Corey Gamble celebrated Kris Jenner’s 71st birthday by calling her his “lil wife.” The phrase appeared in an affectionate Instagram tribute, but the longtime couple has not publicly confirmed a marriage.
Gamble, 45, shared the message on November 5. The post included photographs of Jenner at the Rome Film Festival and a picture of the couple together on a boat.
Jenner replied, “I love you ❤️,” in the comments. Her daughter Khloé Kardashian also approved of the message, writing, “Awww that’s sweet Corey,” as Parade documented.
The pair first met in August 2014 at designer Riccardo Tisci’s 40th birthday celebration in Ibiza. They began dating later that year, following Jenner’s separation from Caitlyn Jenner.
Gamble Celebrates Jenner as a Mother and Grandmother
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Gamble opened his message by calling Jenner the “Holy Grail,” then praised the care she gives her children and grandchildren. The caption, reproduced by PEOPLE, expressed his gratitude for their relationship and ended, “To many more great years ….. Love you much”.
Jenner had shared her own birthday tribute to Gamble the previous November, posting more than a dozen photographs from their years together. She called him her “rock” and “the most incredible partner,” thanking him for the support he gives her and her family. His birthday falls on November 10, five days after hers.
Jenner Told Khloé She Could Be a Flower Girl
During the April 29 episode of Khloé in Wonder Land, Kardashian asked her mother whether wedding bells were in her future with Gamble. Jenner initially answered no, then added, “You never know,” according to Us Weekly‘s contemporaneous coverage.
Khloé suggested that her mother didn’t need to get married again. Jenner wasn’t ready to rule it out, telling her daughter, “I’m full of surprises,” before offering her a possible role in the proceedings: “You could be a flower girl.”
The same conversation addressed earlier speculation that Jenner and Gamble had separated. Jenner said the reports no longer frustrated her and suggested they might have bothered Gamble more. She explained that work and the people in her daily life, including her children, grandchildren and partner, occupied her attention instead.
Jenner Once Ate a Cricket Rather Than Answer an Engagement Question
Jenner has been married twice, to Robert Kardashian from 1978 to 1991 and to Caitlyn Jenner from 1991 to 2015. When Ellen DeGeneres asked about another wedding in 2017, she questioned why she should change a relationship that was already working.
As W Magazine documented, Jenner pointed to Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell as an example of a couple who had stayed together without marrying. She was comfortable with the possibility of a similar arrangement.
James Corden tried a different approach during an August 2018 appearance on The Late Late Show. In a game of Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts, he asked whether the large diamond ring on Jenner’s hand meant she and Gamble were engaged. The rules required her to answer or eat the food placed in front of her. With Gamble watching from offstage, Jenner chose a cricket.