Ex-Adult Entertainer Speaks Out On Alleged Romance With Timothée Chalamet Before Kylie Jenner

AsTimothée ChalametandKylie Jenner'srelationship continues to draw attention, a formeradult entertainerhas once again spoken out about her alleged past romance with the Oscar-nominated actor.

In an exclusive interview withThe Daily Mail,Sarah Tenaclaimed she had a privaterelationshipwith Chalamet for several years before his high-profile romance with the beauty mogul began.

The 32-year-old firsthintedat their connection in December 2025, when she sharedscreenshotsof her alleged conversations with the actor.

Now, in a new interview, Tena has revealed more details about their reported meetings and why Chalamet's relationship with Jenner left her "blindsided."

A former adult entertainer claimed she dated Timothée Chalamet for years before his relationship with Kylie Jenner began

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Tena, who once worked with Vixen, a production company, alleged that she maintained an on-and-off romantic connection withChalametbetween 2020 and 2023.

Speaking withThe Daily Mail,she claimed she was surprised when she first saw reports linking theactorto Jenner.

"I see these things about him datingKylie Jenner, and I was very confused about that," she said.

"At first, I thought it was fake news, and then I was like, maybe it's a PR thing. But now it looks like maybe they are together. I don't know… It doesn't add up."

According to Tena, her and Chalamet's connection began during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic after she sent the actor a message on Instagram.

She said she first discovered Chalamet after watching him in the Netflix film,The King.

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"I thought, 'Oh, who's this actor?' because I'd never seen him before, so I looked him up onInstagram," she recalled.

"I was like, 'Oh, this guy is handsome."

Her first message, which was a black heart emoji, reportedly went unanswered. Months later, she tried again by responding to another Instagram Story with a drooling emoji.

This time, she alleged the actor reacted to the message.

About a month later, she explained that Chalamet sent her a direct message on May 16, 2020, eventually leading them to exchange phone numbers.

Tena's revelations revealed that her and Chalamet's first meeting happened in Santa Monica after they exchanged phone numbers

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Tena further noted that the pair met in person shortly afterward at a beachfront property in Santa Monica, where Chalamet was staying during the pandemic.

She claimed she asked him to come outside when she got out of the Uber, admitting their first meeting felt "surreal."

However, she claimed they quickly connected while drinking wine and discussingfilms.

Tena also alleged that Chalamet played Bob Dylan songs for her while preparing for what would later become hisOscar-nominatedrole in the biopic,A Complete Unknown.

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"He had all these scripts up for theBob Dylanrole," she said. "He played me a few songs, and he was so great. He had been practising maybe for a month, he told me."

She continued revealing that the actor made the first move and that she stayed the night. "We had a wonderful, wonderful time."

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She also insisted that Chalamet never judged her for her work inadult entertainmentand even discouraged her from getting a BBL.

Following their first surreal meeting, Tena and Chalamet went on to meet regularly until 2022

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Tena claimed the two continued seeing each other every few months. She described the connection as bothromanticand friendly.

"With Timothée we just clicked," she said. "We were both attracted to each other. It also turned into a friendship."

She also claimed the actor showed interest in her personal life, wanting to meet herdaughter.

"He is a gentleman," she added. "He's genuine. He's funny… The friendship kept us going so long… Our personalities are similar."

Eventually, their relationship became moreemotionallyserious for her. During a meeting in New York City in June 2022, she said she told the actor about her feelings.

"I had finally expressed how I felt, and I let him know that I had feelings for him, and he did too. We both did."

"I was in love with Timothée, yeah," she continued. "I didn't say those exact words to him. I had said, 'I have feelings for you,' and pretty much expressed that I want to continue. I let him know that I wanted it to be more consistent… I wanted it to be where we made more time for one another. New York kind of sealed that for me."

Little did she know that the meeting would become the last time she saw him in person.

Tena alleged that everything changed between the pair when Kylie Jenner entered the picture

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Following their last meeting, she sent Chalamet a belatedbirthdaymessage on January 5, 2023, which was acknowledged by him with a heart reaction.

Weeks later, the actor was spotted interacting with Jenner at Jean Paul Gaultier'sParis Fashion Week show.

By April 2023, sources toldTMZthat the pair were "hanging out," and Jenner's Range Rover was photographed outside Chalamet's Beverly Hills home.

