Owens’ handsome face, she slide into his DMs, said hey, and the rest is history. The two wound up getting married in April 2023.
Winnie Harlow and Kyle Kuzma
During an appearance on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” in 2021, model Winnie Harlow said her now-finace NBA star Kyle Kuzma DM’d her on Instagram during the start of the pandemic in 2020. Though she initially missed the first message, Kuzma made sure to stay consistent and now after dating for some years, the two are headed down the aisle!
Big Sean and the late Naya Rivera
Rapper Big Sean and the late “Glee” actor Naya Rivera met after exchanging DMs back and forth on Twitter in 2013. While their romance happened fast, it was over just as quickly. They officially ended things by breaking off their engagement in 2014, according to PEOPLE.
Francisco Lindor and Katia Reguero
During an interview with the New York Post in 2022, New York Mets player Francisco Lindor revealed he messaged his now wife on Instagram and knew within months that she was “the one.”
“I messaged her on Instagram. Her picture popped up and I was like, ‘This girl is beautiful!’” he said at the time.
Quavo and Saweetie
As evidenced by clear screenshots from 2018, Migos frontman Quavo posted how he slide in rapper Saweetie’s DMs on Instagram.
“U so icy, Imma glacier boy,” he wrote. To which Saweetie responded: “was hannin then.” The two dated for two years before calling it quits in March 2021.
Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose
After seeing an interview where rapper Wiz Khalifa mentioned that Rose was the only girl in the world he’d want to be with, she messaged him on Twitter( now X) to tell him how sweet it was and, well you know what happened next. The two dated and eventually got married in July 2013. They welcomed a son together later that year though they eventually divorced in 2014.
Laverne Cox and Kyle Draper
Speaking to Access Hollywood in 2018, Laverne Cox said she met her then-boyfriend Kyle Draper on Tinder and hit him up on the popular dating app. Sadly, they were short-lived after only dating for two years.
Nick Young and Iggy Azaela
Thanks to former Lakers player Nick Young’s #WomanCrushWednesday post in 2013, he and rapper Iggy Azaela were able to get together. They later called it quits in June 2016.
Amber Riley and DeSean Black
In an interview with xoNecole in 2020, singer and “Glee” star Amber Riley revealed she met her then fiance Desean Black by sliding into his DMs. Though they were engaged the same year this interview came out, they eventually called things off in 2022.
Honorable Mention: Lizzo and Chris Evans
OK, so we know they’re technically not a “Black” couple nor were they ever a couple. But Lizzo did admit to drunk sliding in the Marvel stars DMs in 2021. Thankfully, he took it in stride, joking that he’d done “much worse” on Instagram and said that he was a fan of the “Good As Hell” singer.
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