Emily Ratajkowski and Country Star Shaboozey Refuel Dating Rumors as They Step Out for Movie Night

Mar. 15, 2025

Emily Ratajkowski and Shaboozey catch a screening of ‘Blink Twice’ in New York City on Aug. 21.Photo:BACKGRIDAreEmily Ratajkowskiand rising country starShaboozeyan item?The model and author, 33, and the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer, 29, continued to spark romance rumors after they were seen leaving a screening ofZoë Kravitz’s new movieBlink Twicetogether in New York City on Wednesday, Aug. 21.Ratajkowski wore a gray mini dress and heels for the outing, while Shaboozey (né Collins Chibueze) kept it casual in a light blue button-down over a white shirt.The movie night comes weeks after Ratajkowski wasspotted in the crowdwatching the musician perform at the Z100 Summer Bash in New York on Aug. 8. TheNew York Post’sPage Sixalso previously reported that the two were seen “packing on the PDA” at Musica nightclub in N.Y.C. the day before.Reps for Ratajkowski and Shaboozey have not commented on their relationship status.Shaboozey performing during the BET Awards in June 2024 in Los Angeles.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via GettyShaboozey has been enjoying a meteoric rise to fame with the success of his single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which topped theBillboardHot 100 in July. The feat made him just the second Black artist to ever top both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts at the same time, after Beyoncé did so with her hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” in April.“I’ve been doing music for such a long time, I’ve put a lot of time and years into it,” hetold PEOPLE in June. “I put so much into it that I feel like it’s just cool to see it working. Everybody hopes it works. To see it actually working, it’s unreal. It feels like a dream. It feels like I’m definitely going to wake up at some point and be like, ‘Damn, that s— was a dream?’”His monster hit is featured on his major-label debut albumWhere I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which dropped in May.Ratajkowski, meanwhile, opened up toGlamourUK earlier this year about the struggles that come with dating in the limelight, especially as a single mother. She andex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, who divorced in 2022, shareson Sylvester, 3.Emily Ratajkowski at the 2024 King’s Trust Global Gala in May 2024 in New York City.Taylor Hill/WireImage“I could do the very crazy, high-profile thing of going through the back door [while on dates], blah, blah, blah. And I haven’t done that,” she said of avoiding the paparazzi while dating. “And there’s been a few moments over the past year… where I’ve been like, ‘OK, well, I can’t keep having this experience,’ so I want to hide… and I’ve done that successfully, but then it’s like the one time I’m out on the street, it’s a photo. So, I think I’ve just given up on trying to control it, for better or for worse.”TheMy Bodyauthor said she’s “sort of accepted” that there’s only so much she can do when it comes to keeping her private life under wraps, and that if she wants to “enjoy my life, and if that means that everyone has an opinion on what I’m doing, then so be it.”

Emily Ratajkowski and Shaboozey catch a screening of ‘Blink Twice’ in New York City on Aug. 21.Photo:BACKGRID

