Kristin Cavallari debuted her new relationship on social media this week, and it’s causing quite a stir already. Her new beau, Mark Estes, is considerably younger than the former reality star, but their age difference doesn’t seem to be much of an issue for the couple.
So far, Kristin hasn’t given many details about how the relationship came to be or how long the couple have actually been seeing each other. But as we know, just because they just became Instagram official doesn’t mean that they haven’t been dating for a while and are only now choosing to make the relationship public.
They met the way many couples do.
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Kristin and Mark hard launched their relationship this week, but the couple has been “dating longer than people think,” a source told People . However, they’ve been keeping things private until now. According to the source, Kristin, 37, met 24-year-old Mark on social media, and “they’re serious enough now that they were ready to go public.”
Apparently, this guy isn’t like other men his age.
“They’re really happy together. He’s been so great to her and is just a really nice guy,” the insider also mentioned. “He’s not your typical 24-year-old. She’s having a great time and is living her best life with him.”
Kristin and Mark recently went on a romantic trip.
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She chose to reveal the relationship by sharing a selfie of her and Mark during a recent romantic getaway to Los Cabos, Mexico.
“He makes me happy,” she captioned the post . Mark later shared the post to his Instagram Stories, adding heart emojis. He also shared a sweet TikTok video , capturing a kiss between the two.
Fans had a lot to say about the new relationship.
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“Did y’all meet on spring break?” one of her followers wrote, while another quipped, “Oh, she’s in her cougar era.”
Kristin has talked about using social media as a way to meet men.
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In a 2022 episode of the Not Skinny, But Not Fat podcast , Kristin, who got divorced in 2020, shared that she had been treating her Instagram direct messages as a sort of dating app.
“I’m only gonna go for the verified!” she joked. “I can’t filter through all of my DMs, but I can see those blue checkmarks, honey!”
