Ye the Love Bomb — THE EDGE

Image from Kevin Leyva Interview Magazine

Kanye ‘Ye’ West and Julia Fox have ended their whirlwind romance after six weeks filled with elaborate gifts, exclusive Fashion Week seats, and bold photoshoots. This unexpected relationship flourished for a short time and brought a lot of eyebrow raises towards its legitimacy. To recap a timeline of this pivotal moment in pop culture history…one might view it as a love bomb.

It all started with a couple of sporadic dates in Miami and New York City, followed by a PDA-packed photoshoot of a styling session Ye performed for Fox. The feature in Interview Mag was emotionally revealing with photos of the couple holding each other close. Ye has given Julia the inside connections from reinventing herself with a brand new luxury wardrobe to casually hanging with Madonna. To top the extravagance off, he bought Julia and all of her friends Birkin bags for her 32nd birthday, meaning he dropped around $50,000 for the occasion.

The luxury Ye has showered Julia with is comparable to a material dream, but in between the cracks could be multiple red flags. Love bombing is a term that is exactly what it sounds like - an explosion of love that comes and goes in a short period of time. In an interview with the New York Times, Dr. Raghavan described the concept: “One partner, typically male but not exclusively, showers the other person with attention, affection, compliments, flattery, and essentially creates this context where she feels like she’s met her soul mate and it’s effortless. The reality is, the person who is doing the love bombing is creating or manipulating the environment to look like he’s the perfect or she’s the perfect mate.” Excessive attention and flattery, over-the-top gifts, and isolation from usual tasks contribute to a love bomb.

Julia Fox has slammed rumors that their relationship has consisted of a “love bomb” on the famous Spotify podcast Call her Daddy. But, the extravagant gifts, the fast romance, and the use of the term “muse” have led others to disagree. Even though not all grand gestures should be considered red flags, when this peculiar partnership came to an end, Ye broadcasted his jealousy of ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s newest boyfriend, Pete Davidson. He has displayed narcissistic behaviors that could even cause danger within his yearn for attention.

After this quick relationship, Julia Fox can expect to earn an estimated $100,000 for every public appearance she makes going forward, as well as a predicted $50,000 for every endorsed social media post. So, Ye may have put Julia through the series of a love bomb, but the Uncut Gems actress continues to strive in the industry. Avoiding a love bomb is ideal, but one may come out the other end of it as an empowered individual the way Julia Fox has.