This story was updated June 11 at 10:20 a.m.
In Friday’s edition of “WTF Bro?! News,” singer Kelis and veteran actor Bill Murray are reportedly dating. Yes, you read that right, and no, I can’t believe it either.
This news comes via TMZ which claims that the two have been getting close in London where the “Milkshake” singer has been performing recently, as well as here in the States. Murray was reportedly spotted backstage at one of her shows and has been enjoying a handful of her performances across the pond. He was also seen at the same hotel in London as Kelis, which further added to potential romance speculation.
While neither the “Bossy” singer nor the actor have come out and confirmed or denied these relationship talks, a close friend told the outlet: “Whatever it is that has brought them together, and however unlikely it seems, they are both single and are having fun despite the fairly big age gap.”
However, Twitter was floored.
One Twitter user @afewbadgregs tweeted, “hey guess who kelis is dating i’ll give you infinity tries.”
News publications also struggled to make sense of the news. Los Angeles Times wrote, “First Bad Bunny started hanging out with Kendall Jenner. Then Taylor Swift reportedly dated Matt Healy. But perhaps the title for most confounding alleged couple of 2023 goes to actor Bill Murray and singer Kelis.”
You know what? At this point in the Matrix, I wouldn’t put it past them to be a couple. These veteran white actors have been surprising us all lately (looking at you specifically and Al Pacino) and love is love after all. So maybe the two of them really have hit it off and are finding what they need in each other. 2023 also seems to be the year of surprising couples anyway (Megan Thee Stallion and Romeli Lukaku; Jonathan Majors and Megan Good—allegedly), so as the saying goes: if she likes it, I love it.
I would be remiss, however, if I didn’t note just how odd the pairing sounds and feels, but seeing as how we’ve been expecting the unexpected since the start of 2020, this news is par for the course.
But then again, the couple share one sad thing in common. Kelis was married to Mike Mora in 2014. He was a photographer and the couple had two children. But in 2021, Mora announced he had terminal cancer on instagram. You can read his powerful note here. Sadly, last year he died at 39. Meanwhile, Murray had six childrern and married twice. In 2008, he divorced Jennifer Butler,with whom the actor had four sons. Two years ago, Butler, a costume designer, died. The Sun claimed Kelis and Murray bonded over their losses.