Charlize Theron tends to keep her personal life quiet apart from sharing tidbits about her two daughters, Jackson, 12, and August, nine. She’s had a few long term relationships with men like Stephan Jenkins, Stuart Townsend, and Sean Penn, but as far as we know she’s single now. The last big update we got on that front was confirmation that she was seeing a model named Alex Dimitrijevic two years ago. That relationship must have ended at some point because Charlize just told Andy Cohen that she’s on Raya! While taking audience questions on Watch What Happens Live, Charlize admitted that she has an account on the app, but isn’t active on it anymore. She just wasn’t into the type of men who are on it.
Charlize Theron is getting real about the reason she’s no longer active on the dating app Raya. In the Thursday, June 26, episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the host, 57, posed a question from a viewer. The viewer asked if it was true that Theron, 49, was on Raya. The actress replied, “I am.”
Cohen jumped in, “Oh, yeah? I am, too.”
Theron then said, “I don’t do anything with it,” to which Cohen said “Right, you don’t?”
She elaborated, “A friend put me on it, I went on two dates. Because every week it’s every guy has a Burning Man picture. And they’re, like, a CEO, like, of nothing,” she said in reference to the the desert art festival, to which the audience erupted into laughter.
“And they’re all like, into fitness…” Theron said, to which Cohen quipped, “Or like a creative director of nothing.”
Theron concluded, “Then you meet with them, and they’re not. I just say it up front. I’m like, ‘Well, why did you put that on your thing?’ No, I don’t like it.”
Theron appeared opposite Old Guard 2 costar Henry Golding on the show. The superhero film comes as a sequel to its 2020 predecessor Old Guard, based on the comic book of the same name by Leandro Fernández and Greg Rucka.
Old Guard 2 will be released on July 2l on Netflix.
I have no doubt that many dudes on Raya have a Burning Man pic or claim to be a CEO of something. That app is supposed to be super exclusive, but of course it’s been taken over by the tech bros, industry d-bags, and wanna be big player-types. It’s wild that those are the things that men highlight. The majority of the time, women on dating apps are looking for a man who is authentic and trustworthy!
I feel so lucky that I never had to deal with the dating app stuff! I have tons of female friends who had successful experiences with them, though. My cousin has been married for almost 20 years to someone she met on Match.com. That’s also the thing – everyone I know who found significant others on dating websites and apps did so 10+ years ago (pre-Trump, if you will). It feels like the apps are attracting a different type of man at this point. Is that true or am I only hearing the ‘bad’ stories lately? I have a question for anyone out there on dating apps. Has the landscape changed over the last decade? Is it a totally different type of dating pool than it used to be?
Oh, and also, there was another exciting thing to come from this WWHL ep, and it wasn’t that Henry Golding admitted to having a latex fetish. He confirmed that we are getting more Crazy Rich Asians! Apparently, they’re not just making a sequel, they’re making a series. I really like that movie (I haven’t read the books), so I am stoked to see what they’ll do with the storyline.
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- Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) Block Party 2025 at Universal Studios Backlot Featuring: Charlize Theron Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 29 Jun 2025 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images
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- Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) Block Party 2025 at Universal Studios Backlot Featuring: Charlize Theron Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 29 Jun 2025 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 25: Charlize Theron attends Netflix’s premiere of “The Old Guard 2” at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 25, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Netflix)
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 25: Charlize Theron attends Netflix’s premiere of “The Old Guard 2” at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 25, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Netflix)
Photos credit: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/Avalon, Getty Images for Netflix, Faye’s Vision/Cover Images and Getty
I really like Charlize, she always comes off authentic.
I haven’t been in the dating pool for a long, long time, but when a gorgeous creature like Charlize can’t find a decent man, it doesn’t bode well for the ordinary mortal! I have always liked her, and her acting. From what I have read, and I approve, she doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Maybe that is the problem, she is not prepared to compromise on her requirements for a partner. Good on her, I say. I’d rather be alone than with the wrong person.
Well, my nephew (Gen Z) met his girlfriend on an app. Their first date was at Costco!
My niece (also Gen Z) has had a few app-dates, but mostly she meets guys the old-fashioned way – at the grocery store and bars! Unlike my nephew, I don’t think she’s really looking for a steady.
Only just learned that a couple of family friends who’ve been married 40 years found each other in the Pennysaver Classifieds!
Another Crazy Rich Asians movie sounds fun – looking forward to a series.
Charlize is great, isn’t she? Don’t know how she’d find the time to date!
I am obviously obsessed with the fact that their first date was at Costco lol. Love at first sight for me! 😜
Online dating is the pits. Has been for 15 years. The ‘CEO of nothing’ is very true. In NYC the men all also run marathons according to their profiles….so weird. Add in their crippling fear of rejection which leads to no-show dates….and we’re all single. Sticking to meeting people in person.
Charlize is the shit. I’d love to overhear her tell a man to not waste her time.