Jacob Elordi Has Said Being Watched Makes Romance Harder. In Paris, He Asked Photographers to Let Him and Kendall Jenner Walk Home

29 Sep 2026, 14:53 by Chrissy Stockton · Thought Catalog

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Updated 5 minutes ago, September 29, 2026

Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner were walking back to their hotel in Paris when photographers followed them after a date night. In footage shared Monday, Sept. 28, Elordi asked, “Wait, wait, wait, can we just walk home?” He then told the group, “Stop, stop, stop.”

Jacob Elordi takes in Kendall Jenner’s closing walk at Bottega Veneta’s spring/summer 2027 show during Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 26, 2026. Photo by Piero Cruciatti / AFP via Getty Images.

The actor said the photographers had enough shots of them. “Can we just walk home back to our hotel? No flash, just let us walk. Just let us go.”

The cameras continued to follow as the couple crossed the street with security. Jenner covered her face, while Elordi wore sunglasses.

Outside Hôtel Costes during Paris Fashion Week, Jacob Elordi shields his eyes with sunglasses while Kendall Jenner reaches toward him as the couple tries to make their way back to their hotel amid pursuing photographers. Photo by Backgrid.

Elordi, 29, and Jenner, 30, have been linked since April. Just 2 days before the Paris footage was shared, he watched her close Bottega Veneta’s spring/summer 2027 show in Milan from the front row.

Kendall Jenner arrives at the Venice International Film Festival in a gold floral gown, with a Peugeot official car and luxury brand signage visible behind her on September 3, 2026. Photo by Andreas Rentz / Getty Images.

His request in Paris echoed something he told Vanity Fair in 2020 about keeping his relationships private: “You want it to be genuine and real and have all the feelings of what you read in 1920s literature. But when people are watching and talking about it, it makes it a little bit difficult.”

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