Jake Paul's First DM To Jutta Leerdam Which Kickstarted Their Relationship
Jake Paul watched as fiancee Jutta Leerdam won gold at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.
Josh Lawless
Jake Paul's very first DM to fiancee Jutta Leerdam has emerged after he celebrated her winning Olympic gold on Monday.
Paul, who fought Anthony Joshua in a Netflix superfight in December, was in attendance at the Games in Milan-Cortino to see his other half make history in speed skating.
Representing the Netherlands, Leerdam won silver at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022 but looked like she may not make the team for the 2026 showpiece after suffering an early fall and crashin qualifying for the 1000m event.
Paul had said is "heart is broken" after watching the mishap, which put her Olympics dream in doubt.
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However, the 27-year-old was still selected as a discretionary pick and on Monday, she produced a stellar performance to win a gold medal in the 1000m race.
Leerdam produced a time of 1:12:31 eclipsing her compatriot Femke Kok to bag the Olympic record. She was full of emotion as she crossed the line on the ice and so too was Paul, with videos showing him balling his eyes out as he celebrated with his family in the stands.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, he wrote: "Juttttttttttaaaaaaaa. I can’t stop crying. You did it my love. Olympic Gold. God is great and so are you."
Paul and his partner went public with their relationship in April 2023, having first started speaking on Instagram.
According to Leerdman, it was YouTuber-boxer Paul who made the move - sliding into her DMs to ask if he she would appear on his podcast. She previously dated fellow Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij for five years.
“Jake sent me a DM on Instagram and asked if I wanted to be on his podcast,” Leerdman said, speaking on the 'Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson' documentary.
“And I was like, ‘Okay, let’s do it. Can be good, can be nice.'”
She proceeded to admit that she did not see a romantic relationship unfolding but found him to be the "complete opposite" to his public perception.
Leerdman added: "I never, ever expected to date him, like never. Of course, I didn’t know a lot about him. I could only scroll on his Instagram and form an opinion like the whole world does. "But he is the complete opposite.”
The two announced their engagement in March 2025 and have regularly shown up each other's big moments - whether it be big boxing bouts or her exploits at the Olympics.
In the aforementioned documentary, he called her "the most amazing woman there is", “a superwoman and "the sweetest soul in the world".
Leerdman won the 1000m world title twice in 2020 and 2023 and was the first representative from the Netherlands to claim gold at this year's event.