Dakota Johnson and Machine Gun Kelly may be Hollywood’s latest unexpected pairing, with a new report claiming the two have grown increasingly close after reconnecting at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding earlier this year.
Neither Dakota Johnson nor Machine Gun Kelly has publicly confirmed a relationship, and there is apparently no official label involved just yet. But according to People, what began as a friendship has recently taken a more romantic turn.
A source told the publication that Johnson and MGK had already met before Swift and Kelce’s July wedding, but the event appears to have changed the pace of things.
The pair reportedly began texting more frequently after “hitting it off” at the wedding and are now said to be “smitten” with each other.
That is still a long way from an Instagram announcement, but their subsequent appearances together have inevitably given the rumours something more substantial to work with.
Their friendship reportedly became more romantic
According to People, Johnson and MGK initially developed a friendship after reconnecting at the July wedding.
The source says that relationship has since evolved, with the pair becoming more romantically interested in one another.
Crucially, however, the report stops short of describing them as an official couple. Neither has publicly announced a relationship, and they reportedly have not put a label on whatever is happening between them.
That distinction is worth keeping in mind. Being “smitten” may make for a considerably better headline than “two people are texting”, but it is not quite the same thing as publicly declaring a relationship.
For now, the picture is of two people who are reportedly exploring something romantic rather than a confirmed new Hollywood couple.
New York and Milan have added to the speculation
The dating reports are not based solely on an anonymous source.
Johnson and MGK were reportedly spotted spending time together in New York earlier this month, including at Taylor Swift’s Tribeca apartment.
Johnson was then seen watching MGK walk the runway during Milan Fashion Week, adding another public sighting to what had previously been described primarily as a private connection.
None of those appearances independently proves that the two are dating, of course. Friends can spend time together in New York and attend each other’s professional appearances without romance being involved.
Combined with People’s report that their friendship has become more romantic, however, the sightings explain why speculation surrounding the pair has accelerated.
Taylor Swift’s wedding reportedly changed the dynamic
The particularly curious detail is that Johnson and MGK apparently did not meet for the first time at Swift and Kelce’s wedding.
According to the source, they already knew one another.
Instead, the July celebration was reportedly where they reconnected and began communicating more regularly afterwards.
That makes the wedding less a meet-cute and more a catalyst. They had crossed paths before, but something about reconnecting there apparently encouraged the relationship to develop beyond occasional acquaintance.
Swift also remains indirectly connected to the story through the pair’s reported time at her Tribeca apartment in New York.
It is, admittedly, an unusually Taylor Swift-heavy origin story for a relationship that does not actually involve Taylor Swift.
The lack of a label matters
In my view, the most interesting part of the report is precisely what has not happened yet. Johnson and MGK have reportedly spent time together in multiple cities and a source describes them as “smitten”, but neither has publicly defined the relationship. That leaves enough evidence to take the reports seriously while still making it premature to treat them as an established couple.
Celebrity dating stories have a habit of jumping several stages ahead: a sighting becomes a date, a date becomes a relationship and, before long, two people standing within reasonable conversational distance of each other are apparently planning their future together.
The information available here supports a more restrained interpretation.
There appears to be a growing connection between Johnson and MGK, according to People’s source, and their recent appearances together are consistent with that account. The precise nature of the relationship remains theirs to define.
For now, neither has confirmed the romance
The next meaningful development would therefore have to come from Johnson or MGK themselves — or from clearer public evidence that the relationship has progressed.
Until then, they remain two people who reportedly reconnected at one of the year’s highest-profile celebrity weddings, started talking more often, became “smitten” and have since been spotted together on both sides of the Atlantic.
For a relationship without a label, it has already accumulated a surprisingly international itinerary.
