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Kim KardashianandVan Jonescan both laugh about their rumored romance.
“Now that we’re broken up, we can actually have a conversation in public,” Jones, 53, joked. “Best rumor ever.”
The 41-year-old SKIMS mogul, in turn, said the dating speculation “was funny” but she still “didn’t really expect that” to happen.
“I know! It was so weird,” Jones continued. “But I tell you, being a big nerd, having all my guys from college calling, like, thinking I was like the hero. I was like, ‘No, we’re just working on trying to get people out of prison.’ But it was a cool rumor.”
Kardashian added, “So many people asked me also and I was like, ‘You guys. I, like, just, need a minute before I’m out there.’ You know? Give me a minute at least.”
Kardashian first established a friendship with the CNN anchor through their shared interest in prison reform. In fact, Jones has repeatedly praisedThe Kardashiansstar over the course of her journey to becoming an attorney.
“She’s doing amazing,” he previously said onThe Ellen DeGeneres Showwhen asked how Kardashian is progressing in her studies. “She has used her platform to help people behind bars. Her dad [the lateRobert Kardashian Sr.] was a lawyer, and she always wanted to be a lawyer.”
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Jones had also said that once the mother of four “got a taste of what she could do using her platform, using her brain, she hasn’t let up,” adding, “I think she’s gonna be an unbelievable attorney. And she’s already one of the bestadvocates that we have in criminal justice.”
Kardashian began datingPete Davidsonlast fall amidher ongoing divorcefromKanye West. She recently addressed justhow “serious” the relationshipis ina candid sit-down interviewwithRobin Roberts.
“I am a relationship kind of girl, for sure, and I wouldn’t be with someone if I didn’t plan on spending a lot of my time with them,” the mother of four said. “Obviously, I want to take my time, but I’m very happy and very content. And, it’s such a good feeling just to be at peace.”
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Jones, for his part, revealed in February that hewelcomed a daughter with his friend, Noemi. (He also shares two sons withex-wife Jana Carter, to whom he was married from 2005 to 2019.)
source: people.com
