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Kaia Gerber is madly in love with boyfriend Lewis Pullman and telling friends he’s a huge upgrade on Austin Butler, sources tell the National Enquirer.
The brunette babe, 24, started dating the hunky Top Gun: Maverick actor after finally calling time on her stormy romance with Elvis heartthrob Butler, 34, late last year.
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Since then, sources say she and Pullman, 32, have flourished as a couple — even winning the approval of her protective folks, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber.
“Kaia’s very careful, very gentle approach to her relationship with Lewis has everything to do with the rocky way things ended between her and Austin,” reveals an insider.
“If it looks like she had to drop a bad boy to get with a good boy, that’s because that’s pretty much how it happened.”
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As readers know, Butler has developed a reputation as one of Hollywood’s biggest hellraisers.
He got together with Gerber after a nine-year relationship with High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens, and since then he’s been a regular fixture on the late-night social scene.
For her part, Gerber previously dated another well-known hellraiser, SNL alum Pete Davidson — as well as playboy Jacob Elordi — before settling down with Pullman.
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“Austin was in a bit of a wild phase during the final months that he and Kaia were together, and they both started checking out of the relationship well before they decided to end things,” says an insider.
“The good news is that Kaia has finally met a guy much better suited to her.”
“Everything about Lewis is 180 degrees different from Austin, and he and Kaia are approaching their relationship with seriousness and maturity.”
“It’s just a way better fit and Kaia’s found the kind of guy she wants to settle down with.”
“That’s not to say Lewis is a pushover. Austin may have more heat and attitude, but Lewis is an overachiever — which is very important to Kaia and her parents.”