Irina Shayk is a supermodel who has often been in the news for her dating life. She stepped into the limelight when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011.
Since then, she has been a part of many runways and advertising campaigns for several brands. The Russian model boasts almost 20 million followers on Instagram. Apart from her achievements as a model, she is also known for having dated some of the richest and most successful people.
More About Irina Shayk
Although she is super successful and rich now, she comes from humble beginnings. Her mother was a kindergarten teacher while her father was a coal miner. She spoke about her village once and said “Yemanzhelinsk is a very small coal-mining village.”
She added “There’s nothing there, only coal mining. It’s not on any maps. We didn’t even have a movie theater. We had one street. There was a garden that was 30 minutes away, by walk. I was taking care of the potatoes and the tomatoes and the cucumbers.”
Let us take a closer look at the list of people that Irina Shayk has dated till now.
Valerio Morabito
The supermodel connected with the businessman Morabito early in life. The two fell in love and were inseparable. Reports suggest that the two of them even got engaged. However, they never made it down the aisle together.
It is believed that the couple broke up due to Shayk’s career. Interestingly, Morabito went on to marry and settle down with another Russian model Vita Sidorkina in 2017.
Rob Bourdon
The famous Linkin’ Park drummer and Irina Shayk became a couple in 2007. They successfully kept their affair out of the public eye. Neither of them ever confirmed or denied their relationship.
It is believed that the couple broke up and went their separate ways in 2009.
Arthur Sales
The next man in Shayk’s life was Arthur Sales, a Brazilian model. They started dating in February 2009, although they also remained tight-lipped about their relationship.
They appeared on a couple of red carpets together but ended up parting ways soon after in November 2009. A newspaper had reported that Shayk had an affair with 85-year-old FIFA President Sep Blatter. She denied the allegations, the newspaper ended up apologizing for the incorrect report.
Cristiano Ronaldo
This was perhaps her most-high profile relationship back then. The soccer star and she met on the set of an Armani ad in 2010. This time around, she did not mind going public with her relationship.
She even posted pictures of the couple’s travels on Instagram and posed for the cover of Vogue Spain with a naked Ronaldo standing behind her. Unfortunately, the romance ended five years later in 2015.
While different theories of the breakup did rounds, one theory suggested that it was due to Ronaldo’s infidelity while another theory believed that the couple broke up after Ronaldo failed to show up for Shayk’s mother’s 60th birthday party.
Bradley Cooper
While Shayk had just come out of a long-term relationship with Ronaldo, Bradley Cooper had recently broken up with model Suki Waterhouse. They were first spotted together on a Broadway date night and the internet went crazy.
The couple remained strong together and welcomed their daughter in April two years later. The daughter was named Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper.
Due to Cooper’s work commitments, they started growing apart. Ultimately, they split up in 2019. The good news is that they are on good terms with one another and are frequently spotted together with their daughter.
Vito Schnabel
In 2020, she was spotted with a mysterious stranger and the internet went into a frenzy. Later, it was discovered that the gentleman was Vito Schnabel, an art dealer and proprietor from New York.
The couple was spotted together with Irina Shayk’s daughter while on a stroll in New York. Before Shayk, he was dating Heidi Klum. He had mentioned multiple times that he was interested in Shayk, but neither of them ever talked about it publicly. It is believed that they were together for at least a year before they chose to part ways.
Kanye West
Most recently, Irina Shayk was in the headlines for being Kanye West’s new arm candy. This was more hyped up because Kanye had just broken up with Kim Kardashian and people were eager to see who was the replacement.
She was spotted with the rapper and fashion icon vacationing away in France in June 2021. At the time, it was revealed that the two of them were “casually dating” and that nothing serious was on the cards for them.
This turned out to be true as the couple broke up after a few months together. Meanwhile, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian was dating comedian Pete Davidson. Kanye had publicly lashed out at Davidson and even threatened to kill him in a deleted music video.
Who Is She Dating Now?
Who is Irina Shayk dating after Kanye West? Well, the answer may not be public but if the world knows anything about her love life, it is that she prefers to keep it private. In an interview, she mentioned how keeping that part of one’s life private is the best thing. She also revealed that she would not be disclosing extensive details about her relationship ever.
Talking about being a single mother, she said When I’m with my daughter, I’m 100% a mother, and when she’s with her dad, he’s 100% her dad. Co-parenting is parenting.” Shayk is currently focused on her life and the friends around her.
The supermodel came close to settling down twice in her life. Once it was with Ronaldo, a relationship that she hoped would end in marriage but didn’t. The other relationship was with Bradley Cooper. She hoped that after the birth of their daughter Cooper would propose to her. But he was more focused on work and they ended up breaking up.
Shayk’s fans were not happy about her being Kanye’s muse and felt that she could do better for herself. Some of them are hopeful that she would end up with Bradley Cooper. But that is not for the fans to decide.
As she said, she is currently focused on other aspects of her life and wants to raise her daughter in the best way possible. For her daughter’s sake, she remains cordial with her ex-boyfriend Bradley Cooper.
