A DANGEROUS GAME, BOGUT WARNS BEN
AS the romance between Melbourne’s NBA star Ben Simmons and supermodel Kendall Jenner appears to be heating up, Australian basketball legend Andrew Bogut has urged caution.
Simmons, 21 and Jenner, 22, were snapped together again in Beverly Hills yesterday with the rookie from Box Hill carrying Jenner’s bags outside a luxury hotel. He was also seen leaving a popular LA nightclub.
While Jenner is more private than her famous Kardashian relatives, Bogut said Simmons should be wary of the attention.
“If it’s a serious relationship he’ll have some things to figure out,’’ he said. “There’s already attention on them. You go into that world … (privacy) it’s gone.
“Take it from me, you think that’s cool as a young fella but then once you get into the grind of not even being able to go to a local restaurant to have a snack and you’re getting snapped and everyone knows you’re there, it takes a lot of energy. If he thinks he can handle that and will enjoy that, go for your life.”
Bogut was in Melbourne yesterday to watch game one of the NBA finals series at a Tissot VIP party on the QT Rooftop.
He said he had experience with the Kardashian family after Kendall dated one of his former NBA teammates.
“She obviously likes the basketballers,’’ said Bogut.
“He’s a young man and he needs to enjoy it. But at the same time it wouldn’t surprise me if they’re not as serious as people think and the Kardashian empire has leaked something to the media to get themselves some more attention. Each to their own.”
After news emerged via a New York Post column that the Philadelphia 76ers’ Simmons had been dating Jenner for weeks, he copped a Twitter tirade from the brother of his former girlfriend, pop star Tinashe. Kudzai Kachingwe claimed Simmons split with her only on Monday.
Reports out of the US suggested Simmons ended his romance with Tinashe because she was behaving like a Kardashian by “being too public” about their relationship.
The Kardashian-Jenner sisters have often joked about the family curse of men who have dated them suffering serious falls from g grace.