According to Gavin Casalegno, he started dating Larsen Thompson the week before her 16th birthday. This puts their relationship start date around the first week in November 2016 (via Seventeen).
Like so many other Gen Z couples, the pair met through social media. During a 2018 YouTube video, Larsen spilled all of the deets about their first meeting. "We chat with a mutual photographer, and the next week, Gavin and I are shooting with her, and she's like, 'Oh, my God, you have to meet this person," said Thompson, adding, "So, I went onto her photos and saw a picture of Gavin, so I liked it, he saw my like and came onto my Instagram, and he slid into my DMs."
Soon after, Casalegno and Thompson went "Instagram official" and were often spotted at various public events — often in fashion-forward outfits. Throughout the years, the young couple has also made frequent appearances on each other's popular social media channels, where they often waxed poetic about each other. Unfortunately, the Insta-PDA came to an abrupt halt in April 2022; since then, neither star has posted about the other on their social media channels.
Public displays of love weren't the only way the couple showed their affection. According to Casalegno (via Seventeen), the "most elaborate gesture" he ever made was to Thompson, when he shelled out cash for a plane ticket to surprise her for her 16th birthday, despite only dating a week.
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