
Tate McRae And The Kid LAROI Appear To Have Broken Up
Tate and LAROI are both singers, from Canada and Australia respectively, and they first sparked dating rumours around January 2024. They went Instagram official in July that same year, and have since joined each other onstage and even collabed on songs together.
But after months of no public sightings of the couple — including at Tate's birthday party — along with speculation that The Kid LAROI was spotted holding hands with someone else, the internet has been buzzing with breakup rumours. And it appears The Kid LAROI just confirmed those rumours.
It all started when The Kid LAROI dropped a new song called "HOT GIRL PROBLEMS" on July 25. Some fans suspected the song might be about Tate, pointing to lyrics like "Love can't keep her / she make sure you see her," which seems to align with Tate's eye-catching, Britney-esque vibe. (Although other fans insist the song was written a long time ago, so like, you never know.)
AND BTW, I LOVE HER FOR IT. I won't tolerate ANY Tate slander.
So then, LAROI fans started responding to the lyrics, calling out Tate and saying that she "fumbled" him. This led to allegations from Tate fans that LAROI's team was "paying for slander tweets against Tate" through bots. "This is so pathetic," one Tate fan wrote.
All this noise prompted a response from LAROI, shutting down the rumours that his team paid for "Tate slander" posts. "so yall know I have NOTHING to do with this," he wrote, "and I DO NOT co sign this behavior whatsoever. working to get these removed."
Along with that message, he also posted a screenshot of a text conversation in a group chat called "LAROI SOCIAL," which we can assume is between him and his team. "Guys is this coming internally? If so can we please have these taken down," he sent in the text conversation.
But then, in the same text, he appears to hint at their potential breakup. "Tate and I are on good terms," he wrote, "and this just looks messy / whack." LAROI's team responded to his message approvingly: "definitely didn't come from us that's fucked up."
So from the sounds of it, LAROI and Tate are no more, but they're on "good terms." We love a respectful breakup!!! 👏
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