Austin Butler’s All Shook Up, Over His Girlfriend, Kaia Gerber Surprise Cameo In Austin Butler's Steamy Photo Shoot

Austin Butler’s VMAN 49 Winter 2022 Issue

The model made a subtle cameo in Elvis star's cover story for VMAN 49 Winter 2022 issue, and their burning love is ever-present. In one black-and-white snap included in the new photoshoot, Austin's back is towards the camera as two pairs of arms loosely wrapped around his neck.

Although you can't see exactly who’s embracing the actor, a small hint is given thanks to the appearance of Kaia's delicate wrist tattoo that reads "I know" with the words crossed out by a singular line.

Kaia and Austin first sparked relationship rumors late last year. The two confirmed their romance in January after they spotted them looking cozy in photos of them out and about in Los Angeles. Since then, the 20-year-old hasn't been shy about making it known she's her 30-year-old boyfriend's biggest fan.

Cannes Film Festival Premiere

The passionate kiss they shared at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival premiere of the film in May. At the event, the couple held each other's heads with both hands before locking lips in the middle of the crowd in a move that looked straight out of a movie scene.

Of course, it's easy to see why Kaia was so proud of Austin during the moment. The star recently spoke about how in stepping into Elvis Presley's shoes, he realized how the legendary musician's life mimicked his own.

There were certain details in Elvis' life that supernaturally connected with me, and he told VMAN in his July 27 cover story. His mom passed away, and my mother passed away when I was 23. And I thought that's the trajectory of being human and living your life.

He added, "My mom was my good friend, and his mother was his best friend. He knows what that felt like losing my best friend and my mother at that particular time in my life so that really connected me to him and made me just feel so much love for him."

Soon after taking on the role, Austin fully dedicated himself to doing the part justice.

He said he wallpapered the entire apartment with images and a timeline of Elvis's life. I'm extremely thankful I had the film and the, for lack of a better word, obsession with Elvis to occupy my days. It provided me the feeling that there was a solution to getting up every morning.