If you’re into TikTok, then you deffo know two of the app’s royalty stars, Charli D’Amelio and Chase Hudson (aka Lil Huddy). And if you don’t know TikTok then you probs still know about these two as their confusing drama-filled romance-slash-friendship (it’s complicated but we’ll get into it) is always up for speculation amongst their huge online following.
With 128.3 million followers, Charli D’Amelio is the Queen of TikTok. Despite rising to stardom for her killer dance moves and choreography, all her other ensuing influencer shenanigans across other platforms have now made her a Gen Z phenomenon. Meanwhile, Lil Huddy is a TikToker turned rockstar with 32.4 million followers, grasping the titles of teen heartthrob and E-Boy icon with his floppy middle-part hair and laidback demeanour.
The duo is both ex-members of the TikTok Hype House, a massive Los Angeles mansion founded in late 2019 filled with professional teenage TikTokers (is this real life?). And it seems that in the midst of their busy content collaborating schedule, Charli and Lil Huddy’s romance sparked. But between making it IG official, the messy breakup (and cheating rumours *yikes*), becoming ‘friends’ again, Chase’s song about Charli, travelling together, and matching outfits, the internet is in a constant frenzy trying to keep up with this rollercoaster of a relationship.
And so, we’ve put together a timeline of the influencers’ romance from start to finish to give you all the juicy drama.
Late 2019
As part of TikTok Hype House, Charli and Lil Huddy start featuring in each other’s Tik Toks…a lot…
Either they were seriously good actors or they were super into each other as the chemistry is undeniable!
December 21, 2019
Fans are left confused as Charli posts a couple-y pic with Lil Huddy on Instagram with absolutely no explanation.
December 30, 2019
Charli and Chase (AKA Lil Huddy) are caught holding hands in Target with rumours of their romance still up in the air.
December 31st, 2019
Fellow TikToker Madison Lewis posted a video on New Year’s Eve that went viral soon after as Chase and Charli were noticed kissing in the background – major tea!!
January 2020
Charli addresses her relationship status on IG Live on January 3rd, stating: “No, I’m not dating anyone right now. I’m allowed to just take things slow.”
But despite this, Charli added fuel to the relationship rumours on January 22nd by sharing some PDA-filled pics of her and Chase while on vacation in Hawaii.
Just days later, Chase posted a romantic carousel of photos on Instagram that showed he was all heart eyes for Charli, captioning it “can’t take my eyes off of you.”
Um, mixed messages much?
February 14th, 2020
Charli and Chase make it official (!!!) in true Gen Z fashion – on Instagram. And what better way to do it than with some soppy tributes to each other on a day dedicated to love.
February 19th, 2020
Chase puts all the rumours to rest when sharing some juicy deets on their relationship during his interview with Entertainment Tonight. Chase reveals that although the two are “very into each other” and “totally exclusive”, he is “taking it as slow as humanly possible before I pop the question [of asking her to be my girlfriend].”
Chase also stated that the two had been unofficially together for about a month and a half, meaning they’d probably been exclusive since late December 2019. So hats off to all the social media detectives who, let’s be honest, already knew they were together.
March 2020
The couple looks all happy and in love. They continue to make TikToks together, this time packing in some PDA with a smooch or two, and also leave cute comments on each other’s content.
March 20, 2020
Here’s where things get rocky.
Josh Richard and Bryce Hall, members of another TikTok collective, Sway House (seriously, is this real life?) drop a diss track, where they not-so-subtly accuse Chase of cheating on Charli *gasp*. The entirety of the song “Still Softish” made references to the fact that Chase was still talking to other girls while with Charli.
Despite this not being the best look for Chase, he seemed pretty unbothered by the whole thing. He took to Twitter with a nonchalant yawning emoji, quote-tweeting himself from days earlier saying how he predicted that a diss track about him was on the horizon.
March 25, 2020
Bryce Hall posts a YouTube vlog ‘Hype House Reacts to Still Softish Diss track on Lil Huddy.’ A snippet of this vlog shows how unbothered Chase truly is as he sits between Josh Richard and Bryce Hall, giggling as he reacts to the “Still Softish” diss track.
We’re confused?
March 27th, 2020
Despite Charli not commenting on the situation, she seemingly hinted at a breakup after retweeting two cryptic posts from the account @BreakUpQuotes: “You will not heal by going back to what broke you” and “I miss what could have been.”
April 3, 2020
Charli’s mom speaks out about all the cheating rumours. She takes to Instagram to defend Charli and Chase and make one thing clear: it’s no one else’s business but theirs.
She writes: “Ugh this is disgusting!! No one but Charli and Chase knows what is going on with them! Everyone has decided they know what happened. How can anyone have these thoughts? They are horrible!! Please spread positivity!!! Please!! Always!!!”
Go mama D’Amelio!
April 4th, 2020
Chase goes on a Twitter rant to defend himself against the allegations:
they’ll always paint me as the bad guy.
— Chase Hudson (@xlilhuddy) April 3, 2020
i’m just doing what i love. don’t try and fk with something that is pure especially when it is false to begin with.
— Chase Hudson (@xlilhuddy) April 3, 2020
i love one woman. do not tell lies
— Chase Hudson (@xlilhuddy) April 3, 2020
April 5th, 2020
After all the hate and online pressure, Chase finally cracks and makes a formal statement on his Instagram about the cheating allegations.
He wrote: “I love one girl and one girl only. That is the facts, the Hype House has been so amazing for all of us but there are so many problems other people cause for clout and their own benefit and I don’t want any part of it anymore. Everyone who really knows me will know I really do love this one and only person. Always have and I always will. Nothing was fake or staged and even if it was trust me it turned real.”
