Bella Hadid’s romance with equestrian Adan Banuelos is Instagram official.
Hadid, 27, posted a carousel of photographs from her October 2023 birthday celebration by way of social media on Friday, February 16. In one of many snaps, the mannequin posed subsequent to Banuelos, 34, as they each appeared away from the digital camera.
Each Hadid and Banuelos wore denim outfits with matching black cowboy hats, standing subsequent to a rainbow-colored birthday cake inside a farm secure. In a follow-up slide, Banuelos sat subsequent to Hadid at a picnic desk and leaned in for a kiss.
Hadid has been linked to Banuelos since October 2023 when TMZ printed photographs of the pair kissing in Fort Price, Texas. Earlier this month, Banuelos publicly praised Hadid’s equestrian efforts.
“Congratulations to Bella and #MetallicTito on their first main aged occasion finals at their first aged occasion collectively! #DreamTeam,” he wrote by way of Instagram on February 4, sharing footage of Hadid’s competitors.
Hadid’s championship qualification got here one month after she began competing together with her horse.
“By no means cease making an attempt new issues. I really feel fortunate sufficient to have the chance to continue to learn in life ❤️,” Hadid wrote by way of Instagram in January. “Thanks Tito, I’ll by no means cease loving on you want this!”
Bella Hadid and Adan Banuelos Courtesy of Bella Hadid/Instagram
Hadid’s romance with Banuelos marks her first since she cut up from Marc Kalman. Hadid and Kalman, 35, began relationship in July 2020 earlier than going their separate methods three years later. Following the breakup, a supply completely instructed Us Weekly that Hadid wasn’t in a rush to begin relationship once more.
“Bella isn’t targeted on relationship in the meanwhile,” the insider mentioned in July 2023. “She’s nonetheless within the means of adjusting to the one life after her cut up from Marc. … She’s actually happy with her sobriety and is concentrated on her well-being and her profession for now. She’ll get again out into the relationship scene when the time is true, however for now, she’s blissful on her personal.”
Hadid, who beforehand dated The Weeknd on and off from 2015 to 2019, has realized many classes from her previous relationships.
Bella Hadid and Adan Banuelos Courtesy of Bella Hadid/Instagram
“I grew up round males — whether or not that was in relationships or household or no matter that was — the place I used to be continually instructed that my voice was much less vital than their voice,” Hadid mentioned on a January 2022 episode of the “VS Voices” podcast. “Not having the boundaries of with the ability to stick up for myself and have my voice being heard affected me in my grownup relationships very intensely.”
She continued on the time, “It was battle or flight. That’s one thing I actually needed to work on, the place I continually went again to males — and likewise girls — that had abused me, and that’s the place the people-pleasing got here in.”
