To say people are intrigued by Joey King's love life would be an understatement. I mean, Joey King's dating history includes her on-screen boyfriend — with whom she had to film some very intimate scenes post-breakup — so it makes sense. But luckily, The Kissing Booth actor doesn't seem to mind. During an August 2020 interview with Cosmopolitan, King said it's understandable for people to speculate on her and her ex Jacob Elordi's working relationship. "No one's thinking to themselves, 'That was easy,' because it wasn't," she said. "I'm sure people will analyze every movement and every detail. And you know what? Let them."
It probably helps that King has since moved on to someone new, and no, it's not her other on-screen love interest from The Kissing Booth 2, Taylor Zakhar Perez. Despite the super-close bond the two seem to share, both have insisted their relationship is merely platonic, so my apologies to anyone who's Team Marco. Though King reportedly met her actual boyfriend on the set of The Act, he's not an actor, and apparently, that's a good thing.
"I couldn't," King said when asked during an August 2020 appearance on The Howard Stern Show if she would ever date another actor. Fair enough! Here's the full low-down on King's dating history.
After breaking up with Elordi, King sparked dating rumors with director Steven Piet, whom she reportedly met on the set of The Act. On Aug. 31, 2019, King attended a screening of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where she was reportedly spotted getting cozy on a blanket with Piet, according to E! News. At the time, a source for E! News claimed, "They were very affectionate and were with her two sisters sitting watching the movie together. Joey and Steven cuddled the entire time, and looked very happy together."
Since then, she's posted plenty of loved-up pics of her and Piet on the 'gram. Together, the couple has gone to Disneyland, visited Tokyo, celebrated their first Valentine's Day, eaten too much bread in Paris, and had (many) themed at-home date nights. In an April 2020 essay for InStyle, King finally confirmed their romance by referring to Steven as her "sweet boyfriend," so there ya go. When asked about her ~someone special~ during her August 2020 interview with Cosmopolitan, King was apparently "hesitant to say much" but she was "not… not smiling." Cute!
Here's hoping King and Piet have many more themed date nights ahead of them.