Kaia Gerber’s parents fear she could be wasting the ‘best years of her life’ with Austin Butler if he isn’t ready to commit long term.
The young model and actress, 23, has been dating the Elvis actor, 10 years her senior, since late 2021, but they have yet to announce an engagement.
Her parents Cindy Crawford, 58, and Rande Gerber, 62, are said to be troubled by the lack of progress after three years and recently sat down Austin, 33, for a serious talk about his intentions with their daughter, questioning why he still hasn’t proposed.
‘Rande and Cindy both love Austin and think of him as family, but the fact is he isn’t,’ a source close to the couple told DailyMail.com. ‘After dating their daughter Kaia for over three years he’s shown no sign of asking her to get engaged.
‘They don’t think for a minute he isn’t serious about her, but he’s 33 and isn’t it time he thought about settling down?’
Kaia Gerber ’s parents fear she could be wasting the ‘best years of her life’ with Austin Butler if he isn’t ready to commit long term, sources tell DailyMail.com
Cindy Crawford, 58, and Rande Gerber, 62, are said to be troubled by the lack of progress after three years and recently sat down Austin, 33, for a serious talk about his intentions
Kaia and Austin were first pictured together in December 2021, just one month after she split from Saltburn heartthrob Jacob Elordi.
The genetically blessed couple went public with their romance in March 2022 when they walked the red carpet at W Magazine‘s pre-Oscars party.
So followed a string of public displays of affection, first at the Met Gala in the May, followed by a passionate kiss in front of photographers at the Cannes Film Festival.
Austin is close to Kaia’s family having been pictured enjoying a double date with Cindy and Rande at an Italian restaurant in California last May.
He also joined her family on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to celebrate the New Year in January.
‘Austin assured Rande his intentions are only honorable and he needs a little more time,’ the insider continued. ‘He pointed out to Rande that Kaia is only 23.
‘Rande gently shot back with the fact that these are the best years of her life.’
Despite a handful of public appearances the couple have kept their relationship relatively private with neither party speaking openly about the other.
‘Austin assured Rande… he needs a little more time,’ the insider said. ‘Rande gently shot back with the fact that these are the best years of her life’ (pictured on a date in NYC this month)
Despite a handful of public appearances the couple have kept their relationship relatively private with neither party speaking openly about the other (pictured at Cannes last year)
Kaia described their union as ‘scared’ back in February, telling WSJ: ‘Honestly, I feel like so few things in my life are private, and that is one of the things that I try to keep as sacred as possible,’ she shared.
Around the same time, Austin reacted to her British Vogue cover, telling Entertainment Tonight: ‘It was legendary.’
‘It was amazing,’ he continued. ‘I loved getting to see that. What an exciting cover. I loved it.’
More recently the pair have been pictured on low key date nights in New York City. Kaia also spent her 23rd birthday without Austin, prompting speculation they are on the rocks.
The Oscar nominee, who is currently filming Caught Stealing in New York with Matt Smith, was briefly linked to his Elvis costar Olivia DeJonge and actress Lily-Rose Depp before he met Kaia.
Prior to their relationship, he dated former Disney star Vanessa Hudgens for nine years, before the pair called it quits over the long distance.
American Horror Story actress Kaia had several high-profile relationships before meeting Austin, including Jacob Elordi, 27, who she met in 2020 (pictured September 2021)
Austin dated former Disney star Vanessa Hudgens for nine years, before the pair called it quits over the long distance
Kaia with her parents Rande and Cidney and brother Presley, 25, (pictured 2018)
American Horror Story actress Kaia had several high-profile relationships before meeting Austin, including Jacob who she met in 2020.
The pair went Instagram-official when she posted a picture of the pair dressed as Elvis and Priscilla Presley, in a nod to his role as the King of Rock’n’Roll in Priscilla.
They split on amicable terms in November 2021 after one year together.
Prior to their fling, Kaia was briefly linked to comedian Pete Davidson, from late 2019 until around February 2020, when she was 18 and he was 26.
Speaking not long after they broke up, Pete said: ‘She’s very young, and I’m f****** going through a lot and it was before I went to rehab.’
Kaia is Cindy and Rande’s second child after son Presley, 25. The supermodel and the Casamigos cofounder have been married for 26 years.