Cobra KaiStar Jacob Bertrand Says Girlfriend Peyton List Is His Muse: 'Hardest Working Woman on Planet Earth' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jacob Bertrand and Peyton List attend the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty

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Cobra KaistarJacob Bertrandhas nothing but love for his girlfriend and costar,Peyton List

“She’s my muse,” Bertrand, 24, tells PEOPLE of List, 26.

He says that she’s also the one who encouraged him to take some career risks after the sixth and final season ofthe Netflix series ended.“I would say she’s the inspiration for a lot of the things that I do,” he continues.

“She’s the person who was really pushing me to direct and write,” he says, adding that he’s been working on his first short film. “She, probably, was honestly just tired of me telling her all of my ideas and was like, ‘Well then just do it!’ But yeah, she’s the person that really gets me going.”

Peyton List and US actor Jacob Bertrand ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6 Series Finale Premiere.Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock

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Meanwhile, List was starring in Disney showsJessieand then its spinoffBunk’d,while doing countless films at the same time, including theDiary of a Wimpy Kidmovies.

“She’s also just the hardest working person on planet Earth, so it’s kind of hard not to catch a little bit of that spunk that she’s got,” Bertrand says. “But, she’s the most supportive, awesome person ever. She gives me a lot of confidence to try to be as creative as I can be.”

He says that despite List being “on the cover of every magazine,” she couldn’t be more down to earth. “We both got good parents,” he says. “I think that’s the key and the biggest benefit you can have in this industry — coming from having a good, supportive family.”

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Bertrand’s own family had zero experience in show business when one of his sisters said that she wanted to be an actress.

“My mom Googled child agents, and a few of them popped up. She didn’t know what to do, so she sent them Christmas cards with our faces on them. One of them called her and said, “Hey, your kid is just weird enough looking that we want to use him!” he says of his career beginnings.

He says his experience on Nickelodeon’sMarvinwas what gave him the acting bug. “All the older actors took me under their wing and that’s when I really fell in love with acting and realized I wanted to do this for a long time. Because it’s just so much fun.”

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While he’ll miss working with his colleagues onCobra Kai, he says he’s not worried they’ll lose touch once the series ends.

“We hang out all the time,” he says.

All six seasons ofCobra Kaiare now streaming on Netflix.

source: people.com