{"id":827995,"date":"2026-08-27T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827995\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:00:16","slug":"how-kylie-jenner-fell-in-love-with-the-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/827995\/","title":{"rendered":"How Kylie Jenner ‘fell in love’ with the Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once Kylie Jenner hit the Madison Square Garden court, it wasn\u2019t hard to convince her who her NBA team would be.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday\u2019s episode of the \u201cBetter Half\u201d podcast<\/a>, Jenner joined as a guest and explained what made her fall \u201cin love\u201d with the Knicks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0something about the energy\u00a0in the stadium and [in Madison Square Garden] and being there,\u201d Jenner said. \u201cIt was so much fun, and then I followed them for those two seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kylie Jenner talks about her Knicks fandomo on the \u201cBetter Half\u201d podcast this week. YouTube @BetterHalfPodcast<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old admitted she would never have been into the team if somone didn\u2019t pull her into the fandom. She can credit boyfriend and Oscar-nominated actor Timoth\u00e9e\u00a0Chalamet for that. <\/p>\n

\u201cI never was into it unless it was, like, someone was married or dating someone and then I would watch it,\u201d Jenner said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I went to my first Knicks game that I fell in love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenner and Chalamet have been dating since 2023 and since then, the \u201cKardashians\u201d star has found herself at home among the courtside stars and fan favorites of the Garden including Ben Stiller, Mariska Hargitay, Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan and Spike Lee.<\/p>\n

Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner attend Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York. NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The couple was at the forefront of the Knicks\u2019 championship in June, in which they won their first title since 1973 in defeating the Spurs in five games. <\/p>\n

Chalamet was a major headline of the postgame celebrations as he was seen in various locker room photos covered in champagne, ripping his shirt and even shading cinema\u2019s biggest night.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWay rather this than the Oscars,\u201d he said. \u201cC\u2019mon, baby! Knicks are champions, baby!\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d actor was dedicated throughout the playoffs, leaving Jenner and the Met Gala behind<\/a> to attend Game 1 of the Knicks-76ers playoff series in May. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor them to win, I mean, I\u2019m the luckiest Knicks fan \u2018cause I feel like I am a new Knicks fan \u2026 and I got to see them win!\u201d Jenner said. <\/p>\n

Jenner and Chalamet aren\u2019t ones to show up to a Knicks game casually, especially during the playoffs. <\/p>\n

Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner attend Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The two could be found decked out in orange and bright blue outfits throughout the season. Jenner admitted she has cultivated a collection in her closet. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a whole section in my archive closet of just orange and blue things,\u201d she said. \u201cI have all the old Chanel, like, all every orange and blue thing that they\u2019ve done. I have custom things. \u2026 I just keep making things, and I\u2019ll just save it in my closet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of that collection includes oversized Knicks jackets, which Jenner said helps her not feel \u201cnaked\u201d while sitting in courtside seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have a big, fat, juicy ass and you\u2019re sitting down and you\u2019re wearing a little crop top, it\u2019s just, like, my ass crack is always just [out],\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my God, my ass is just always out.\u2019 I always have to bring a jacket or something so I can enjoy the game and not worry if, you know, I\u2019m naked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once Kylie Jenner hit the Madison Square Garden court, it wasn\u2019t hard to convince her who her NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[8519,355,361,99,1625,71243,57100],"class_list":["post-827995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-kylie-jenner","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-fans","tag-timothee-chalamet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}