Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet Share Kiss at 2026 World Cup Final as Spain Wins

Q: What's the true story behind Kid Cudi and Kanye West’s sudden reconciliation announced on World Cup final day?

It was not a sudden, one-day reunion tied to the World Cup final so much as a public update on a longer repair process. On July 19, the same day Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner were at the World Cup final in New Jersey, Kid Cudi posted that he and Ye are “rebuilding our friendship” and suggested he expects them to work together again. But the available reporting shows the thaw began months earlier. The clearest turning point came in late 2023 and early 2024, when the two were seen reconnecting around Ye’s “Vultures” era. Cudi later said Ye gave him a “sincere” apology, which mattered because, in Cudi’s words, Ye rarely apologizes. Cudi described their bond as brotherly and acknowledged how important Ye had been early in his career, including backing “Day ’N’ Nite.” Their relationship had been badly damaged by years of public fallout, including the 2022 split over Ye’s feud with Pete Davidson and Cudi’s later comments that the friendship had become unhealthy. By 2025, Cudi was still speaking in deeply hurt terms about Ye’s behavior. What changed in 2026 was that the reconciliation became visible again. In April, Cudi dedicated “Reborn,” their Kids See Ghosts song, to Ye on tour—an unmistakable olive branch. So the July 19 message was less a surprise reconciliation than confirmation that the two had already resumed contact and were now cautiously rebuilding trust.

3 articles · Updated · E! NEWS · Jul 19

MetLife Stadium cameras caught Kylie Jenner, 28, and Timothée Chalamet, 30, kissing and holding hands in a suite before the Argentina-Spain final on July 19.
Chalamet's appearance went beyond a date night: the actor delivered the match ball before kickoff, walking it from the tunnel to a podium in footage shared by FOX Sports.
The outing extended the couple's sports-heavy public run, with fan video also showing them entering the venue hand-in-hand after multiple joint appearances at New York Knicks games.
Their World Cup final appearance came as Spain won the 2026 championship in a star-packed event that also drew celebrities including David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise, Beyonce and Jay-Z.