The couple continued to appear together publicly throughout the year, including at the US Open, a Saturday Night Live afterparty, and the Kardashian-JennerChristmas Eve party.

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Jenner and Chalamet'srelationshipbecame even more public in February 2026, when theMarty Supremeactor referenced Jenner in his Critics' Choice Awards acceptance speech.

"Thank you to my partner of three years," he said. "Thank you for our foundation. I love you. I couldn't do this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."

Tena's story first gained widespread attention in December 2025 when she posted screenshots of their conversation

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Responding to questions from fans on TikTok, she posted screenshots of what she said were conversations with Chalamet from his official Instagram account.

The images were later shared on X, where a post discussing the alleged relationship accumulated over 3.3 million views at the time.

Social media users quickly speculated that the timeline suggested the actor had cheated on Jenner.

However, Tena herself denied that interpretation, adding. "He got into a 'relationship,' and I'm now with someone, so we just drifted apart."

Although she described the whole revelation as "disrespectful," she admitted she still thinks about the relationship.

"I miss him," she said. "I do miss him a lot because I haven't seen him in a couple of years."

"I never thought of him, and I would stop talking because we had that friendship also. He's changed. I know he's changed. Hollywood changes people," she concluded.

"Have some self respect," wrote one netizen

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Ex-Adult Entertainer Speaks Out On Alleged Romance With Timothée Chalamet Before Kylie Jenner

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Oscars security responds to Teyana Taylor's claim 'very rude' guard shoved her at show

TheOscars' security firm has addressed Best Supporting Actress nomineeTeyana Taylor's claim that aguard shoved her moments afterSunday's Academy Awards ceremony ended.

Following the telecast, footage of Taylor scolding an unidentified individual went viral online, with theOne Battle After Anotheractress shown raising her voice at a "very rude" person she said shoved her moments prior.

In an email statement toEntertainment Weeklyon Monday, Security Industry Specialists, Inc. addressed the incident and shared its version of events.

"There was a brief interaction involving Ms. Taylor and a member of our security team during the show last evening," the statement confirms. "Our security personnel were working to manage a crowded area and ensure the safety of all guests."

The statement continues, "During that interaction, there was incidental contact and we regret that the situation escalated. This is not the standard of professionalism we expect from our team, and we have addressed the matter internally to help ensure situations like this do not happen again."

EW has reached out to representatives for Taylor for comment.

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After the ceremony,TMZpublished a video in which Taylor told the outlet that "it's all good" after the incident.

"Everybody's having a good time and you know, security was just doing a lot," the 35-year-old said, adding, "I'm proud, I'm happy. There's nothing to wonder. The first thing people do is definitely make assumptions, but at the end of the day, I just don't tolerate disrespect — especially when it's unwarranted and unprovoked."

AfterOne Battle After Anotherwon Best Picture, Taylor was shown running on stage next to directorPaul Thomas Anderson, and she smiled as she put her arms around his neck just as they went up the stairs to collect the awards frompresenters (and reunitedMoulin Rouge!actors) Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

After the ceremony, Taylor addressed the headlock in a red carpet interview.

"You know what's crazy? We kind of took it back to Critics Choice [where] I said, 'Listen, we get that Best Picture, I'm going to gift you a helmet. I'm such a sports girl," Taylor said toVariety. "It's that little inside joke. He already knew the headlock was coming!"

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Rescue crews dig bodies out of the ruins of a Kabul hospital hit in an airstrike blamed on Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble of adrug rehabilitationhospital in the Afghan capital on Tuesday morning, after officials there said that an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people in a dramatic escalation of aconflict between the two neighborsthat is now in its third week.

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Pakistan has denied Afghanistan's accusation that it targeted a hospital, insisting that its strikes, which were also conducted in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, were aimed at military facilities. It dismissed Afghanistan's claims of hundreds of casualties from a strike on a hospital as being propaganda.

The casualties were taken to several hospitals in the area. It wasn't immediately possible to independently confirm the death toll.

The conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistanbegan in late February, and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. International calls for a ceasefire have gone unheeded. The strike came hours after Afghan officials said that the two sidesexchanged firealong their common border, killing four people in Afghanistan.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of providing safe haven for militants who frequently carry out attacks inside Pakistan, especially to the Pakistani Taliban, a group separate but closely allied with the Afghan Taliban who took over Afghanistan in 2021 in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led troops. The group,Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. Kabul denies the charge.

