Austin Butler ‘Outgrowing’ Relationship With Kaia Gerber: She’s Trying to ‘Stay Interesting’
Kaia Gerber and boyfriend Austin Butler appear to be standing on rocky ground, and a source exclusively tells Life & Style the in-demand actor is rapidly losing interest in the relationship despite his girlfriend’s best efforts.
“Austin and Kaia have always had a lot of things working against them,” says a friend of the Oscar-nominated Elvis star, 33.
Most notably, the source says, is the “big culture difference between how they were brought up.”
Austin came from humble beginnings and attended public school until finally landing his big break after working as an extra on several television series. The 23-year-old model, however, was born into a wealthy family. Kaia is the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, and when she was just 10 years old, she landed her first modeling gig with Versace’s junior line, Young Versace.
Also weighing down the Dune: Part Two actor’s relationship with Kaia is “the crazy pressure Austin has been under over the last two years as he became a household name,” the source points out.
“These are issues Kaia has always had a hard time getting her arms around, along with Austin’s crazy schedule where he’s been filming almost constantly for the last 18 months,” the insider explains. “Austin is a good guy, but everyone is being realistic about the fact that he’s way more invested in his career than he is in this relationship. At least that’s how it looks when you spend time with them as a couple.”
With their relationship constantly hitting more roadblocks, the source reveals that the model “is trying to up her game and stay interesting” to her boyfriend of more than two years (they have been linked since December 2021).
