Inside Avril Lavigne, Tyga’s ‘Unexpected’ and ‘Organic’ Romance

That boy’s hers now! Avril Lavigne and Tyga have been longtime friends earlier than taking their relationship to the following stage — and sparks are flying.

“Avril and Tyga by no means imagined a romance would occur and this was completely sudden,” a supply completely tells Us Weekly. “They don’t know the place issues are going however they’re having fun with spending time collectively. They’ve nice chemistry.”

Whereas the pair have been buddies for years, they have been “strictly platonic up till just lately,” the insider says, including that “since they’d already constructed a basis of friendship, it was an natural transition to one thing extra.” 

The “Sophisticated” singer, 38, and the rapper, 33, first sparked relationship hypothesis after they have been noticed out to dinner collectively in Los Angeles final month. On the time, a supply informed Us that the duo have been  “genuinely buddies and nothing extra.” Nonetheless, they have been seen collectively once more on March 1 whereas arriving at a celebration held by Leonardo DiCaprio in Paris. 

On Monday, March 6, the comfortable couple confirmed their relationship by packing on the PDA whereas attending the Mugler X Hunter Schafer Celebration at Paris Trend Week, even holding palms and sharing a smooch earlier than coming into the bash. 

Lavigne’s relationship with the “Style” artist comes simply two weeks after Us confirmed her cut up from Mod Solar. The pair have been collectively for over two years earlier than the Canada native ended their engagement. An insider informed Us earlier this month that they have been “estranged for months” earlier than formally pulling the plug on their romance. 

Mod Solar, 34 — who proposed to the Grammy winner in March 2022 — later took to social media to deal with the breakup. 

“In 1 week my complete life fully modified. I simply know there’s a plan for all of it. I’ll preserve my head up + all the time hear my coronary heart, even when it feels damaged,” he wrote in a February 28 Instagram submit. “Being surrounded by love each night time on tour has been an absolute blessing. I’ve one of the best buddies in the complete world, thanks for all the time having my again. See you on stage.”

Previous to her romance with the Minnesota native, the “Sk8er Boi” songstress was married to Sum 41 frontman Derek Whibley from 2006 to 2010. In 2013, she tied the knot once more with Nickleback’s Chad Kroeger however they cut up two years later. 

Lavigne additionally dated Brody Jenner from 2010 to 2012. A supply informed Us on the time that the Hills alum, 39, broke up with the Grammy winner as a result of he was “uninterested in all the time being her plus-one, and all the time happening tour together with her.”

Tyga, in the meantime, was linked to Brody’s sister Kylie Jenner after assembly her at sister Kendall Jenner’s Candy 16 social gathering in 2010. The California native claimed by way of Twitter in September 2014, nevertheless, that he and the Kardashians star have been “simply buddies” as romance rumors escalated amid their eight-year age distinction.  In August 2015, they confirmed their relationship when the Kyle Cosmetics founder turned 18, however referred to as it quits for good two years later.