Hello, I’m back.
I missed you! Have you been thinking what I’m thinking? What the fuck is the deal with Margaret Qualley?
On December 21, Margaret Qualley was spotted at the airport in what seems to be a very obvious PR stunt making out with Shia LaBeouf, straddling him on the side of his truck, in his truck…you get the picture. Hmm, hmm.
The set of photos made the rounds shortly after the singer FKA Twigs, who I would probably kill for, filed a lawsuit accusing her ex boyfriend LaBeouf of physical and emotional abuse. According to the report, it was filed only after LaBeouf declined to resolve the matter privately by seeking treatment.
I’m not going to get too deep into it here. Instead, I recommend reading Twigs’ own words and Ashley Reese on LaBeouf’s history of predatory behavior.
I, personally, have found Margaret Qualley suspicious for basically the entire time I’ve known what a Margaret Qualley is. Do you know what a Margaret Qualley is? She’s the more famous daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, who knows a bit about high profile relationships after her time with Dennis Quaid, and model Paul Qualley. Maybe you saw her feet in Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.
It is my personal pet conspiracy theory that her short lived relationship with Pete Davidson was actually a bait and switch meant to cover up Davidson’s relationship Kaia Gerber, model and daughter of Cindy Crawford and the Casamigos guy that isn’t George Clooney, until Gerber’s 18th birthday.
Gerber and Davidson apparently met when they both modeled for Alexander Wang (which, more yikes.) However, seemingly out of nowhere he popped up at the Venice Film Festival with Qualley who was promoting Seberg. Qualley wasn’t previously much of a tabloid target (consider that the film starred Kristen Stewart), but on Davidson’s inked arms, there was interest.
Shortly after Davidson' and Qualley’s very public trip, they broke up around Gerber’s birthday and she quickly jumped into her own short lived PDA filled relationship with the comedian after some very dramatic photos of her parents looking upset about the fling outside of her apartment building.
I understand why you are reluctant to look to Pete Davidson’s dating history for any sort of clarity, but BUT here’s some circumstantial evidence Gerber and Qualley quolluded: at the very beginning of the pandemic, who did Gerber choose to display a very loose understanding of the word “quarantine” with? None other that Margaret Qualley. The two quallentined with Cara Delevigne and some other people whose names I know but decline to pass on.
Now LaBeouf and Qualley have reportedly broken up after a brief media blitz got them headlines about the two are totally, definitely in love with a convenient paparazzi presence. Sure, it happens, but the official Trissues stance on the matter is that Qualley is Hollywood’s current it-girlfriend for hire who is available to briefly date celebrities in PR crises just long enough to soften their image and then peace out after a month.
A TIMELINE
June 21, 2019 Pete Davidson and Kaia Gerber both walk in Alexander Wang’s Spring 2020 show and allegedly exchange numbers.
August 31, 2019 Pete Davidson’s relationship with Margaret Qualley is confirmed after the tags along with her at the Venice Film Festival where she is promoting Seberg. The new couple is photographed together several times over the course of their trip.
September 3, 2019 Kaia Gerber turns 18.
October 12, 2019 Qualley and Davidson’s breakup hits the tabloids.
October 23, 2019 Davidson is spotted leaving Gerber’s NY apartment. The pair are seen frequently together for the remainder of 2019, engaging in PDA.
January 2020 Gerber and Davidson appear to call it quits.
September 2020 LaBeouf is reportedly fired from Olivia Wilde’s film Don’t Worry, Darling due to his behavior and replaced with Harry Styles. The initial word was that LaBeouf exited the project due to scheduling conflicts, but shortly after FKA Twigs comes forward with allegations of abuse, the story changes.
December 11, 2020 NYT publishes FKA Twigs’ allegations of abuse.
December 19, 2020 Qualley and LaBeouf are spotted sucking face at the airport.
Source: People
December 22, 2021 Qualley and LaBeouf are photographed running the day after the first photos of them making out are published. The pair are also photographed holding hands on a walk.
December 26, 2021 Qualley and LaBeouf are photographed hiking.
January 5, 2021 Qualley is photographed with LaBeouf looking “smitten.”
January 7, 2021 LaBeouf and Qualley part ways just two days after they are photographed looking all loved up. “They’re just in different places in their lives,” a source told People. Sounds like they’re in different places in their weeks.
Qualley herself has not commented on the relationship and I don’t pretend to know what actually happened. But I will say the timing is interesting and, well, gosh, photographers were certainly present!
WHERE R THEY NOW
Kaia Gerber has moved on with what is basically a Google autofill relationship, Euphoria actor Jacob Elordi.
Twigs, meanwhile, seems to be very happy in her relationship with the 1975’s Matty Healy, and I hope my two crushes treat each other very well.
Matty’s ex, Australian model Gabriella Brooks, has taken up with Liam Hemsworth. How perfect! It seems like they both really enjoy being on the beach and looking good.
Olivia Wilde seems to have found her leading man in more way than one since her breakup with longtime fiance Jason Sudeikis became public, holding hands with none other than Harry Styles. The timeline of what happened when is currently very fuzzy.
And bringing this all full circle, Ariana Grande is now engaged to her luxury real estate broker boyfriend Dalton Gomez. She seems happy and all and it’s good she’s not with a fellow celebrity but…well….get a real job, dude.
I know I know I know…Kim and Kanye. Is she really dating Van Jones? Is he dating Jeffree Starr? Well, no and no, but I’ll get to it. What do you want to know? Just respond to this email with all your celeb queries. I’ll be answering your questions in the next Trissue.
xoxo T