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Drug rehab hospital

In a late-night post on X, Afghanistan's deputy government spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said the airstrike had hit the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility in Kabul, at about 9 p.m. local time.

He said that large sections of the facility had been destroyed, and that the death toll had "so far" reached 400 people, while about 250 people had been reported wounded. There was no updated official death toll early Tuesday morning.

Local television stations posted footage on X showing security forces using flashlights as they carried out casualties while firefighters struggled to extinguish flames among the ruins of a building.

The Omid hospital was renamed and expanded in size roughly a year ago from the Ibn Sina Drug Addiction Treatment Hospital. The site is located near a former NATO military base, Camp Phoenix, where U.S. forces used to train the Afghan National Army. After the Taliban seized control of the country in 2021, the base was taken over by Afghanistan's new authorities. It wasn't immediately clear what was now housed on the site of the former base.

Pakistan's Information Ministry said in an X post that the Pakistani military had "precisely targeted" the Camp Phoenix site, which it said was now a "military terrorist ammunition and equipment storage site." It said in its post that Omid hospital was "multiple kilometers" away from the former camp and accused Afghan officials of lying.

"Another important question also lingers, as to why would an alleged drug rehabilitation facility be colocated with lethal ammunition storage site in a military camp? This also remains unanswered," the Information Ministry wrote.

Afghan government condemns attack

Afghan government spokespersonZabihullah Mujahidcondemned the strike on X, accusing Pakistan of "targeting hospitals and civilian sites to perpetrate horrors." He said those killed were "innocent civilians and addicts.""We strongly condemn this crime and consider such an act to be against all accepted principles and a crime against humanity," he said in a separate post on X.A member of the rescue team working at the site on Tuesday morning, Allah Mohammad Farooq, said that hundreds had been killed."When we arrived here, everyone was buried under the rubble," he said. "We then used a crane to pull them out. Most of the people were dead, and many are still trapped under the debris. "A man sitting outside the site broke down in tears as he recounted hearing about the bombing. Haji Najibullah said that his son and other relatives were being treated in the hospital."We have no information about who is alive and who is buried under the rubble," he said. "Only God knows who may have survived and who may be injured. So far, we have no news at all."The U.N. human rights expert in Afghanistan, Richard Bennet, said in an X post that he was "dismayed by fresh reports of #Pakistan airstrikes in #Afghanistan and resulting civilian casualties." Offering his condolences, he added: "I urge parties to de-escalate, exercise maximum restraint & respect international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian objects such as hospitals."Pakistan dismisses the allegationsShortly after Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting the hospital Monday night, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, dismissed the allegations as baseless, saying no hospital was targeted in Kabul.Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar posted on X in the early hours of Tuesday that the Pakistani military had "carried out precision airstrikes" targeting military installations in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangarhar. He said that "technical support infrastructure and ammunition storage facilities" at two locations in Kabul were destroyed."All targeting has been done with precision only at those infrastructures which are being used by Afghan Taliban regime to support its multiple terror proxies," he wrote.The latest conflictThe fighting — the most severe between the two neighbors — began in late February after Afghanistan launched cross-border attacks in response to Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Kabul said killed civilians. The clashesdisrupted a ceasefire brokered by Qatarin October, after earlier fighting killed dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants.Pakistan has declared that it's in"open war"with Afghanistan. The conflict has alarmed the international community, particularly as the area is one where other militant organizations, including al-Qaida andthe Islamic State group, still have a presence and have been trying to resurface.On Saturday, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said that Afghanistan's Taliban administration crossed a"red line"by deploying drones that wounded several civilians in Pakistan last week.___Munir Ahmed reported from Islamabad, and Elena Becatoros from Athens, Greece.

Afghan government spokespersonZabihullah Mujahidcondemned the strike on X, accusing Pakistan of "targeting hospitals and civilian sites to perpetrate horrors." He said those killed were "innocent civilians and addicts."

"We strongly condemn this crime and consider such an act to be against all accepted principles and a crime against humanity," he said in a separate post on X.

A member of the rescue team working at the site on Tuesday morning, Allah Mohammad Farooq, said that hundreds had been killed.

