Last fall, Billie Eilish got a boyfriend. His name is Jesse Rutherford and he is ten years older than Billie. She’s 21, he’s 31. It was amazing and hilarious to watch her fanbase freak out about the age difference and suggest that he was a creepy older guy and a bad influence. Like, Billie is 21… she’s going to date some gross dudes. Many women date terrible men at that age. Well, good news for Billie’s fans – she got out of the relationship without getting pregnant or married. She apparently phased out Jesse over the past month.
Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford have called it quits, Page Six can confirm.
“We can confirm Billie and Jesse did split amicably and remain good friends,” the “Bad Guy” singer’s rep tells Page Six Wednesday.
Eilish, 21, and Rutherford, 31, have not been seen together since Coachella in April. The former couple were seen keeping a low profile at the music festival in Indio, Calif.
Eilish then attended the Met Gala in May without Rutherford. The “Lovely” singer stunned at fashion’s biggest night in a sheer dress designed by Simone Rocha. Later that night, Eilish was seen getting cozy with “Love, Victor” actress Ava Capri, who is queer, at an afterparty.
However, Eilish’s rep notes that any speculation about cheating is “false.” Reps for Rutherford did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.
Good for her? I’m fine with this, all of it. Sometimes you need to date someone gross. Sometimes you need to get this kind of relationship out of your system so you can move on to better things. I don’t think this was Billie’s first boyfriend, but Jesse was her most serious relationship in a few years, at least. I think it’s fine – normalize “dating.” Normalize “every relationship doesn’t have to be super-serious and forever.”
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Sometimes people just want to enjoy another person’s company and it’s never intended as permanent. And I don’t think the age difference automatically makes him “gross.” Like, Ryan Reynolds is 10 years older than Blake Lively, and no one has ever called him gross for it. And they’ve been married since she was very early 20s and dated for awhile before tying the knot 🤷♀️
I did, but they deserve each other
Billie 1 m, Groomer None. Just like I like it hope no one under the age of 40 ever gives him the time of day Again
Is he gross? I mean, other than being 10 years older.
Yeah, unless this guy came with a lot of other red flags, I’m not clutching my pearls over just the age gap. 16 and 26 would be totally inappropriate, not to mention illegal. And 21 and 41 would be very telling about his maturity level. But 31 for many guys is still pretty unformed — and not necessarily a bad match maturity-wise with a 21-year-old female.
The fact that 31 year old men get a shrug for being unformed and a maturity match for a 21 year old woman is so telling…