Noah Centineo's real-life romance with model Alexis Ren will put 'To All the Boys 2' to shame
For all the fans of the rom-com genre, listing the names of their crushes — all the boys they've loved before, specifically — would have had one name in common for sure, and that will be Noah Centineo.
The young actor became a worldwide sensation overnight when Netflix launched the first part of its rom-com trilogy — 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' in 2018, through his portrayal of the protagonist's love interest Peter Kavinsky.
However, for all the awe-worthy and drool-worthy things that Peter might have done for Lara Jean in the movie, none of it comes close to the adorable little posts Centineo makes in real life for his girlfriend, Alexis Ren.
And while we express empathy to all the hearts the news of Centineo's relationship might have broken, his and Ren's relationship is clearly major goals.
Ren and Centineo's romance began quite a while ago before confirming their relationship back in November 2019.
By the time Ren, an acclaimed Sports Illustrated swimwear model with bragworthy Instagram following attended the 2019 Revolve Awards in Los Angeles on November 15, she had admittedly truly fallen in love with her handsome beau, after "eight or nine months" of togetherness.
"Yeah, I love that man. He's amazing," the 22-year-old had told Entertainment Tonight at the event when they asked her if the two had professed the L-word to each other yet. Further confirming their relationship, Ren had also shared: "[...] I love that man with all my heart so I feel really grateful to be his partner."
After meeting through mutual friends a while ago, it might come as a shock to some that as of last year, Ren had still not seen the movie that blew it all up for Centineo and plummetted him from the quintessential Twitter sad boy to pretty much every dreamer's number one heartthrob.
We have his character Peter Kaminsky to thank for that, who gave us John Cusack holding up a boombox outside your window, serenading you kind of vibe with him saving popcorn for Lara Jean and also traveling all the way across town to get her favorite drink.
All because of a pretend-relationship! So imagine how the real-life Centineo might get with his tryst with Ren in real life, and if his Instagram account is any roof of it, Ren isn't wrong; Centineo is a certified smitten man for her.
Ren, who has amassed almost 14 million followers on Instagram, is also an ex-contestant of the hit ABC reality competition 'Dancing with the Stars' where she came third runner up with her then rumored beau slash dance partner Alan Bersten.
The two broke up shortly after the competition got over and, at the time, Ren had expressed her sentiments online, writing: "Feelings aren't black and white and neither is life," Ren replied. "We're focused on our careers and growing as individuals."
But with Centineo, their romance seems to be focused on making art together, as Ren shared in the interview with E! News when asked about having met each other's families already.
"It was great," she reminisced, enthusing: "My little brother was like, 'Who is this person?' and I was like, 'Please, like him for me. I really like him.'"
Speaking about her elaborate date night ideas is when Ren addressed the artsy side of their romance, as she said: "I'm very spontaneous and so is he," she said when dishing about their romantic dates.
"It just depends on what we're trying to do for each other. He likes to paint, so I took him to paint one time. Just little fun things. We both love art, so we love doing art together."
And while Ren can't keep gushing about how "amazing" Centineo is, or how "His heart is really that genuine. He has a heart of gold, and he's that much of a dork in real life, too," that's not the only confirmation of their relationship we have been offered.
Centineo himself addressed Ren as "the angel in my life" at the Charlie's Angel's premiere in 2019, and more recently on Instagram, where he shared an adorable photo of the two of them, captioned: "I say, at least one of us in this photo is gorgeous love you baby."
Centineo's upcoming sequel to the Netflix hit is entitled 'To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You' starring Condor, Jordan Fisher, Ross Butler and Janelle Parish is about to premiere worldwide this Wednesday, February 12.