Jump Scare! Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun

The new couple was photographed *gulps* holding hands in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

By Lauren Tousignant  |  October 2, 2025 | 9:37am
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Jump Scare! Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun

It’s spooky season! And I can’t think of anything scarier than a new Hollywood It Girl willingly turning herself into a MAGA pin-up and Jeff Bezos sycophant deciding to date a man who bragged about buying Taylor Swift‘s life’s work. Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun are the couple from my nightmares.

The Sweeney and Braun dating rumors have been swirling since Bezos and Lauren Sanchez‘s cursed Venice wedding—with Page Six reporting at the time that Braun grew “obsessed” with Sweeney after the weekend was over. He was also at her dumb space-themed birthday over the weekend. But the new couple were photographed officially *gulps* holding hands on Tuesday night, after going out to dinner and an art gallery in Los Angeles.

Remember those prank videos we used to send each other on AIM in middle school? It’d be of some innocent-enough scene, but it told you to watch closely for something cool—only for a terrifying zombie to pop out halfway through, causing you to scream or fall out of your parents’ computer chair, or both. That was how I felt when these photos of Sweeney and Braun appeared on my nightly Twitter scroll. A true jump scare.

Earlier this week, People reported that Sweeney is “genuinely happy” with Braun, and that they “have a lot in common and neither one of them cares what others think.” Definitely didn’t need an “inside source” to tell me Sweeney doesn’t care about her reputation—the whole owning being a registered Florida Republican kind of tipped me off.

Page Six further reported on Tuesday that they’re already pretty serious: “It’s not a casual relationship. It’s game on, it’s full throttle.” Terrifying! I wish Bezos would finally just throttle them all into space.

  • JoJo Siwa tells fans to stop taking photos with her boyfriend, Chris Hughes, during her concert. [Just Jared]
  • Keith Urban seemingly not trying to disuade the other woman rumors…[TMZ]
  • Also, his prenup with Nicole Kidman reportedly has a “cocaine clause,” stating he’d only be eligible for money if he stayed sober during their marriage. [Daily Mail]
  • What is Heidi Klum being for Halloween? Wrong answers only. [Instagram]
  • John Corbett kind of slut-slash-single shamed Carrie Bradshaw a little! [Variety]
  • Feeling charmed by Bad Bunny’s Saturday Night Live promo. [Pop Base]

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