April 13th, 2020
After this downward spiral, the inevitable truth comes out. Charli and Chase both post on their Instagram story with statements on their mutual decision to break up.


It was made clear that there was no bad blood between the two. In fact, they still had love for each other as made extra evident by the smile-y photos of happier times that they each shared alongside their statements.
Yep, we’re confused, again. Should we be happy or be mourning this relationship at this point?
May 2020
Only a month after their official split, the social media detectives are back at it again as fans begin uncovering clues, speculating that Chase and Charli are back together.
The rumours start on Charli’s 16th birthday when chase posted a sweet message on Twitter. Fans went cray as followers noticed that Chase had used a white heart emoji instead of his usual black and purple hearts. Followers claimed that the white heart is a symbol of “true love,” leading many to believe this switch up was not a coincidence. Charli also used the same emoji in her response.
thank you!!!! 🤍 https://t.co/QpM14We5EN
— charli d’amelio (@charlidamelio) May 1, 2020
the fact that chase usually puts “💜🖤” but put a white heart instead while wearing charli’s merch proves that the white heart means something for them pic.twitter.com/yQAHroTiwY
— sarah (@STlLESMCU) May 2, 2020
Rumours continued over on TikTok when fans were left shook after a series of videos. One included Chase wearing his (maybe) ex’s merch, and others with the pair spotted wearing the same “love bracelet” that is usually worn by couples in long-distance relationships (keyword: relationships!).
@lilhuddy thank you for the hoodie char happy birthday 🤍🦋 @charlidamelio #itsmeapp
@charlidamelio THANK YOU GUYS SO SO SO MUCH FOR 51 MILLION!!! 💕💕
June 2020
Relationship rumours intensify as Charli and Chase post two TikToks together at the new Hype House.
@charlidamelio the boy @lilhuddy
@lilhuddy long time no see bruvv @charlidamelio
However, the record was set (somewhat) straight after videos were posted of both Charli and Chase talking to the paparazzi. Charli revealed that the two are “just friends” while Chase threw in a little ambiguity when asked whether he was back with Charli, stating “not yet” and “we’re just friends right now.”
July 7, 2020
Just when things were looking up, things took a turn.
Fans noticed that Charli had unfollowed Chase and Nessa (who he had allegedly cheated with, fyi).
Then, in a drama-filled day, internet dwellers sat back and watched as the entire TikTok community imploded and a number of influencers, including Chase and Charli, began airing each other’s dirty laundry. The drama between the two was relatively quiet until Lil Huddy logged on, tweeting: “All this drama going on is because I kissed Nessa when we were both single”. Things got heated between the two as Charli then quote-tweeted Chase, called him out for cheating on her: “Then, you shouldn’t have come to my house after without telling me.”
Spilling ALL THE TEA!
Soon after, Chase and Charli apologised for their respective responses and were back on good terms. How mature.
April 27, 2021
Fast-forward a few hangouts, Tik Tok vids, and content collabs later, Chase drops a music video for his song “America’s Sweetheart,” which features a love interest who is, you guessed it, Charli. It was later confirmed that the song was about his relationship with the TikTok star, which makes her cameo extra fitting.
After the video was released, the two both posted about the experience.
Chase kept it relatively short and sweet, posting a few BTS photos and writing a caption thanking his fans, his music team, and Charli for being an “amazing co-star” who does a “great job at everything she does.”
Charli was not shy to share her support for Chase’s budding music career as she opened up about the “vulnerable” experience:
I mean, come on, the two have to be back together after this? Despite all this, however, Charli and Chase told TMZ that they are still “just friends.”
May 27, 2021
Charli and Chase attend the iHeartRadio Music Awards a month after the premiere of “America’s Sweetheart”. Despite walking the red carpet together, the two were still not confirmed to be in a relationship.
September 3rd, 2021
Following the premiere of her new Hulu reality series, “The D’Amelio Show”, Charli gets reeeaaal candid about her relationship with Lil Huddy, inferring that she’s open to getting back with him: “We are so close that I do think one day in the future — I think it was the right person, wrong time,” she says. “I feel like we’ll find each other again. I don’t know how long it’s going to take but I hope so. He’s awesome.”
So basically, we’re just waiting for them to make it IG official again.
September 18, 2021
At the album release party for Chase’s debut album, “Teenage Heartbreak”, Charli gifts Chase a purple cake with a pretty good-humoured message written in icing: “sorry I broke your heart, at least I gave you something to write about.”
The fact that they can laugh it all off is a pretty good sign that they’re on good terms.
October 2021
Perhaps the most convincing evidence of these two rekindling their romance is the fact that they jetted off to Europe together.
Both Chase and Charli were in Paris for fashion week. On Charli’s recent YouTube video “A Day In Paris With My Stylist”, the two buy matching designer tiger-striped pants while out on a day of shopping in the fashion capital (super cajj).
What’s the saying? Ex-couples that dress together, get back together? Or something like that.
It doesn’t end there though as the two then moved on to Italy for a D’Amelio family vacay in Europe ft. Lil Huddy.
@lilhuddy au revoir france , ciao italy🇮🇹
The fans had a lot to say (as expected). Many gave their two cents, confident that Chase and Charli were defo back together, while others defended the TikTokers, saying “Why can’t boys and girls just be friends without people shipping them?”
October 31, 2021
Back in LA, Charli and Chase coordinate not one, but two Halloween costumes – the cherry on top of all the dating rumours for several frenzied fans. Both costumes took inspiration from two iconic Tim Burton movies, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Alice in Wonderland.”
At this point, neither Chase nor Charli have confirmed their relationship status. But it’s safe to say that this on-again-off-again TikTok power couple has the internet in a chokehold with their turbulent teen relationship.
They’re defo keeping us on our toes but our bets are on these two making it official again #TeamChaCha