Kendall Jenner Trolls Athlete Exes in Kardashian Curse Super Bowl Ad

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Kendall Jenner plays her cards right when it comes to love. 

The Kardashians star leaned into the viral internet rumor that she and her sisters cause their boyfriends’ sports failures in a new Fanatics Sportsbook ad for the Super Bowl 2026. 

“Haven’t you heard?” Kendall asks in the ad, which will officially air as the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks face off Feb. 8. “The internet says I’m cursed.”

The model, who sports a robe in a lavish beachside mansion, takes a sip of a cup of tea that has a rose embellishment on it—which hilariously wilts as she takes a sip. 

“Any basketball player who dates me,” Kendall continues as she lights a match and throws it into a basket of NBA jerseys, “kind of hits a rough patch.”

As the 30-year-old—who has previously dated Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and LA Clippers alum Blake Griffin —walks through the house filled with portraits of her and past boyfriends (with their faces conveniently burned or ripped out), she jokes, “While the world has been talking about it, I’ve been betting on it.”

Indeed, the super model shows off her lavish lifestyle further, joking, “How else do you think I could afford all of this? Modeling?”

The 818 Tequila owner goes on to dive into a gorgeous pool, sharing it was funded by when “basketball boyfriend one missed the playoffs,” adding, “I guess nobody was getting a ring in this house.”

Later, she shows off a vintage convertible joking that it was funded by her next dalliance. 

“Do you like this bad boy?” Kendall gloats. “Boyfriend two flopped right out of the league.”

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And her extravagant yet “cute” private jet? As she boards, Kendall laughs maniacally yelling, “Thanks boyfriend three!”

In the most pointed nod to the theory, she finishes off the commercial adding, “Kardashian Curse…it’s not even my last name.”

Kendall’s cheeky Super Bowl ad isn’t the first time a Kardashian has addressed their supposed likelihood to bring bad luck to their boyfriends. In a 2016 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kourtney Kardashian’s ex Scott Disick attempted to “purge” himself of the curse by hiring a medium, which left Kourtney visibly confused, and sister Kim Kardashian “offended.”

Khloe Kardashian, for her part, slammed the rumor in 2018 while she was still dating NBA player Tristan Thompson. Responding to a fan who claimed he didn’t want her to marry Thompson—with whom she shares True, 7, and Tatum, 3—Khloe wrote in a post on X, “Only stupid people believe stupid rumors.”

Meanwhile, Kylie Jenner—who is currently dating Timothée Chalamet—admitted she saw some truth to the curse, but believed it said more about the sisters’ exes than themselves. 

As she told GQ in 2018, “They come and can't handle it.”

To judge the theory when it comes to the latest Kardashian to address the theory, keep reading for a comprehensive look at Kendall’s past boyfriends… 

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Harry Styles

"No story, we're friends," Kendall Jenner told E!'s Giuiliana Rancic in November 2013 of her and Harry Styles' relationship status after they were spotted at dinner in West Hollywood. "He's cool."

But subsequent sightings in New York and London even had Brody Jenner guessing that, whatever was up between them, his half-sister was in the driver's seat.

"I'm sure she's having a fun time with him," he told the New York Daily News that December. "She has a very level head, great head on her shoulders. But they are both so young."

Then 18 and 20, Kendall and Harry never lost each other's numbers, reuniting for stop-the-presses outings in 2016 (including a PDA-packed stay aboard a yacht), 2018, 2020...

So, at the very least, a lasting friendship was in the cards for the duo, who sparked romance rumors again as recently as 2022, following Harry's split from Olivia Wilde.

"She and Harry are just good friends," a source told E! News at the time. "They remained friendly over the years and have kept in touch."

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Justin Bieber

Kendall never dated Justin Bieber, but they were around each other enough that some people speculated they were.

Enough so that it was brought up during a Nightline interview Kendall gave in 2014.

"He's a longtime friend of our family," she said of the "Baby" singer. "Everybody loves to assume things, but no."

Moreover, Kendall has been besties with Hailey Bieber for ages, and she's been known to double date with the married couple when she has a plus-one in her life, or just chill with the duo on her own.

