2009: The First Meeting
Justin and Hailey’s meet cute goes back to 2009 when both were still gawky teens. Hailey’s dad Stephen Baldwin introduced the two backstage at The Today Show. The brief encounter was suitably cringeworthy, as most teenage interactions are.
2014: Hailey Is Spotted Hanging With Justin’s Pals Kylie & Kendall Jenner
Between 2011 and 2014, Hailey Baldwin appeared to ship Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, who were in an on again, off again relationship, and tweeted in support of the couple. However, in August 2014, Hailey was spotted in a picture with Justin’s close friends Kylie and Kendall Jenner and model Gigi Hadid. Gomez unfollowed the Jenners and deleted all photos with them from her Instagram account, which added fuel to the speculations of a budding relationship between Hailey and the Biebs.
However, the couple spent December 2014 denying all claims and asking fans to chill out.
2015: Matching Tattoos!
In July 2015, Justin and Hailey both got tattoos of the letter ‘G’ in honour of a friend’s daughter Georgia, who was born with Lissencephaly. Bieber’s is on his forearm and Hailey got hers behind her ear.
The two also escaped for a tropical vacation with Biebs’ family in the Caribbean island of Anguilla in December 2015.
2016: It’s Insta Official
Instagram or it didn’t happen, right? Justin posted a PDA-heavy post to his Instagram account in January 2016 and left fans to connect the dots. Pictures, 1,000 words and all that...
Plot twist.
Shortly after posting that suggestive picture, Justin and Hailey appeared to backtrack and tried to convince everyone that they were “just keeping things casual, you guys”. Hailey told E! “We are not an exclusive couple. He’s about to go on tour. Relationships at this age are already complicated, but I don’t really like to talk about it because it’s between me and him.”
2016 - 2018: Paradise Lost
In the most on brand move for a Gen Z kid, Hailey unfollowed Justin on Instagram in August 2016, thus heralding news of their break-up. For fans unfamiliar with the subtle mating rituals of Millennials/Gen Z-ers, the confirmation that Jailey were no longer an item came when Justin was soon spotted with Sofia Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie. Justin later resumed his rocky relationship with Selena Gomez, though the couple called it quits for good in March 2018.