Overview

• Multiple entertainment sites on Aug. 30–31 repeated a Star Magazine claim that Braun has told close friends he is dating Sweeney and asked for privacy.
• The renewed chatter follows a June video showing them walking together in Venice shortly after Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding.
• Neither Sweeney nor Braun has confirmed or denied a relationship as of Sunday.
• Sweeney, 27, ended her engagement to Jonathan Davino earlier this year, while Braun, 44, finalized his split from Yael Cohen in 2021–2022 and shares three children with her.
• Coverage highlights Braun’s profile in music—discovering Justin Bieber, working with Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato, and his public feud with Taylor Swift—as context for the public attention.