The "Kissing Booth" costars turned their onscreen romance into a real one back in 2017. It wasn't quite love at first sight, but King told Bello magazine there was definitely a vibe there from day one.
"Was it love at first sight? Well, I thought he was very cute when we first met, but it started as a friendship," she said. "Right away we were talking about gross things with each other. But before long I started to realize, 'Hey, I think I kind of like this person!' It was such an interesting experience meeting your boyfriend on set because you spend so much time together and become so close so fast."
King and Elordi dated for a couple of years, but by early 2019, it became apparent they weren't seeing each other anymore. In an interview with Refinery29, King admitted that the intense attention from fans trying to "figure out" if she and Elordi had broken up made things worse.
"All you can really do at that point is shut your phone off and crawl into your sister's bed and watch 'Friends' with her, because when you're going through something and the world wants to go through it with you or [wants] to get every piece of detail from you about it, it's really difficult . . . I think that the best way to make it go away is to just not acknowledge it."
After their breakup, Elordi dated Kaia Gerber, but the two called it quits after a year of dating in November 2021.
