Kaitlynn Carter is making waves.
Shortly after PEOPLEconfirmed her splitfromBrody Jenner, Carter embarked on an Italian vacation withMiley Cyrusand the singer’s older sister Brandi Cyrus.
During the trip, the 30-year-old wasphotographed kissingthe 26-year-old singer, shortly before news broke that Cyrus andhusband Liam Hemsworth had split.
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Before Carter first crossed paths with Jenner, 35, she graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2010 with an English major.
Carter would go on to start astyle blog— which has been dormant since she and Jenner wed — as well as thee-commerce site Forray Collective.
The Start of Her Relationship with Jenner
Jenner and Carter met at a party in 2013 and the connection was immediate. “I was going after her,” Jenner previously told PEOPLE “She’s an amazing girl.”
Carter added: “He was really honest about what he wanted, no messing around, and I found that really charming and refreshing. Pretty soon after we started dating, I thought it could be for life.”
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Taking the next step
During a romantic vacation to Indonesia in 2016, the couple announced that they hadgotten engaged.
“On May 4th 2016 I got engaged to my lover and my best friend Kaitlynn Carter,” Jenner gushed.
Intimate Indonesian Wedding
The pair tied the knot in 2018, in front of 50 family members and friends in an ocean view ceremony at theNihi Sumba resort on Sumba island, off the coast of Indonesia, where Jenner had proposed.
“It feels awesome,” Jenner told PEOPLE of his June 2 nuptials. “I honestly feel like we’ve been married for five years already!”
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Ending their Relationship
Just one year after their tying the knot, Jenner and Carter announced that they haddecided to split.
“Brody Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter have decided to amicably separate,” the pair’s reps, Scott Newman and Lindsay Maguire, told PEOPLE in August.
“They love and respect one another, and know that this is the best decision for their relationship moving forward,” the reps added.
A source told PEOPLE at the time that Brody and Carter were not legally married as they never made their union official.
“Brody and Kaitlynn have had issues for years. It is no secret amongst those who knew them. And the show was not good for them,” the source said ofThe Hills: New Beginnings.
“It got so bad that Kaitlynn had actually moved out before they started filming, but then moved back in. DoingThe Hillsmagnified a lot of things in their marriage. And it became clear that it wasn’t going to work. They both knew it,” the source added.
(L-R) Brody Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter.Robin Marchant/WireImage
On the show, tension appeared to be brewing in their relationship when Carter confronted Jenner about the status of their marriage after he appeared to get a lap dance at a club.
“You said to her last night that we had an open relationship,” she told him as Jenner rubbed his face in annoyance.
“We’re not talking about this anymore,” he fired back.
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‘Having Fun’ with Miley Cyrus
One week after news broke of her split from Jenner, Carter began documenting herItalian getawaywith Cyrus.
Shortly after Carter posted a selfie of the pair posing together while wearing sexy swimsuits, PEOPLE confirmed that Cyrus — whohad not been wearing her wedding bands— split from Hemsworth. Hours earlier, Carter and Cyrus were also photographed kissing.
“Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time,” a rep for Cyrus confirmed to PEOPLE exclusively on Saturday. “Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers. They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart. Please respect their process and privacy.”
On Saturday, Carter went on to share a video of the pair dancing and lip-syncing to Cyrus’s 2013 track “Bangerz,” which was released following a previous split from Hemsworth.
Seeminglymaking a comment on their breakup, Cyrus joined in for the line, “Why I need his milli’s when I got Billy on the speed dial.”
A sourcetold PEOPLEexclusively that Cyrus and Carter have mutual friends in common and are “just having fun” together.
Although it remains clear when the pair began spending time together, fans have pointed out that both women posted photos documenting atrip to Stonehengearound the same time in July.
“Give me rocks. Give me sheep. Give me grass,” Carter captioned a photograph of herself at the U.K. tourist destination on July 1.
source: people.com
