Lana Del Rey responded to gossip about family drama surrounding a rumored romance with Jeremy Dufrene.
The “Tough” singer commented on an Instagram post Saturday afternoon (Aug. 31) that claimed to have an “update on Lana Del Rey’s new man.”
Tagging Del Rey on the post, the Instagram account claimed that Dufrene, “Lana’s new beau, is an alligator tour guide… who also recently separated from his wife. Jeremy’s daughter took to Twitter/X to share that she found out about her dad’s new romance with the stunning singer through social media and her thoughts on everything unfolding.”
The now-edited post originally featured a screenshot of an alleged text message exchange between Dufrene and his “daughter” regarding his rumored relationship with the star, along with a tweet from her that said: “he doesn’t understand social media i’m in tears” and “everyone is fighting.”
The post on Instagram was later updated to show a different tweet from her that said, “i barely talk to my dad let alone care about his love life. i’m just shocked WHO he’s dating.”
Del Rey shut down the hearsay concerning her personal life and Dufrene’s family.
“No,” she wrote in a comment on the Instagram post.
The Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd artist returned with a second comment, adding, “Also, that’s not his daughter on Twitter.”
While Del Rey appears to know Dufrene — they were spotted holding hands last weekend in the U.K., at Reading & Leeds Festival, which she headlined — she hasn’t confirmed whether or not they’re dating. She was previously pictured with him in photos she posted in 2019, from a swamp and marsh tour south of New Orleans, which she captioned: “Jeremy lemme be captain at Arthur’s Air Boat Tours x.” More recently, Del Rey tagged him on an Instagram post this past May, when she possibly returned for another excursion on the bayou.
Video footage on TMZ from one of Dufrene’s tours shows he has no fear of getting up close and personal with alligators. In one clip, he lures one up the side of the boat by feeding the gator raw chicken. Then he plants a quick kiss upon the gator’s head.
Del Rey, who’s kept busy this summer on a tour of her own, played Reading & Leeds on Aug. 24-25. Her Reading set was unexpectedly shortened when her mic was turned off during a fireworks display at the festival. Fans reportedly missed out on her performing Norman F—ing Rockwell‘s “Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have – But I Have It.”
“Due to an error by the Reading production team we accidentally cut Lana Del Rey’s incredible set short by 5 mins, we apologise unreservedly to Lana and her fans,” a statement from the fest said the next day, ahead of Del Rey’s performance at the Leeds stage.
Coming next for Del Rey is likely new album Lasso, which she’s called country but said won’t be a “heavy departure” from her discography thus far. In an interview with Vogue, she explained, “If anything, it will just be a little lighter lyrically, and more pointed in a classic country, American, or Southern Gothic production — which again, so many of my songs already are.”
