When Harry Styles and Emily Ratajkowski went viral for snogging against a vanon the streets of Tokyo last week, everyone assumed it was a spur of the moment, casual fling – or perhaps, they rather just wished it so. But actually, evidence would suggest the pair have been an item for some time now.
Harry Styles and EmRata's relationship timeline
What is said evidence? A podcast admission, made by Emily right before the big SMOOCH. In an episode of Going Mental with Eileen Kelly, Eileen began talking about how happy she was to be single at the moment and how easy it is to get the ick when you’re dating a lot.
‘I just started dating someone that I kind of like, “like”, so that feels different,’ Emily replied. But yes, if you’d have talked to me like four weeks ago, I would have been like, “Absolutely”.’
The podcast is dated March 9th, but it’s not yet clear when they recorded the episode. EmRata stans will remember that comedian Eric Andé posted a nude snap of the pair on Valentine’s Day (which is now deleted), but reports from early march state that she had actually already ended things with Andé just days before he chose to post the picture (concerning? Absolutely).
On February 17th, she also posted a TikTok with the caption ‘What do you do when a situationship ends? Start another one.’
So, if we’re digging deep into a Harry Styles/EmRata relationship timeline here, it seems like they could’ve started talking just after Valentine’s Day, and their Tokyo smooch would then put them at two months of dating. There are more clues though, don’t you worry.
In the same podcast episode (celebrity obsessives owe Eileen A LOT right now), Emily revealed the qualities she looks for in a partner and implied that her new man ticks all the right boxes.
‘I like someone that is very independent,’ she said. ‘I think, for me, that's very important because I do have a full life. I'm hoping that dating someone that has more of their own life will prevent the issues I had before.’
Can you get more independent than being contractually obliged to tour the entire world every other year? Harry might just be her perfect match. And in the final piece of the puzzle, although we’ll admit this is much more tenuous, Harry was subject to his own relationship rumours back in late February (the 26th to be exact) when a source told The Mirror, ‘Harry is seeing someone.’
‘He’s going to great lengths to keep her identity quiet after the circus surrounding his relationship with Olivia,’ the source shared. ‘But his close circles all know about the romance. Though its early days, things seem to be going well.'
At the time, tabloids referred to Harry’s new beau as a ‘mystery woman’, but now many have jumped to the conclusion it was EmRata all along.
So, there you have it guys, a full breakdown of Harry and EmRata’s relationship timeline – turns out they’ve been bumping uglies against bumpers for longer than we thought.