Odell Beckham Jr’s rumored ex Kim Kardashian and the hush-hush couple’s brief dating history

When the forever-glamorous media icon Kim Kardashian and former Miami Dolphins star Odell Beckham Jr. were spotted side by side after the Vanity Fair Oscars Party in March 2024, few expected their rumored romance.“They were hanging out pretty much all night once he got there,” a source told TMZ then. “There wasn’t a ton of PDA like some of the other couples, but there was a lot of touching, and they were right next to each other the entire time. They were careful about not being too all over each other, but there was lots of chemistry, and they left together.” Their whispered affair lost its flame almost as quickly as it ignited, with breakup rumors hitting the tabloids by April 2024. But when did this headline-grabbing cougar couple [Beckham Jr. is 33 and Kardashian is 45, so the age difference is 12 years] first inflame their connection? Let’s formulate the timeline.November 2022: Kim Kardashian kept a low profile, attending and leaving Odell Beckham Jr.’s 30th birthday bash in Los Angeles.In May 2023, an anonymous tipster allegedly told gossip blog DeuxMoi that Kim and Odell had been spotted together at the Ritz-Carlton.In September 2023, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians central figure and the NFL star spent time together, but a Daily Mail source says they met through mutual friends. Could it have been her sister Khloe? All speculation, no confirmation.In May 2016, TMZ reported that Kim’s sister Khloe Kardashian and NFL superstar Odell Beckham Jr. were getting super close at Drake’s pool party in Hidden Hills on Memorial Day. The outlet’s source said Khloe and OBJ were “definitely into each other” and “looked like a couple.”There could have been another mutual friend, Michael Rubin. This is just speculation, with no confirmation. In July 2023, Kim and Beckham attended Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin’s all-white Fourth of July party. They arrived separately and were not rumored to be dating at the time.During the summer of 2023, Kardashian was rumored to be dating NFL legend Tom Brady, but Rubin addressed this in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “Honestly, they’re just friends,” Rubin said. “It’s just crazy rumors that get out there.”In November 2023, the wideout celebrated his 31st birthday with a ‘90s-themed party at WSA in New York City. “It was a fun party with a lot of fun people,” a source told PEOPLE. Celebrities like Lori Harvey, Emily Ratajkowski, Ashley Graham, Saquon Barkley, La La Anthony, Lil Baby, Emma Chamberlain, Kim Kardashian, and more were photographed walking into the birthday bash.In February 2024, the whispered couple attended Michael Rubin’s Super Bowl party. They arrived separately. A source told PEOPLE they were “still hanging out, but it’s pretty casual. Neither of them are in any big hurry to jump into something serious.”According to Aimée Lutkin of ELLE, Kardashian dated OBJ between 2023 and 2024. In April 2024, a source told PEOPLE, “It’s over and just fizzled out.”Also Read: THROWBACK: When Tom Brady said Kim Kardashian was terrified because her kids were at home with their dad, Kanye West