Avril Lavigne is allegedly dating Nate Smith.
People reported they went to dinner at a fancy restaurant in Los Angeles on January 29th. Inside sources claim they are just “good pals.” But Avril has a history of being “just friends” with guys she’s worked with, including guys she eventually married.
So, what’s really going on?
After they left Catch restaurant in West Hollywood on Monday night, TMZ published a Backgrid video of Avril and Nate. Nate and Avril were shown riding around the Hollywood side streets in the back of a pickup truck.
Then they stopped at a gas station, and Avril started skateboarding down the street as Nate tried to follow along. Someone in the truck’s cab even got out and started singing Avril’s famous song, “Sk8ter Boi.”
That song is over twenty years old now, and Avril is 39. Nate is 38, and they’re both allegedly single right now, although they’ve both dated other famous people recently.
Avril and Nate Are Discussing a Music Project Together
Avril had been dating Tyga on and off since February 2023, and Entertainment Tonight confirmed it. In July 2023, Entertainment Tonight caught Avril and Tyga together in Las Vegas two weeks after sources alleged that they split up.
But People reported an exclusive from an inside source last October. Avril and Tyga ended it for good.
As for Nate, it was the worst-kept secret in country music last year that he was allegedly dating Savannah Chrisley when he appeared on her “Unlocked” podcast. In May 2023, Savannah told E! News that Nate was “literally the best,” and when he appeared on her podcast in January, they had been “talking” and “hanging out.” But when E! interviewed her, Savannah claimed it didn’t work out with Nate, and she blamed bad timing.
So, what’s the deal with Nate and Avril? An exclusive source told People that Avril and Nate are “discussing a music project together.”
TMZ even updated their original article with the video showing Avril and Nate skateboarding around the Hollywood streets. At 10:15 a.m. on January 30th, TMZ claimed that a “source with direct knowledge” told them Avril and Nate were just “good pals.” The TMZ source also said that Avril and Nate are just discussing “future music projects, and nothing more.”
But being “good pals” with Nate kind of sounds like something Avril once said about Chad Kroeger. People reported on Avril’s Instagram message when she claimed that she and Chad “are still, and forever will be, the best of friends.” In case you didn’t remember, Avril wrote that message about Chad after they announced they were getting a divorce.
Avril Has a Type: Fellow Musicians
In October 2023, after her alleged “official split” from Tyga, People dropped the bombshell about Avril’s dating history. The most shocking thing about Avril is that she seems to have a type: fellow musicians.
Avril has worked with many of the musicians she ended up dating in the past, and the real truth is that she was engaged to another musician the first time she was seen in public with Tyga. According to People, when Avril and Tyga were spotted together at the super-popular L.A. restaurant Nobu on February 19, 2023, an insider said: “Avril and Tyga are genuinely friends and nothing more.”
Did the insider say that because Avril was already engaged to Mod Sun? Mod Sun’s real name is Derek Smith, and Avril met him when he worked on her album Love Sux. At the time, Avril told People she had a “very strong unstoppable connection” with Mod from the “first week of writing and working together.”
Mod and Avril dated for a year, and she accepted his proposal in March 2022. In an exclusive interview with People, Avril said: “It was the most perfect, romantic proposal I could ever ask for.”
But just one day after she was seen at Nobu with Tyga, another source set the record straight with People. The source claimed: “Avril and Mod Sun have been on and off for the past two months but are no longer together as a couple.”
Shockingly, Mod didn’t see it that way. A rep for Mod told Page Six exclusively: “They were together and engaged as of three days ago when he left for tour, so if anything has changed, that’s news to him.”
Avril and Tyga Did Not Remain Friends
Only a week after she dumped Mod for Avril and her “friend,” Tyga, were spotted together in Paris. At the beginning of March 2023, Avril and Tyga showed up at the same time to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Parisian birthday party.
Days later, they were photographed kissing at the entrance to a party held for Paris Fashion Week. So it was pretty obvious that Tyga and Avril weren’t just “friends” anymore.
People spoke with a source of Avril’s who alleged that Tyga and Avril were getting to know each other. The source also said: “It’s very new. It’s very casual.”
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Then insider told another side to the story just a few weeks after Avril was with Tyga in France. This insider told People that Avril and Tyga were “very into each other” and were “spending a lot of time together.”
They also alleged that Tyga and Avril were “still not exclusive” and “taking things very slowly to be on the safe side.” The couple wanted to get to know each other before “diving into something serious.”
Avril Stayed Friends With Chad After Their Divorce
Avril also dated a music producer named J.R. Rotem a couple of years after her divorce from Chad. J.R. isn’t as well-known as Avril’s other high-profile boyfriends, but when he posted a photo with Avril in the recording studio, it seemed to signal they were dating.
Avril and J.R. weren’t together for long. He posted that photo to Instagram in August, and by October of the same year, they were no longer together.
Chad met Avril when they collaborated on a song for her fifth studio album. That was in February, and they allegedly began dating in July.
By August, Avril and Chad were engaged after allegedly dating for one month. Avril went on the Katie Couric show, and Katie couldn’t believe the size of Avril’s insane engagement ring.
One unusual thing about Avril and Chad is that they stayed really good friends after their divorce. They continued to work together on music, and Entertainment Tonight Canada interviewed them about their friendship after splitting up. It sounded crazy at the time, but Avril confirmed it.
So it’s pretty clear that Avril has a history of dating her musical friends and maybe even staying friends with some of them afterward.
Nate and Avril Were Spotted in Matching Outfits
Avril has been married twice. Before Chad, she was engaged to Deryck Whibley, the lead singer of Sum 41. Deryck and Avril got engaged when she was 21 years old, and they married at a private estate in Montecito, California, a year later.
By 2009, Avril’s first marriage was over, and an insider told People that she split with Deryck because they got “married too young.”
Because Nate is from Paradise, California, he lost his home during the devastating California wildfire season in 2018. Nate’s experience with a terrifying natural disaster inspired one of his songs, “One Of These Days.”
His song, “Wildfire,” became a viral hit on TikTok several years ago. After his initial success, Nate signed a record deal with Nashville’s Sony Music division, and he released singles called “Raised Up” and “I Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven.”
When they were spotted together at Catch, Avril and her “good pal” Nate were already dressing like a couple in matching black jackets, t-shirts, and jeans. Avril had a huge grin on her face, almost like she knew something we didn’t.
