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Were celebrity couples always this random? A 2025 study.

There are celebrity couples that just make sense.

Tom Holland and Zendaya, two people so perfect for each other that they made an entire superhero franchise just to bring them together.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, an amalgamation of all the pop singer's song lyrics of longing to be 'chosen' by the hot jock at school.

Chrishell Stause and G Flip… I don't know, they're just hot together.

But then there are the sort of celebrity couples that feel a little off. For instance, Taylor Swift's romance with Tom Hiddleston never felt completely natural.

The world was suspended in disbelief when known celebrity f**kboy, John Mayer, somehow found himself dating pop culture's princess, Jennifer Aniston.

Oh, and remember when Tom Cruise and Cher dated? What a time to be alive (I wasn't).

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But 2025 has hit different.

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This year, the most random of random celebrity couples have either hard-launched or proved the haters wrong by still going strong.

The sort of couples that beg the question: wait, how did you guys even meet?

Of course, we need to talk about 'I Kissed A Girl' singer Katy Perry, who split from Orlando Bloom in July before going official with former Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

They first sparked rumours with a quiet date in Montreal. Then Katy rejected a proposal at a show in Prague, telling a fan, "I am dating someone else!" The couple were then spotted smooching on a yacht before they made their red carpet debut in Paris on her birthday in October, walking hand-in-hand and smiling. It's so on.

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It's unclear how on earth these two crazy kids met, but it's delightfully weird, all the same.

Speaking of weird, has Jennifer Aniston found her happily-ever-after with a hypnotist? And if so, is she just under his spell?

Many questions to be answered by the Friends star dating Jim Curtis, who described himself as a hypnotherapist, author and wellness coach.

The relationship rumours began in July 2025 when they were photographed vacationing together on a yacht in Mallorca. Curtis and Aniston then made their relationship official in November when she shared a cuddled-up photo and message for his birthday on Instagram, calling him "my love."

Both Perry and Aniston are known for dating men in the entertainment industry, with famous exes that include Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Justin Theroux and John Mayer (for umm, both of them).

This dating pivot marks a significant shift. And I'm about it! Viva la weird-ass boyfriend choices.

Another couple that was on no one's 2025 bingo card was child star JoJo Siwa and Love Island UK heartthrob Chris Hughes. The twosome fell in love in the Celebrity Big Brother house, despite the fact that Siwa was dating Australian influencer Kath Ebbs at the time.

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Siwa broke up with Ebbs at the wrap party and it caused quite the controversy. After a few weeks of denying they were romantically involved, Siwa and Hughes eventually hard-launched and they're still going strong.

Another couple who are still together — against all odds — is one Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet.

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The star of The Kardashians and an Oscar-nominated actor is not the sort of pairing you see every day. But in 2025, Jenner and Chalamet's romance only got more serious, as they made several public appearances together off the back of his acclaimed role in the movie, A Complete Unknown.

The attractive pair reportedly started dating way back in September 2023, which means they've been together for over two years.

Then there are two other unlikely couples: Bella Hadid and her rodeo cowboy boyfriend, Adan Bañuelos, together since October 2023, and who can forget Lana Del Rey, whose marriage to Jeremy Dufrene — an alligator swamp tour guide — has been going strong since their wedding in September 2024.

Then there's 2025's newest rumoured couple, Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun, although… that one kinda makes sense to me.

But one thing is for sure, those crazy celebs will keep us guessing.

And in a sea of random couples, at least we have 2025's hottest twosome, Harry Styles and Zoë Kravitz, two people so perfectly suited that I would have sworn they've dated at least three times before.

But if this year taught us anything, those celebs will keep us guessing and I predict that later this year, we'll be met with the hard-launch of Nicole Kidman and a newly single Kevin Rudd.

2025, you're keeping us on our toes!

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