"When we arrived here, everyone was buried under the rubble," he said. "We then used a crane to pull them out. Most of the people were dead, and many are still trapped under the debris. "

A man sitting outside the site broke down in tears as he recounted hearing about the bombing. Haji Najibullah said that his son and other relatives were being treated in the hospital.

"We have no information about who is alive and who is buried under the rubble," he said. "Only God knows who may have survived and who may be injured. So far, we have no news at all."

The U.N. human rights expert in Afghanistan, Richard Bennet, said in an X post that he was "dismayed by fresh reports of #Pakistan airstrikes in #Afghanistan and resulting civilian casualties." Offering his condolences, he added: "I urge parties to de-escalate, exercise maximum restraint & respect international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian objects such as hospitals."

Pakistan dismisses the allegations

Shortly after Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting the hospital Monday night, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, dismissed the allegations as baseless, saying no hospital was targeted in Kabul.

Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar posted on X in the early hours of Tuesday that the Pakistani military had "carried out precision airstrikes" targeting military installations in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangarhar. He said that "technical support infrastructure and ammunition storage facilities" at two locations in Kabul were destroyed.

"All targeting has been done with precision only at those infrastructures which are being used by Afghan Taliban regime to support its multiple terror proxies," he wrote.

The latest conflict

The fighting — the most severe between the two neighbors — began in late February after Afghanistan launched cross-border attacks in response to Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan that Kabul said killed civilians. The clashesdisrupted a ceasefire brokered by Qatarin October, after earlier fighting killed dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants.

Pakistan has declared that it's in"open war"with Afghanistan. The conflict has alarmed the international community, particularly as the area is one where other militant organizations, including al-Qaida andthe Islamic State group, still have a presence and have been trying to resurface.

On Saturday, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said that Afghanistan's Taliban administration crossed a"red line"by deploying drones that wounded several civilians in Pakistan last week.

Munir Ahmed reported from Islamabad, and Elena Becatoros from Athens, Greece.

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Suspected suicide bombers target Nigeria’s Maiduguri city, killing 23 people and injuring over 100

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded insuspected suicide bombingsMonday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the conflict-battered city in recent history.

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Residents and emergency services earlier told The Associated Press that three explosions were reported in crowded places in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, including in a major market and at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

"Regrettably, a total of 23 persons lost their lives, while 108 others sustained varying degrees of injuries," Borno police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso said in a statement that blamed the attacks on suspected suicide bombers.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on theBoko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Shariah.

Boko Haram has since become stronger, with thousands of fighters and different factions, including the Islamic State West Africa Province, which is backed by the Islamic State group.

Maiduguri city has been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.

The attack took place less than 24 hours after the Nigerian military repelled attacks by militants on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in what some residents say could have been planned as a distraction.

By Tuesday morning, there was heavy security deployment in the affected locations and along major roads in the city, but many public places remained closed amid heightened fear.

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"Investigations are ongoing to further ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incidents and to bring perpetrators to justice," the Borno police command said.

Explosions rocked crowded places almost simultaneously

The first explosion was recorded at about 7:30 p.m. at the entrance of the teaching hospital, while the second and third followed few minutes later at the popular Monday Market and nearby Post Office business hub, both located about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the hospital.

Witnesses recounted the chaos that followed at the scenes and at hospitals as security forces and the emergency services quickly intervened.

"This attack has been one of the deadliest in Maiduguri in years," said Mohammed Hassan, a member of a volunteer group assisting security forces in fighting extremists. "We're in dire need of blood," he said of the situation hours after the attack.

The extremists haveintensified their attacks against Nigerian military basesin recent weeks, killing several senior officers and soldiers, and stripping the bases of stocks of weaponry and ammunition.

The multiple attacks could be seen as a major victory for the jihadis in a city seen as impregnable despite the jihadis often targeting troops and villages on the outskirts of the city.

Past attacks in the city have been limited to one-off incidents that occur once in a long while, including a suicide attack thatkilled five at a mosque on Christmas Evelast year.

"Maiduguri being attacked is like an insult for the security forces ... and for the (jihadi) groups, it is symbolic because it shows nowhere is out of their reach," said Malik Samuel, a Nigerian security researcher with Good Governance Africa.

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