Key Takeaways
- Jeremy Dufrene and Lana Del Rey were seen holding hands at the Reading & Leeds Festival.
- They reportedly met during a 2019 swamp tour in Louisiana.
- Dufrene’s alleged daughter reacted emotionally on X (Twitter).
Dating rumors have surrounded Jeremy Dufrene, a Louisiana boat captain with two daughters and a son from a previous relationship, and Lana Del Rey, the American singer-songwriter.
On August 25, 2024, at the Reading & Leeds Festival in England, Del Rey, 39, and Dufrene, 49, were seen walking hand-in-hand just as Del Rey finished her final performance at the festival.
A few days later, a Reddit user posted a photo of the rumored couple dining at a restaurant in London.
Del Rey and Dufrene are believed to have crossed paths for the first time during her trip to Louisiana in 2019.
At that time, Del Rey and her friends visited Dufrene at his workplace, Airboat Tours by Arthur, where he led them on a swamp tour, which she then posted on Facebook.
In an Instagram post on May 16, 2024, the singer once again wore noise-canceling headphones for the airboat tour and tagged Dufrene, referring to him as “my guy” in the caption.
Jeremy Dufrene lives in Louisiana and works as a captain at Airboat Tours by Arthur. According to his company bio, he previously worked seven days a week at a chemical plant and went shrimping during his vacation.
His bio further adds:
After a little convincing by his family, he got his captain’s license and started running tours. He quickly realized that this was a great fit and he has never thought of going back to his previous career at the plant. Jeremy’
Jeremy Dufrene’s Daughter Reacts To Dating Rumors
Since the rumors about Lana Del Rey dating Jeremy Dufrene emerged, X has been buzzing with amusing drama.
With the photos of the alleged couple going viral on social media, especially on X, a user named @strnrtn (Xae) asserted she was Dufrene’s daughter.
In March 2024, she joined X and quickly gained over 11K followers. Her bio states, “queer & severe (ly obsessed with diet coke).”
Xae (@strnrtn), who claims to be Dufrene’s daughter, reportedly found out about her father’s romance with the American artist through a tweet.
Xae reshared a post initially from a Lana Del Rey fan account, @br0klynbeaches, featuring two photos of the singer and Jeremy, with a caption that reads, “Thoughts on Lana Del Refs new boyfriend Jeremy?”
GHIS IS HOW I FIDN OUT MY DAD IS DATING LANA DEL REY?(!2!;? HELLO??????? https://t.co/btsnpiIcxw
— xae (@strnrtn) August 28, 2024
In a further update, Jeremy’s alleged daughter claimed that her father was clueless about everything that was happening. She wrote:
he just texted our family group chat and asked how i found out. he doesn’t understand social media im in tears. this is not f*cking real. everyone is fighting, my mom is threatening to sue him. i can’t believe this is happening right now.
Additionally, she posted a screenshot of a text conversation with her father, in which she asked him, “IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME?”
When Jeremy supposedly didn’t understand what his daughter was referring to, the user claimed that the father had “left mom a few weeks ago” and wondered if the singer was the reason.
In response, she received the reply, “Oh, yeah. Meant to tell you.”
Following this, one wrote:
This is one of the most desperate clout chases I’ve ever witnessed.
While the other wrote:
So you changed your friends name to dad then told her to play along? Post a pic of you and your dad together.
In reply to someone named Lola, Jeremy Dufrene’s claimed daughter responded:
i truly wish this was a joke. he left my mom officially a few weeks ago and said he was moving on to something bigger. clearly he has.
Lana Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene have neither confirmed nor denied their relationship status.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Jeremy Dufrene is a captain at an airboat tour company.
- Actor Glen Powell took one of Dufrene’s boat tours in 2015.
