Talks of a possible romance between Kiernan Shipka and BJ Novak started swirling after they were photographed out together in New York City in September 2021. A photo published by the Instagram gossip page Deuxmoi (via BuzzFeed) shows the two inside the Via Carota Italian restaurant, sitting across each other while in the middle of a conversation. Later, she and Novak were again spotted together outside the American Bar in Manhattan where they just had dinner. An eyewitness claimed that Shipka gave Novak a peck on the cheek as the two said goodbye before parting on the street corner. Since then, there have been several sightings of the pair in New York and and even Los Angeles, thus furthering rumors of a possible relationship. However, fans weren’t too thrilled about this unlikely pairing, with many pointing out the alarming 20-year age difference between Shipka and Novak. “BJ NOVAK AND KIERNAN SHIPKA?????????? men are disgusting,” as one Twitter user wrote.
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Of course, it’s entirely possible that Shipka and Novak could be just friends; they have known each other for some time, after all. Per BuzzFeed, Novak was among the guests at Shipka’s star-studded 20th birthday bash, and he and the “Mad Men” star have been exchanging tweets since as far back as 2014. “Happy birthday to the super cool @bjnovak!” Shipka once tweeted Novak, to which the actor replied, “I’m cool because I know you!” That said, neither Shipka nor Novak have spoken publicly about their relationship as of this writing.
