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Who is Sarah Talabi? Model addresses rumors of dating Timothée Chalamet after Coachella

'Everyone is asking me if I was kissing Timothée Chalamet at Coachella, and that is a good question,' said the 22-year-old model

After photos and videos of model Sarah Talabi and Timothée Chalamet at Coachella 2022 started circulating on social media, rumors of the model allegedly "kissing and dancing" with the actor started floating in no time.

"I was at Coachella this weekend, as well as the Revolve Festival, and a few other private parties. That was me in the photos; my twin sister, Leah Talabi, was there, too. We were all just hanging out and vibing with the music. It was the greatest night of my life," the 22-year-old model told Page Six.

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"Everyone is asking me if I was kissing Timothée Chalamet at Coachella, and that is a good question. But a great question would be asking our world leaders why the Earth is now losing 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year due to global warming and why climate crisis reform has been completely ineffective. I encourage you to contact your local representatives and ask them that," Talabi concluded.

The Victoria's Secret model might not have commented on whether she kissed the 26-year-old actor or whether they were dating, but she made it clear that they did hang out together. "Had the best time with the best group of people," she wrote on her Instagram story and tagged Chalamet, along with her sister Leah and another friend.

Talabi and Chalamet were spotted together on the official Coachella live stream during Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd's headlining set. "Timothee Chalamet was dancing with and kissing Victoria's Secret model Sarah Talabi at Coachella," one witness alleged to Instagram gossip account Deuxmoi, along with a photo of the duo smiling as they danced together.

Who is Sarah Talabi?

Sarah Talabi is a Nigerian model and influencer with over 1.5 million followers on Instagram. Born on December 26, 1999, she is also an activist and the co-author of 'The Intersectional Feminist: How to Amplify Marginalized Voices in the Feminist Movement', along with her twin sister, Leah Talabi.

Apart from Victoria's Secret, Talabi has worked with brands like Public Desire and Pretty Little Thing as an influencer. She is the founder of Black Female Leaders, a nonprofit group, and is signed to IMG Models. Talabi is the founder of Intersectionality For Feminists, a feminist community and resource hub that centers on black women and marginalized voices.

Talabi shares social media pages with her sister Leah on TikTok and Twitter. The two have a combined following of over 443,600 on TikTok and 18,500 on Twitter. Her IMDb page credits her as a writer as well as a producer on a few projects. As per Famous Birthdays, Talabi hails from Detroit, Michigan.

Meanwhile, another spy told Deuxmoi that Chalamet was also spotted with models Chantel Jeffries and Cindy Wolf, and the gossip page wrote in reply, "I don't know who Sarah Talabi is but you guys are telling me she isn't in that pic... bottom line is Timmy hung out with a lot of different women this weekend, just let the kid live." Another tip claimed that Chalamet was spotted with "a bunch of VS models in the VIP section of Neon Carnival" along with Leonardo DiCaprio, and Tobey Maguire.

Soon after, a video of Chalamet making out with a woman who is not Talabi started floating around social media. Fans started speculating that she looked like Cindy Kimberly, and with the anonymous tip stating the actor was spotted with the model, the rumors only caught fire. After another video featuring Chalamet and Kimberly enjoying the festival together was posted online, fans felt it was confirmed that the duo made out. Especially because the woman Chalamet kissed also had black hair and was wearing an outfit similar to what Kimberly was wearing.