Who is Frank Ocean Dating & is UFC fighter Payton Talbott his boyfriend?
1 July 2025, 11:33
Frank Ocean has added to speculation he has a boyfriend, Payton Talbott. So are the pair dating? Here is why fans think so.
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Frank Ocean has recently hit headlines after the notoriously private singer seemed to publicly post in support of his long-speculated boyfriend and UFC fighter, Payton Talbott.
The pair were first linked over a year ago, when Frank posted a pic to his 7million Instagram followers, with the fighter sitting at a meal with a seemingly knowing smirk on his face.
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But now, adding to the speculation on the 30th June, also on his Instagram, the ‘Pyramids’ singer posted a shot of Payton winning against his most recent competitor, Felipe Lima, with a love heart and cry-face emoji.
The suspected couple had been pictured on Valentine's Day 2025 having lunch, further adding to evidence that they have been dating for a while.
This speculation has sent fans crazy, as the star has never gone public with a boyfriend, always keeping that side of his life incredibly private.
The most he has ever given his fans is alluding to a long-term, three-year relationship with an ex back in 2019, but even then, it wasn’t clear who he was referring to.
The fighter, on the other hand, has had one alleged ex-girlfriend, Adia Bangochea, whom he dated back in 2023, but since this relationship, he has come out as bisexual.
In one of the singer’s most famous songs, ‘Chanel’, he says: “My guy pretty like a girl, and he got fight stories to tell.” We don’t know about you, but that description seems to fit UFC fighter Payton to a T!
However, neither has confirmed the romance, but Payton did address the growing rumours in a press conference just after his victory on the 30th June.
He said: “He just reached out to me after my fight a year ago... We’ve just kind of kept contact, we’ve hung out a couple times, and we just have a lot of appreciation for each other in our respective careers.”
He also said: “It was kind of strange, just unexpected at first. He’s just a normal person. He’s a very special person, and very gifted and brilliant. But he’s just a person.”
So whilst they still are dodging the romance rumours, fans are certain this is enough evidence to link the two as a couple.
