8 Celebs Who Admit Their Relationships Had been For Publicity

Discover out the reality about these romances…

Again in 2019, rumors surfaced that Rachel Bilson and former Bachelor star Nick Viall have been courting. They have been noticed out to dinner with pals and even left flirty feedback for one another on Instagram. However it seems that the entire thing was a stunt because the pair have been planning to start out a Bachelor podcast collectively. When Rachel determined to not undergo with it, they ended their faux romance. 

“No, Nick and I by no means dated. We have been messing round, not with one another, however with the web…it was actually to get consideration for the podcast,” Rachel later shared on Nick’s podcast, The Viall Recordsdata, whereas he added that they have been “trolling” everybody.

Nick Lachey could have believed his short-lived romance with Kim Kardashian was actual, nevertheless it seems like she had different concepts. In accordance with Nick, the pair went on a date to the flicks collectively — and by the point they left, paparazzi have been outdoors ready for them. 

“We went on one date…We went and noticed Da Vinci Code collectively. She left about midway via and went to the restroom after which shockingly there have been 25 paparazzi once we left the theater. I feel there have been different issues in play on our little rendezvous…Couldn’t be a nicer woman, had a good time, however no we do not be in contact anymore,” Nick mentioned on Watch What Occurs Stay.

Within the early 2000s, when Rihanna was only a rising star, rumors swirled that she was courting her mentor Jay-Z, who signed her to his file label. The story made headlines and will have even prompted bother in Jay-Z’s relationship with Beyoncé — however Rihanna’s former publicist Jonathan Hay says it was all a PR stunt to advertise her track “Pon de Replay.” He now admits he was “younger and silly” on the time for making up the connection. 

“It was all a publicity stunt…I used to be determined on the time as a result of I wished to have a success file,” he advised Inside Version. 

Lengthy earlier than Nicole Richie was married with youngsters, she was on the middle of courting rumors with Steve-O from Jackass — nevertheless it seems it was all a ruse. Nicole had simply damaged off an engagement and the media was tremendous centered on her look so she determined to do one thing wild that the general public would concentrate on.  

“The reality is, what she wished, was to get some media protection that wasn’t about her being fucking skinny,” Steve-O later mentioned on The Howard Stern Present. “It was a ridiculous publicity stunt…‘[I’ll] run round with f–king Steve-O, and so they gained’t be speaking about how skinny I’m. They’ll say I’ve misplaced my goddamn thoughts.’”

Nicole Richie was additionally linked to Brody Jenner for a time, however she says that he was simply on the lookout for publicity. After just a few months of courting, Nicole took to MySpace to share that it wasn’t ever a full-fledged relationship. Brody’s then-manager, Spencer Pratt, later claimed that it was all a scheme to make Brody extra well-known. 

“The reality is, we have been by no means actually collectively. We frolicked, and he’s a pleasant man, however my coronary heart was by no means in it. Something additional is only a cry for publicity,” Nicole wrote on the platform. 

Brody Jenner was in a PR relationship greater than as soon as within the early 2000s. Again when he was showing on The Hills, Brody allegedly dated Lauren Conrad, however years later it was revealed that a lot of what occurred on the MTV present was fabricated. 

“We by no means truly dated. To start with, we had a bit of form of chemistry, and we frolicked, and I feel it performed fairly properly on display. I feel that they, the producers, actually wished us to maintain that going, although we simply wished to be pals,” Brody advised Leisure Tonight in 2019. 

He continued, “However she’s nice. We had a good time. It was really easy to work together with her. It was really easy to movie scenes together with her and do stuff and act like we have been [together], as a result of we actually did take pleasure in one another’s firm. We actually appreciated one another, simply not in that romantic means.”

DJ Khaled and Nicki Minaj could not have ever dated, however again in 2013, they nearly acquired engaged as a part of a publicity stunt. In a video for MTV Information, DJ Khaled publicly proposed to Nicki, sharing that he wished to marry her. Nicki later revealed it was a stunt to advertise his track “Take It to The Head,” on which she was featured. 

“Khaled is my brother, and Khaled was not severe with that rattling proposal, y’all. Please let it go. He was kidding. He’s not drawn to me, he doesn’t like me. We’re brother and sister,” Nicki mentioned on Sizzling 97’s Funkmaster Flex. 

She continued, “I used to be shocked similar to the remainder of the world. I used to be cracking up laughing with the remainder of the world ’trigger Khaled is a grasp at what he does…It was simply one other means for him to kinda give the world a glimpse on the sensation of this file. No person in my actual life took it significantly. Everyone simply hit me like, ‘LOL. Yo, Khaled is loopy.’”

In 2016, Tara Reid appeared on Marriage Boot Camp: Actuality Stars with Dean Could the place followers watched as they labored via relationship points. It seems that the pair weren’t truly in a relationship, and Tara had solely agreed to do the present as a result of Dean owed cash in taxes and he or she was attempting to assist him out. In the meantime, Dean says that wasn’t the case. 

“He owes cash in taxes, and he may use the cash, and he would not thoughts the celebrity. So I wound up doing the present for him, so he may get out of bother,” Tara mentioned in a confessional. 

Dean later added that he had an actual girlfriend, saying, “She advised me she did the present as a result of I wanted the cash. That’s probably the most bullshit factor in the entire world. I did the present as a favor to her.”