The Oscars appearance came at the end of an awards campaign in which Jenner had been a visible presence alongside him. People reported that she supported Chalamet throughout the Marty Supreme press run and awards season, accompanying him to major ceremonies including the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. Their relationship, once guarded and mostly off-camera, has become more publicly established over the past year, especially after they made their official red-carpet debut in Rome in May 2025 at the David Di Donatello Awards.

That public evolution matters because the fascination with the Oscars exchange is inseparable from the way their relationship has unfolded in view of audiences who have long treated even their smallest gestures as material for speculation. People’s account of the couple’s timeline places the beginning of their romance in 2023, after they were first linked in April of that year and later seen kissing at Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in September. Since then they have appeared together at the US Open, the Golden Globes, the Marty Supreme premiere and a series of industry events that have gradually shifted them from rumoured pairing to a couple who, while still private in many respects, are no longer avoiding public association.