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Supermodel and reality TV star Kendall Jenner and her basketball star beau Ben Simmons have called it quits.

A source confirmed that the couple has split up after one year together, with distance playing a role in the breakup.

“Ben and Kendall split recently before the Met Gala. They are still on fine terms and have been in touch,” the insider shares with E! News, adding that the distance between the Los Angeles based supermodel and the Philadelphia 76ers star “was getting to be a lot”.

“She cares about Ben and always wants to end her relationships on good terms,” the source continues. “Kendall knew she had several out of the country trips coming up and thought it would be best if they took some space. It’s been hard for them with the time differences and both of their schedules but there is a chance they will get back together.”

The 23-year-old model has typically remained mum about her relationships and seems to enjoy keeping them out of the public eye. She’s only spoken about Ben on a few occasions, including recently in Vogue. The magazine reports that during her cover shoot, Kendall Jenner spent a few minutes on FaceTime with Ben Simmons and held up a copy of GQ, whose cover he graced for their March/April issue

‘She cares about Ben and always wants to end her relationships on good terms. Kendall knew she had several out of country trips coming up and thought it would be best if they took some space. It’s been hard for them with the time differences and both of their schedules but there is a chance they will get
back together’

She spoke a bit about their relationship and why she prefers to keep things under the radar.

“For me, a lot of things are very special and very sacred, like my friends and relationships, and I personally think that bringing things into the public makes everything so much messier,” she shared.

Jenner continued, “I’m very young and right now I feel like relationships aren’t always super-certain and I don’t want to bring too much attention to something if you don’t really know long term. A relationship is only meant to be between two people, and the second you make it the world’s business is when it starts messing with the two people mentally. Like once everyone is let in, you’re letting all these opinions into your relationships, and I don’t think that’s fair.”

She added, “Everyone has their own path and their own way of letting the cards fall. Your 20s are for messing up and figuring it out.”

The 76ers point guard didn’t answer in great detail about their relationship during his GQ interview.

“I keep a lot of things to myself,” he told the magazine when asked about Kendall.

However, he couldn’t resist the flirty Instagram comment every now and again.

In February, comedienne and television host Ellen DeGeneres manoeuvred a conversation that inevitably forced Jenner to answer some questions about Simmons.

“Obviously, you’re dating this guy who’s on this 76ers-is that what it’s called? I don’t know basketball,” Ellen DeGeneres inquired. “How long have you been dating him?”

The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star replied, “For a bit now.”

Jenner and Simmons first sparked romance rumours in May 2018 as they kept things “casual” at first and she moved on from another NBA star boyfriend, Blake Griffin.

A source at the time explained, “Kendall has been out with Ben Simmons a few times and she likes him. They have mutual friends and have been getting to know each other over the last few weeks. He has been spending time in LA with her and has been to her house. They’ve hung out there and have been to dinner a few times.”

Jenner and Simmon’s romance continued into the summer months as they were seen spending time together out and about in Los Angeles. Another source said in June that they went out with some friends one night and were “inseparable.”