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Nick Jonas

In August 2015, freshly single Nick Jonas was rumored to be seeing Kendall after being introduced into her orbit by brother Joe Jonas and his then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid.

But they weren't on the level of dating, according to Nick.

"Kendall is great," he told E! News at the time, "and naturally with her being good friends with Gigi and with Joe and Gigi dating, there are times we'll be in the same place and we all hang out."

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Jordan Clarkson

There were rumored fireworks between Jordan Clarkson, then playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, and Kendall over Fourth of July in 2016—and they seemed to still be getting along swimmingly in November, once basketball season was underway. 

Jordan was also a guest at Kendall's star-studded 21st birthday party that month, but their connection remained in the casual zone.

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A$AP Rocky

Also on Kendall's radar at the time, at least as a cool guy to hang out with, was A$AP Rocky.

Though he was apparently just biding his time before Rihanna was ready to date him, he and Kendall had fun in 2016 and 2017 going to dinner, partying in Miami and New York, making the scene at Coachella and cozying up for Kylie Jenner's epic Met Gala selfie.

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Blake Griffin

Then an L.A. Clipper, Blake Griffin was seen squiring Kendall around town more than once starting in August 2017, and she caught a few games courtside.

But once again, it was more of a let's-hang-out-and-have-fun thing than the beginnings of a serious romance. And then Blake was traded to the Detroit Pistons in 2018, so that was that.

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Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons actually courted Kendall, the pair meeting in the spring of 2018 and making an effort at meeting up whenever possible despite the point guard being based in Philadelphia. (Ironically, now he's a Clipper, as of 2025.)

Kendall streamed a 76ers game during a photo shoot with Australian Vogue in the spring of 2019, according to the subsequent cover story, and then FaceTimed the Melbourne native to show off her copy of his recent GQ Australia cover.

"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," the model told Australian Vogue. "Also I’m very young and right now I feel like relationships aren’t always super-certain."

By the first Monday in May—i.e. the Met Gala—in 2019, they had amicably split up, Kendall foreseeing that her packed schedule could pose too many complications.

As she told Australian Vogue, "Everyone has their own path and their own way of letting the cards fall. Your 20s are for messing up and figuring it out."

Meanwhile, the Internet had sensed a pattern. A fan tweeted a meme in 2019, "Starting 5 of NBA Players Kendall Jenner Dated," that boasted photos of Jordan, Ben, Blake, then-Laker Kyle Kuzma and journeyman D'Angelo Russell.

"This is a playoff team lmao," the fan wrote.

Then it was Kendall with the dunk: She reposted, adding, "2 out of 5 accurate, thanks."

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Devin Booker

Kendall dated Devin Booker for almost two years starting in 2020, even bringing the Phoenix Suns shooting guard as her date to sister Kourtney Kardashian's Italian nuptials in May 2022.

But by the following month they were taking time apart, a source telling E! News that, after they got back from their trip, "they started to feel like they weren't aligned and realized they have very different lifestyles."

It was game on again that July, but by November they were going their separate ways, their schedules still not compatible. (Though he bumped D'Angelo out of "Kendall's Starting Five" by the time Kim Kardashian got her hands on a T-shirt version of the meme.)

More recently, a Valentine's Day weekend sighting of the snow-goggles-sporting pair sitting side-by-side at an Aspen restaurant in 2025 showed that one's 20s really are for letting things happen and figuring it out. 

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Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny hopped into Kendall's life in 2023, and they were first spotted in February on an apparent double date with Justin and Hailey Bieber.

Then Kendall caught the Puerto Rican artist's set at Coachella in April, and the following month they slipped into a Met Gala afterparty together and twinned at a Lakers game. 

Numerous date nights ensued, and they sat together at the Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week that September, but they were no longer a couple by the end of the year.

However, because if you can stay friends then why not, the duo, who have mutual pals, have reunited numerous times since, all over the world.

And not one to resist a runway-side seat, Bad Bunny was in the audience to see Kendall walk the walk for Calvin Klein Collection's Autumn/Winter 2025 show during New York Fashion Week in February.

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