Many viewers who watched Netflix The Kissing Booth 2 actually rooted for Elle (Joey King) and Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez) as opposed to Elle and Noah (Jacob Elordi). That, of course, is everyone all in these speculations that Perez and King could be a married couple in real life. Perez covered all of this in a new interview.
Here’s why people started thinking that Taylor Zakhar Perez and Joey King were with her
Fans noticed that the duo would often post photos and videos with each other, leaving comments that added fuel to the fire. For example, in an Instagram post that Perez made for King’s birthday, people thought that maybe the real actors playing Elle and Marco were really the endgame.
Perez wrote in part, ‘Honestly, I could write all day about this woman. She’s the reason I came to the KB2 family, she welcomed me with open arms and love, she supported me, she hugged me, she made me laugh (like pussy laughing my pants off and had to check my underwear), she inspired me to be a better actor, she shared her family with me, THE LIST GOES ON. Thankful for you forever. ”
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Fans went wild in the comments when King commented on the post, saying, ‘Can’t imagine my life without you. I love you T. ”
The actor dealt with the rumors as they began to spread
In a recent interview with ET Online, Perez spoke openly about his relationship with King. “We just managed it,” he said. When we were in South Africa, we ate together. I cooked for her, she baked for me. We just became kind of like best friends. ”
After the filmmaking, he says they began to hang on to quarantine and both needed one to attract during these times. He explained, “When we got back to Los Angeles, we just kept hanging out. We lived really close to each other. And then the quarantine hit and we just needed someone to trust at that time, like, ‘OK, “I know you’re not going out. I know who you are.” So we just got really close. “
“Last weekend we went to celebrate her birthday and a friend’s birthday of mine,” he added, noting that the group of friends all received coronavirus (COVID-19) tests to be safe. “We just went together and had a great time.”
Despite being very close, Perez denies that he and King are more than friends. ‘I love her. I love her. I would do anything for her, ‘he said. ‘We’re not dating. I’ll end it with that. ”
Joey King has actually dated a ‘The Kissing Booth’ star before
Before these rumors, King was in a relationship with one of her cast mates The Kissing Booth. She dated Jacob Elordi, but they broke up in 2018. By the time she started filming The Kissing Booth 2, the couple was not together. One would think that would have contributed to awkwardness, something that Perez also addressed in the recent interview.
‘I’m sure it was strange for her [King] to go back in a production with someone they dated, ”he said. ‘And so I am this new castmate and Joel [Courtney] to be there and Meganne [Young], we just all worked really well together. ”
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King and Elordi appear to be on good terms, although they deleted a tweet in which they called him after he claimed in an interview that he had not seen The Kissing Booth 2.
The Kissing Booth 3, which has already been filmed, will debut on Netflix in 2021.