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AreEmily Ratajkowskiand rising country starShaboozeyan item?The model and author, 33, and the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer, 29, continued to spark romance rumors after they were seen leaving a screening ofZoë Kravitz’s new movieBlink Twicetogether in New York City on Wednesday, Aug. 21.Ratajkowski wore a gray mini dress and heels for the outing, while Shaboozey (né Collins Chibueze) kept it casual in a light blue button-down over a white shirt.The movie night comes weeks after Ratajkowski wasspotted in the crowdwatching the musician perform at the Z100 Summer Bash in New York on Aug. 8. TheNew York Post’sPage Sixalso previously reported that the two were seen “packing on the PDA” at Musica nightclub in N.Y.C. the day before.Reps for Ratajkowski and Shaboozey have not commented on their relationship status.Shaboozey performing during the BET Awards in June 2024 in Los Angeles.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via GettyShaboozey has been enjoying a meteoric rise to fame with the success of his single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which topped theBillboardHot 100 in July. The feat made him just the second Black artist to ever top both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts at the same time, after Beyoncé did so with her hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” in April.“I’ve been doing music for such a long time, I’ve put a lot of time and years into it,” hetold PEOPLE in June. “I put so much into it that I feel like it’s just cool to see it working. Everybody hopes it works. To see it actually working, it’s unreal. It feels like a dream. It feels like I’m definitely going to wake up at some point and be like, ‘Damn, that s— was a dream?’”His monster hit is featured on his major-label debut albumWhere I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which dropped in May.Ratajkowski, meanwhile, opened up toGlamourUK earlier this year about the struggles that come with dating in the limelight, especially as a single mother. She andex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, who divorced in 2022, shareson Sylvester, 3.Emily Ratajkowski at the 2024 King’s Trust Global Gala in May 2024 in New York City.Taylor Hill/WireImage“I could do the very crazy, high-profile thing of going through the back door [while on dates], blah, blah, blah. And I haven’t done that,” she said of avoiding the paparazzi while dating. “And there’s been a few moments over the past year… where I’ve been like, ‘OK, well, I can’t keep having this experience,’ so I want to hide… and I’ve done that successfully, but then it’s like the one time I’m out on the street, it’s a photo. So, I think I’ve just given up on trying to control it, for better or for worse.”TheMy Bodyauthor said she’s “sort of accepted” that there’s only so much she can do when it comes to keeping her private life under wraps, and that if she wants to “enjoy my life, and if that means that everyone has an opinion on what I’m doing, then so be it.”

AreEmily Ratajkowskiand rising country starShaboozeyan item?

The model and author, 33, and the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer, 29, continued to spark romance rumors after they were seen leaving a screening ofZoë Kravitz’s new movieBlink Twicetogether in New York City on Wednesday, Aug. 21.

Ratajkowski wore a gray mini dress and heels for the outing, while Shaboozey (né Collins Chibueze) kept it casual in a light blue button-down over a white shirt.

The movie night comes weeks after Ratajkowski wasspotted in the crowdwatching the musician perform at the Z100 Summer Bash in New York on Aug. 8. TheNew York Post’sPage Sixalso previously reported that the two were seen “packing on the PDA” at Musica nightclub in N.Y.C. the day before.

Reps for Ratajkowski and Shaboozey have not commented on their relationship status.

Shaboozey performing during the BET Awards in June 2024 in Los Angeles.MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty

Shaboozey has been enjoying a meteoric rise to fame with the success of his single “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which topped theBillboardHot 100 in July. The feat made him just the second Black artist to ever top both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts at the same time, after Beyoncé did so with her hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” in April.

“I’ve been doing music for such a long time, I’ve put a lot of time and years into it,” hetold PEOPLE in June. “I put so much into it that I feel like it’s just cool to see it working. Everybody hopes it works. To see it actually working, it’s unreal. It feels like a dream. It feels like I’m definitely going to wake up at some point and be like, ‘Damn, that s— was a dream?’”

His monster hit is featured on his major-label debut albumWhere I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which dropped in May.

Ratajkowski, meanwhile, opened up toGlamourUK earlier this year about the struggles that come with dating in the limelight, especially as a single mother. She andex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, who divorced in 2022, shareson Sylvester, 3.

Emily Ratajkowski at the 2024 King’s Trust Global Gala in May 2024 in New York City.Taylor Hill/WireImage

Taylor Hill/WireImage

“I could do the very crazy, high-profile thing of going through the back door [while on dates], blah, blah, blah. And I haven’t done that,” she said of avoiding the paparazzi while dating. “And there’s been a few moments over the past year… where I’ve been like, ‘OK, well, I can’t keep having this experience,’ so I want to hide… and I’ve done that successfully, but then it’s like the one time I’m out on the street, it’s a photo. So, I think I’ve just given up on trying to control it, for better or for worse.”

TheMy Bodyauthor said she’s “sort of accepted” that there’s only so much she can do when it comes to keeping her private life under wraps, and that if she wants to “enjoy my life, and if that means that everyone has an opinion on what I’m doing, then so be it.”

source: people.com