Who is JFK’s grandson John Schlossberg, and did he date Selena Gomez? The actress says she’s never met the 31-year-old, who attended Yale and Harvard, and once lived in Japan

Apr 18 , 2024

John ‘Jack’ Schlossberg was recently linked to Selena Gomez, but the actress quickly put an end to the rumours. Photos: Getty Images; AP

Selena Gomez is setting the record straight on whether she once dated John F. Kennedy’s grandson, John Schlossberg.

John Schlossberg – better known as Jack – has been in the news recently. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

As we quickly learned this week, the answer is no, she hasn’t. In fact, she’s never even met him. After a fan account shared a post stating that “according to a few tabloids, Selena Gomez and John Schlossberg had an affair from 2020 to 2021,” Gomez took matters into her own hands to shut the rumour down. “Never met this human sorry,” she commented on the post on April 12.

Selena Gomez did not date Jack Schlossberg, the actress recently confirmed. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

The Only Murders in the Building star, 31, is currently dating singer-songwriter Benny Blanco, with the couple regularly sharing PDA posts on social media since going public with their relationship.

If Gomez had had a fling with Schlossberg (which to be clear once again, she hasn’t), she wouldn’t have been the first pop superstar to have dated a member of the Kennedy-Schlossberg family. Gomez’s bestie Taylor Swift had a romance with Conor Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s son, back in 2012, per J-14.

So, who is John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg – often referred to as Jack?

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Jack Schlossberg’s political pedigree

Jack Schlossberg is JFK and Jackie Onassis’ grandson. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

Jack Schlossberg, 31, has famous family members in politics. He is the grandson of the 35th US president John F. Kennedy – who was famously assassinated – and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. His parents are Caroline Kennedy, the US ambassador to Australia, and designer and author Edwin Schlossberg. He has two siblings: Rose Schlossberg and Tatiana Schlossberg.

His educational background

Jack Schlossberg went to Yale and Harvard. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

Schlossberg attended two very prestigious universities. According to Business Insider, he graduated from Yale in 2015 with a history degree, then enrolled in Harvard Law School in 2017, and Harvard Business School the following year. In April 2023, he passed the New York State bar exam, per the same source.

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He used to live in Japan

Jack Schlossberg often shares photos of himself paddle boarding on social media. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

Schlossberg is a well-travelled man, and according to People, previously lived in Japan where he worked at the distillery company Suntory while his mum was US ambassador there.

Will Jack Schlossberg get into politics?

Jack Schlossberg has 102,000 followers on Instagram. Photo: @jackuno/Instagram

Business Insider called Schlossberg “the face of a new generation of Kennedys” thanks to his social media presence and 100,000 plus followers on Instagram.

And while he’s yet to show any signs of getting into politics, he hasn’t been shy about expressing political opinions.

In a video message alongside his mum for the Democratic National Convention, he said: “Times have changed, but the themes of my grandfather’s speech – courage, unity and patriotism – are as important today as they were in 1960. Once again, we need a leader who believes America’s best days are yet to come. We need Joe Biden.”

Fame and celebrity

After a fan account shared a post saying ‘Selena Gomez and John Schlossberg had an affair from 2020 to 2021’, Gomez quickly shut the rumour down, commenting: ‘Never met this human sorry’
Gomez’s billionaire bestie Taylor Swift did have a thing with another member of the famous family, Conor Kennedy, back in 2012 – so what do we know about John, better known as Jack, Schlossberg?