Emily Ratajkowski was spotted passionately kissing her boyfriend Romain Gavras, the film director who previously dated Dua Lipa and Rita Ora, while the couple holidayed in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday.
Ratajkowski, 35, first gained attention as a swimwear model before appearing in the 2013 music video for Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines", which drew both acclaim and controversy for its risque content. She has since modelled for major fashion labels, founded the swimwear label Inamorata, appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, starred in the film Gone Girl and hosts the podcast High Low with Emily Ratajkowski. Gavras, the son of the Oscar-winning director Costa-Gavras, known for films including Z and Missing, is himself known for directing music videos for artists such as M.I.A. and Jay-Z as well as the 2022 film Athena, and has a net worth of $5million (£4million).
The pair could not keep their hands off each other as they walked the city's streets. Ratajkowski wore a black halterneck minidress with white Puma H-Street Premium Alpine Snow Warm White unisex sneakers, while Gavras wore a loose-fitting khaki coloured top, baggy white tracksuit bottoms, Asics Gel-1130 trainers and a Ralph Lauren cap.
The Puma H-Street is part of the brand's retro basketball-inspired range, while the Asics Gel-1130 is a popular unisex running-inspired sneaker favoured by street-style watchers. The Ralph Lauren cap nodded to the fashion house's preppy Americana aesthetic.
Relationship With Romain Gavras
Ratajkowski and Gavras were first romantically linked last November, when they were photographed kissing in New York City. They have since made their relationship Instagram official.
The relationship is Ratajkowski's longest since her divorce from film producer Sebastian Bear-McClard, 45, in 2022.
Last month, the couple also kissed in a photo shared on Instagram.
Gavras's Past Relationships
Gavras previously dated Dua Lipa, the Grammy-winning singer behind hits such as "New Rules" and "Levitating", in 2023, and the pair attended the Cannes Film Festival, the prestigious annual event held on the French Riviera, together.
He also had a brief romance with Rita Ora, the British singer and television personality known for judging The Voice UK and appearing in the Fifty Shades film franchise, in 2020.
Seven-Figure Book Deal
Ratajkowski has recently signed a seven-figure book deal set to detail her sex life as a single mother. The book, titled Mother F*****, is billed as "an examination of modern female identity through the story of the author's own efforts as a newly single mother dating in New York City", according to the entertainment trade publication Deadline.
The model, who shares her son Sylvester with Bear-McClard, released My Body in 2021, a collection of personal essays exploring feminism, power and sexuality.
Last month, she said she went "from Madonna to whore" when she started "compulsively dating" after her divorce.
Dating History Since Divorce
Ratajkowski split from Bear-McClard, a film producer known for producing the Adam Sandler thriller Uncut Gems, in 2022 amid rumours about his fidelity, just a year after the couple welcomed their son. Her headline-grabbing love life since then has included romance rumours with the Oscar-winning actor Brad Pitt and flings with the singer Harry Styles, a former member of the boy band One Direction, and DJ Orazio Rispo. She has also been linked to the comedians Pete Davidson, best known for his years on Saturday Night Live, and Eric Andre.
In March 2023, she was photographed passionately kissing Styles in Tokyo, despite reportedly being friends with his former girlfriend, the actress and director Olivia Wilde. A Daily Mail source said Wilde felt the kiss was a "betrayal".
Marriage Confession
Ratajkowski addressed her newly single phase, and made a sex confession about her marriage, in an essay for The Cut, the culture website published by New York Magazine.
She wrote: "In a time period that felt both instant and excruciatingly slow, my marriage collapsed. Six months after my son was born, my husband and I stopped having sex. Less than a year later, we separated."
When the split became public, a source told Page Six that Bear-McClard was "a serial cheater", adding: "It's gross. He's a dog." Ratajkowski fuelled the speculation by liking a tweet that read: "can't believe that little b**** cheated on emrata."
She said: "I hated the condescending way people looked at me in the wake of my breakup. Their furrowed brows, the pity in their faces as they delivered an 'I'm so sorry, Emily.'"
She added: "I couldn't stand my pathetic reflection in their eyes. They saw me as someone who was unwanted, who had been left. A reject with the burden of a needy, hungry, two-foot-tall sidekick."
