'Lil wife': momager's boyfriend sparks secret wedding talk

Kris Jenner turned 71 on Thursday, Nov. 5, and her boyfriend of 12 years has everyone asking the same question: did they secretly get married?

Corey Gamble, 45, posted a gushing Instagram tribute to the Kardashian matriarch, and slipped in two very telling words.

"Happiest Birthday to the Holy Grail …. Love you forever," he wrote.

"Keep being Great. You're the greatest mother, Lovey & Honey to all your kids and im blessed to have you in my life lil wife," he continued, according to Geo News, before signing off: "To many more great years ….. Love you much."

The post came with photos of Kris at the season two premiere of Hulu's All's Fair last month, Geo News reports.

Kris shared it to her Instagram Stories with a simple "Love you," E! News reports. Daughter Khloé Kardashian was a fan too, commenting: "Awww that's sweet Corey."

But it was those two words that got people talking, because officially, Kris and Corey have never married.

'You could be a flower girl'

The couple has never cleared up whether they have tied the knot, E! notes, and Kris has been dropping hints.

On Khloé's podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, in April, she teased: "You just never know. I'm full of surprises." Then she added: "You could be a flower girl."

It's a long way from what she said on Laura Wasser's Divorce Sucks podcast, Geo News reports, when the mom of six said she didn't want to marry again after two divorces.

"I'm in a really great relationship right now, and I'm happy and I don't want to mess that up," she said. "I don't have the need to put on a long, white dress and walk down an aisle. I've done that."

The pair also sparked engagement rumors in April 2018, when Kris was spotted wearing a diamond ring on her ring finger, Hello! reports. She shut them down.

Twelve years and counting

Kris and Corey met in August 2014 in Ibiza, at a birthday party for their friend, designer Riccardo Tisci, Hello! reports. It was during her divorce from Caitlyn Jenner, and at the time he was working as Justin Bieber's tour manager, E! notes. A few months later they went to Mexico together for Kris's birthday.

"We've been together over a decade," Kris said on The Kardashians in March 2025, adding that they "just have a lot of fun together."

In 2021 she told WSJ Magazine he was "the greatest guy" and "an amazing support system for me," and said he "loves my kids and my mom, and they love him."

Khloé has praised Corey for supporting her mom and never trying to control her, E! reports. And Kris is just as public with her own tributes: for his 45th birthday last November, she called him her "rock" and her "ride or die."

Neither Kris nor Corey has said whether "lil wife" is a pet name or a confession. Corey turns 46 next week, so all eyes are on Kris's birthday message for him.