What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and in a new interview, Joey King said that
she decided she couldn’t date another actor after her breakup with her Kissing Booth co-star
Jacob Elordi.
Alright, so we all remember when Joey King and Jacob Elordi met on the set of the first
Kissing Booth movie and took Elle and Noah’s love offscreen.
The two dated for around a year but split up in late 2018, before having to film the
two Kissing Booth sequel movies.
And in a new interview with The Howard Stern Show, Joey got super real about her dating
life and breakup with Jacob.
“I think it’s a good thing that you and Jacob broke up.
I mean, me too, I think it’s a great thing.
I also think that it’s a good thing that we dated in the first place I think I learned
from that.”
And from Joey’s answer, it doesn’t seem like she and Jacob have any bad blood, but
their relationship did change the way she feels about dating fellow actors going forward.
When Howard asked Joey if she would ever date another actor again, here’s how she responded.
“No.
I couldn’t.
I --” Joey went on to explain that she didn’t
mean that in a way to dig at actors because actors are her favorite people in the world,
it’s more about the struggles of dating someone who does the exact same thing that
you do.
“I think that it’s awesome to date somebody who’s in your field who gets it but doing
the same exact thing as somebody is tough, it’s really tough.”
Howard responded by saying, “because it’s competitive.”
And Joey said that she hasn’t necessarily gotten competitive with the fellow actors
she’s dated, but the fact that they had the exact same job still caused a rift.
“You’re not thinking I’m competing with this person ever, what you’re thinking is
I hope that this success that either of us is having, and you’re thinking mostly about
yourself in that way I hope that this opportunity that I’m getting is not hurting their feelings.”
Joey went on to say with situations like that, which often came up in her relationships,
you’re quote, “creating a problem that’s not even there by just thinking that.”
And then Howard took a somewhat dig at Jacob - even though he made it clear it was no offence
to him - saying that maybe he was somewhat jealous of all the success Joey has had, especially
over the past few years.
Joey defended Jacob, but Howard definitely didn’t hold back.
“No offense to Jacob in this situation, but you’re the star here.
No he’s doing great, he’s got his show and he’s doing wonderfully.
Yeah, but there’s no way.
He’s great on that show.
There’s no way for him sitting in a relationship with you during the accolades you’re getting
for The Act the success of The Kissing Booth and not be sitting there going oh f*ck.
She’s
Joey concluded saying that she wishes people wouldn’t compare them in that way all the
time, because they dated for “a minute” and now they’re “completely separate people
with completely separate careers.”
And in that same interview she also touched on how it wasn’t easy to play Elle and Noah
in Kissing Booth 2 and 3 after they broke up after Howard asked, “it must’ve been
as awkward as hell when you make Kissing Booth 2 and 3 and he’s in it?”.
Joey responded saying, QUOTE “it’s one of the coolest parts of my job to have to
do something that isn’t easy...I would say, regardless of the experience, Elle Evans always
needs her Noah Flynn is how I like to put it.”
Joey also echoed a similar sentiment when speaking to Cosmopolitan magazine when she
spoke about working with her ex everyday saying quote, “There’s so much I want to say…
What’s the most, um, correct way to go about this?
Elle Evans needs her Noah Flynn, and whatever that means for my personal life, I’ll do
anything to make sure the story of my character who I care about so much is complete.”
So while she and Jacob made it work for the Kissing Booth franchise, from that Howard
Stern interview, it doesn’t seem like Joey will be dating any of her co-stars any time
soon.
But what does that mean for Joey and her Kissing Booth 2 co-star, Taylor Zakhar Perez?!
Fans have been shipping these two ever since they started posting about each other on social
media and going on trips together.
During a recent podcast interview with Barstool’s Chicks In The Office, Taylor even said that
while he isn’t dating Joey at the moment, he definitely would.
He said quote, “We were quarantine buddies so I would see Joey all the time because we
lived five minutes away from each other.
We know what our relationship is, we love each other dearly.
It’s been interesting how everyone has been trying to make something out of it but it’s
fine.
I mean, hey, I would love to be dating Joey King, she’s dope.”
And Taylor isn’t the only person fans have been shipping Joey with.
In the Cosmo interview, she did allude to being in a relationship and while she didn’t
say with who, some fans think it could be one of the executive producers of her series
The Act, Steven Piet, who she was rumored to be dating last year.
Earlier this year, Joey referred to Steven as her "sweet boyfriend" in a piece for InStyle.
And like Joey said in the Howard Stern interview, “it’s awesome to date somebody who’s
in your field who gets it, but doing the same exact thing as somebody is tough.”
Sooo who knows, maybe she is currently dating Steven because he is in her field and they
don’t have the exact same job!
We will keep you guys posted if Joey spills any more tea on her dating life.
But for now, if you want more on what it was like for Joey and Jacob to work together after
their breakup, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think of Joey saying she couldn’t
date another actor again.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!