Updated
Updated · Vulture · Jun 30
Jussie Smollett, Karamo Brown Confirm Relationship After 2025 Engagement Split
Updated
Updated · Vulture · Jun 30

Jussie Smollett, Karamo Brown Confirm Relationship After 2025 Engagement Split

3 articles · Updated · Vulture · Jun 30

Summary

  • TMZ reported Jussie Smollett and Karamo Brown are dating, publishing paparazzi photos of the pair on a Los Angeles date at the end of Pride Month.
  • The outing was described as an all-day date and included lunch with Brown’s mother, with one photo showing Smollett cupping Brown’s chin.
  • The relationship news follows Smollett’s breakup this month with fiancé Jabari Redd after three years together; the two had become engaged in 2025.
  • Brown’s last public relationship also ended in a broken engagement, with Ian Jordan in 2020 after 10 years, giving the new pairing added public attention.

Insights

After surviving individual scandals, can this new romance withstand the combined media scrutiny both men attract?
Is this high-profile pairing a genuine connection or a PR move to rehabilitate two controversial public images?