Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim was ready to give up on love when her NFL boyfriend, Myles Garrett, walked into her life.
Kim, who won silver in the halfpipe at the Milan-Cortina Games last month, has been dating the defensive star for around a year.
The Cleveland Browns defensive end even jetted into Livigno, Italy shortly after the Super Bowl in time to cheer on the snowboarding star in the Winter Olympics.
However, Kim has admitted that her dating life hasn’t always been the perfect picture. In fact, the athlete was ready to swear off relationships altogether until she met Garrett.
She explained that some men she dated struggled with coping with her fame and success at such a young age.
‘I think there was a weird dynamic shift where it’s like, I have my own house that I bought when I was 21. I have all these things, and I’m always busy – people know who I am, I have followers on Instagram,’ she said on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast.
Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim was ready to give up on love before meeting Myles Garrett
The NFL defensive star jetted out to Italy to support Kim at the Winter Olympics last month
‘[…] It was just hard. Also, I felt just like they didn’t understand what I was going through either. […] I just want someone to not be intimidated by me and my success because I don’t carry myself in that way.
‘I’m not looking at you and being like, “Oh you suck, because I’m better than you.” I’m trying to be respectful myself and like you as a person but I feel like that’s not being appreciated, and I’m kind of just catching strays for no reason. So I was just so over it.’
She recalled a conversation with her physical therapist while at the 2025 X Games during which she vented about her romantic woes.
‘I was like, “I can’t date anymore. I’m done, I’m just going to be single forever,”‘ Kim recalled. ‘I was being so dramatic [saying], “I’m going to get a sperm donor, I don’t need a man. I just want kids and I’m going to live happy and free.”
‘[I told my therapist], “I want somebody that’s tall, handsome, kind, close with their family and I want somebody that is equally as successful as me, if not more.”‘
It was her therapist, Vin, who introduced her to Garrett, having also worked with the NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
At first, Kim was unconvinced but then she relented with the introduction taking place over a quick FaceTime. From there, the rest is history.
The 25-year-old admitted that her dating life hasn’t always been the perfect picture
The defensive end came into Kim’s life just as she was about to swear off relationships
Garrett watched along with the crowd as Kim qualified for the women’s snowboard halfpipe final and remained by her side as she fought for what would have been her own record-shattering moment.
However, it just wasn’t meant to be as Kim earned herself a silver-medal finish behind protégé Ga-on Choi of South Korea.
Kim, ever the sportswoman, celebrated with Choi and her family before hugging Garrett in the crowd.
Now, Garrett gets to look forward to a well-deserved offseason after he finished his first full season of a long-term contract extension.
