Rylan Clark and boyfriend Kennedy Bates make red carpet debut at The Hunger Games premiere
The pair posed together on the red carpet at the UK premiere of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
By Aaron Sugg
Rylan Clark and new boyfriend Kennedy Bates made their red carpet debut at the UK premiere of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping last night (28 October).
Clark and Bates went public with their relationship last year. The pair went Instagram official in September 2025, when the This Morning presenter shared romantic photos of them during a trip to Florence, Italy.
At Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush, London, the pair posed together on the red carpet at the UK premiere of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
Who attended The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping premiere?
The star-studded event brought together several members of the cast, including Joseph Zada, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Glenn Close and more.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is the sixth film in The Hunger Games franchise and the second prequel, following The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023).
It is based on Suzanne Collins’s 2025 novel of the same name and is scheduled to arrive in UK cinemas on 20 November 2026.
Rylan Clark and new boyfriend Kennedy Bate
Clark and his new beau were reportedly first spotted together in public at the BBC Radio 2 in the Park festival, where they were seen in the VIP area, before making their relationship Instagram official.
Rylan shared snaps of the pair together on a holiday to the Maldives in January 2026. He captioned the post: “Maldives. You were perfect. New year, new friends, new beginnings.” Kennedy commented: “A fantastic little holiday we had.”
The relationship is Rylan’s first since his divorce from his ex-husband, Dan Neal, in 2021.
Who is Clark’s new boyfriend?
Bates is a British fairground businessman and a director at Billy Bates & Sons, a family funfair business. Rylan has helped promote the business since the couple went public with their relationship, appearing on the company’s social media.