Jake Paul Follows Strict Relationship Rule with Jutta Leerdam
Paul and the Dutch Olympic gold medallist have been dating since 2023.
Luke Davies
Jake Paul previously revealed that he and his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam, have a strict rule that they follow before they go to bed each night.
YouTuber-turned-boxer and promoter Paul and Dutch Olympian Leerdam have been dating since 2023, before getting engaged in March 2025.
On February 10, Paul was visibly emotional as he watched his partner secure gold at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with Leerdam — who won silver at the 2022 Games in Beijing, China — winning the women’s 1,000m competition.
The 27-year-old had only appeared at the 2026 Games as a discretionary pick, having crashed during qualifying.
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Leerdam, who has been skating since she was just 11 years old, had previously secured two world titles, alongside three European Championship crowns in the 1,000m event.
Following her triumph in Italy, the skater thanked her family and Paul for the support they had shown her in her quest for Olympic gold.
"I've been supportive, but I've not been able to go to his [Paul's] past fights because of skating. It would be nice to be there more," she explained.
"He has supported me a lot more and has come to many of my races, so I'm very grateful.
"Also, my family — I'm just so grateful for the support system around me. It's amazing."
Jutta previously dated Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij, who she was in a relationship with for five years before linking up with Paul.
In a March 2025 interview with Swooon, the Olympian revealed how she and Paul first came across each other.
“Jake sent me a DM on Instagram and asked me to be on his podcast," she said.
"I was like, ‘Okay, well, let’s do it. It could be good. It could be nice.’
“In the beginning, I wasn’t really into it. When he hit me up online, I was like, ‘No, you look like this arrogant dou***bag who thinks he can just get whatever he wants.’ Well, not me! 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 right away have an opinion like the whole world does. But he is the complete opposite.”
Meanwhile, Paul previously opened up about how the couple try to involve each other in each other’s lives as much as possible, despite Paul living in the US and Jutta in Europe.
“Because we’re in a long-distance relationship, whenever she goes to sleep at night, I’ll send her three to five videos making her feel like she’s a part of everything we have going on at night,” the boxer explained.
Leerdam will go for gold in the 500m event on Sunday (February 15).