Austin Butler is undoubtedly the man of the hour and talk of the town.MORE: Austin Butler is unrecognizable as Elvis PresleyThe actor has been making waves left and right, red carpet after red carpet, and his latest promotional visit was to none other than Today studios, where he chatted with the one and only Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager.Opening up to the co-hosts about his journey to embody the iconic singer and his efforts to portray him as accurately as possible, he also revealed a shocking – and heartbreaking – connection the actor and the rockstar have.WATCH: The Elvis trailerJenna was the one to make the revelation, telling Austin: "One thing that you and Elvis have in common, a heartbreaking thing, is that you both lost your mothers at 23."She went on to ask him: "How did that inspire you to get into this role?" which led him to explain how hard he found it at first to become Elvis rather than just an impersonation of him.He detailed the pressure and distance he felt from the late star, saying: "It's that thing where when you first look at Elvis he feels so much larger than life, and you look at him like a god-like figure or a caricature of Elvis."A post shared by TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (@hodaandjenna)The heartbreaking revelationRecalling some of the tapes he attempted to film of himself to share with his director, he admitted he wasn't satisfied, saying: "I fell into that, the first month when I was trying to work, where I'd tape myself and I watched it back and I just saw an impersonation, and I just couldn't send it to Baz."MORE: Lisa Marie Presley mourns late son BenjaminMORE: Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler's hottest style momentsHowever, everything changed when he learned about the connection they had over
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Finding her perfect match! As Kaia Gerber navigates her budding career in the fashion industry, she’s also made headlines for her dating history.
“I’ve always kind of been the person who’s like, ‘I’ll let everyone else be sad,’” the model opened up during an April 2020 Instagram Live with Lena Dunham, revealing that she has a difficult time being vulnerable about her emotions. “One of my favorite self-help books is Codependent No More … Even if you’re not technically codependent, just not allowing your happiness to rely on someone else’s I think is a huge thing. Because I was like, ‘I’m so independent. I’m good,’ and I was reading that book and I was like, ‘Nope, I am absolutely codependent.’”
She continued at the time: “I used to dismiss [self-help books] too because my mom [Cindy Crawford] was constantly quoting them. She’d be like, ‘I know it must feel that way sometimes growing up,’ and it just felt like I was like, ‘You’re quoting self-help books on like, how to be a good parent.’ … It’s such an easy way to make changes in your life to be happier.”
Us Weekly later confirmed in December 2021 that Gerber, who has previously been linked to Pete Davidson and Jacob Elordi, had started “low-key dating” Austin Butler. The pair’s romance has since heated up as they’ve made their Met Gala debut as a couple and were spotted making out at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his Elvis biopic, both in May 2022.
“I don’t think there’s anything I want to share about that,” the Carrie Diaries alum succinctly replied during a GQ profile later that month when asked about their budding connection. “But thank you for providing the space.”
Before dating Butler — who previously romanced Vanessa Hudgens before she moved on with MLB’s Cole
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