Celebrity Kids Who Dated Another Star's Child
It seems like in Hollywood, everyone has dated each other. So many celebs share exes, and have dated the same person, whether it be a year apart or ten years apart. It’s always cosmic when you realize two of your favorite movie stars briefly dated in the 1990s, but yknow what else is pretty cool? Finding out your favorite celebrity’s kids have dated other celebrity offspring.
It’s like the Dating Game for nepo babies. It’s always cool to find out celebrity’s kids ended up falling for one another. For instance, one of the most popular may be when David Arquette, also known as the son of actors Lewis Arquette and Brenda “Mardi” Olivia, and Drew Barrymore, daughter of John Drew Barrymore, dated back in 1991.
It wasn’t so common back in the 1990s, but now? It’s like a whos-who. Recently, Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann’s daughter Iris Apatow and Kate Hudson’s son Ryder Robinson got together (and broke up after nine months). And they’re not the only ones like that today!
From Hollywood legends Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher to newer, low-key romances between Frances Bean Cobain and Riley Hawk, we know which celebrity offspring have dated someone else who gets what it’s like.
Check out which celebrity kids dated other celebrity kids below:
A version of this article was originally published on Sept 2023.
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Jackson White & Grace Van Patten
Married with Children star Katry Sagal’s son Jackson White followed in his mom’s acting footsteps and even landed himself a fellow well-connected girlfriend, Grace Van Patten, the daughter of director Timothy Van Patten and niece of actors Joyce Van Patten and Dick Van Patten.
White and Van Patten met on the set of their Hulu show Tell Me Lies in 2022.
“I love working with him not just because he’s my boyfriend but because he’s so talented and giving and present,” Van Patten said of her longtime boyfriend in an interview with Only Natural Diamonds in August 2024.
Arthur Alistair Donald & Phoebe Gates
Paul McCartney’s lookalike grandson Arthur Alistair Donald and Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe Gates were first linked in October 2023, per DailyMail.
Donald is the firstborn grandson of the former Beatle and the firstborn son of Mary McCartney and her ex-husband, TV producer Alistair Donald. Gates is the youngest child of the Microsoft co-founder and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates.
Frances Bean Cobain & Riley Hawk
Kurt Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain and Tony Hawk’s son Riley Hawk are a match made in 90s celebrity heaven! As the children of two subculture icons, this couple is one we never saw coming but yet couldn’t have made a better match if we tried.
They went public with their romance back in January 2022 and tied the knot in October 2023.
Drew Barrymore & David Arquette
David Arquette, son of actors Lewis Arquette and Brenda “Mardi” Olivia, and Drew Barrymore, daughter of John Drew Barrymore, dated back in 1991. They’ve been close friends for decades, and dated for a few months back in the day, which Arquette confirmed despite Barrymore denying it back then, per People!
Rainey Qualley & Lewis Pullman
Andie McDowell’s model daughter Rainey Qualley and actor Bill Pullman’s son Lewis Pullman started dating in 2020. They made their red carpet debut in 2022, the San Diego premiere of his movie Top Gun: Maverick on May 4, 2022.
However, the duo kept most of their relationship on the private side. Their breakup was confirmed when Qualley debuted a new romance in August 2023.
Lily Collins & Charlie McDowell
Malcolm McDowell and Mary Steenburgen’s son Charlie McDowell and Phil Collins’s daughter Lily Collins are one of the sweetest couples in Hollywood! They met on the set of Gilded Rage back in 2019, and after a year together, they got engaged before marrying on Sept 4, 2021, per People.
The Emily in Paris star revealed in a 2020 interview on Live With Kelly and Ryan that it was definitely love at first sight with McDowell. “It was one of those situations where I knew the second I met him that I wanted to be his wife one day. So, it was just a matter of when, really,” she said.
Miley Cyrus & Patrick Schwarzenegger
Billy Ray Cyrus’s daughter Miley Cyrus and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick Schwarzenegger dated back in 2014, and truly packed on the PDA throughout it all. However, their hot and heavy relationship came to an end in 2015.
Emma Roberts & Chord Overstreet
Along with being Julia Roberts niece, Emma Roberts is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts, and as for Chord Overstreet, he’s the son of country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet. The pair were spotted at Coachella together in April 2011, and less than a year later, they split up in Jan 2012.
Alex Pettyfer & Emma Roberts
Before her romance with Overstreet, Emma Roberts also dated actors Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer’s son Alex Pettyfer back in 2008 after meeting on the set of Wild Child. They dated for a year, and it is even believed that Pettyfer even got her name tattooed on his finger.
“I got a girl’s name tattooed on my ring finger because I was in love,” Pettyfer told Glamour U.K. in 2010, via Us Weekly. “We’ve broken up, but I don’t live in regret.”
Jaden Smith & Kylie Jenner
Remember when Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith dated Kris Jenner’s daughter Kylie Jenner?! The childhood friends never officially confirmed they were dating but were spotted on many dates between 2013 and 2014 before calling it quits. They appear to have remained friends.
Riley Keough & Alex Pettyfer
Riley Keough, also known as Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, dated (and even got engaged to) actors Lee Robinson and Richard Pettyfer’s son Alex Pettyfer. They started dating back in 2011, and within a year, engagement rumors swirled after Keough was spotted wearing a ring. However, just as quickly as it started, the pair called it quits in 2013.
The duo appeared to briefly reconnect in 2017 but it didn’t last.
Iris Apatow & Ryder Hudson
Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann’s daughter Iris Apatow and Kate Hudson’s son Ryder Robinson were one of the newest celebrity couples that people couldn’t get enough of! They confirmed their relationship in 2022, per People, but called it quits nine months later.
Mark Ronson & Grace Gummer
Music manager Laurence Ronson and socialite Ann Dexter-Jones’s son Mark Ronson and Meryl Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer are such a sweet couple! They started dating in 2020, and a year later, they married. They later welcomed a daughter in March 2023.
Grace Burns & Elijah Hewson
Can you say iconic?! Christy Turlington-Burns’s model daughter Grace Burns and Bono’s son Elijah Hewson, who is the frontman of the band Inhaler, have allegedly were romantically linked in 2023. The pair, who are childhood friends, appeared to be privately dating but keep their romance relatively secret.
Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher
Harrison Ford, the son of radio actress Dorothy Nidelman, and Carrie Fisher, daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, had an affair during their Star Wars days. They had a three-month affair, while Ford was married with two kids, and she detailed it in her memoir The Princess Diarist.
Gwyneth Paltrow & Donovan Leitch Jr.
Did you know that Blythe Danner and Bruce Paltrow’s daughter Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Donovan’s son Donovan Leitch Jr. dated from 1993 to 1995?!
