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Avril Lavigne and Tyga Kiss at Paris Fashion Week

Speculation that the two longtime friends are dating began after Lavigne called off her engagement to musician Mod Sun last month.
Avril Lavigne and Tyga Kiss at Paris Fashion Week
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A couple weeks after calling off her engagement, it appears that Avril Lavigne may have moved on with her longtime friend, Tyga.

As part of Paris Fashion Week, the pair attended the Mugler x Hunter Schafer party on Monday night. At one point, Tyga threw his arm around the pop star's neck, grabbing her chin with his other hand before sharing several kisses in front of the cameras and smiling broadly at one another. The pair then walked through the event hand-in-hand. Earlier that day, the two musicians also attended the Ottolinger show where they sat side-by-side whispering in each other's ears. Rumors that Tyga and Lavigne had started dating first began in February when TMZ published photos of the two of them out to dinner with a group of friends at Nobu. The pair shared a hug in the parking lot, however, sources confirmed to the outlet at the time that they were just good friends, nothing more. Although, clearly, things have developed further since then.

At the end of February, the “Complicated” singer called off her engagement to fellow musician Mod Sun, whose real name is Derek Smith, ten months after he proposed. The two musicians were last seen together publicly at a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles at the beginning of February. The reason behind their breakup remains unknown, but those same insiders confirmed that there was no cheating on either side. The news obviously still came as a big surprise to Smith whose representative told People, “They were together and engaged as of three days ago when Mod left for tour so if anything has changed that's news to him.” But a source from Lavigne's camp confirmed to the publication, “Avril and Mod Sun have been on and off for the past two months, but are no longer together as a couple.”

Lavigne and Smith first met in January 2021, releasing a collaborative single called “Flames” that same month. The following year, in March 2022, the pair got engaged during a trip to Paris. Just last month, things still seemed all good between the two singers as Smith even released a track off his new album titled “Avril's Song.” He told E! News of the single, “I have found such a partner in this world to go through the chaos that life gives you. I have found that person. I'm with a real grown woman who has gone through it all 10 times over and she makes me a better person.” Mod Sun added that they weren't rushing any wedding plans just "living in that moment," and when it comes to his former bride-to-be, “She's a princess, she really is. She's a motherfucking princess. That's real shit, so we're going to have a very special wedding. I can't wait for that time to come.”