Timothée Chalamet was front and center at the Knicks’ championship parade in New York, celebrating a title he’d waited a lifetime for. But his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, wasn’t shoulder-to-shoulder with him on the float. She was a few blocks away, pouring Casamigos in a bar.
Her June 2026 Instagram dump told the story better than any PR statement could. Slide eight shows Jenner behind a bar, backlit by a TV screen streaming the parade. A Knicks towel hangs in the background. The caption didn’t need to explain. She was watching. She was present. Just not in the crowd.
According to reports, Jenner had other commitments that kept her from marching with the team, but she flew to New York to be with Chalamet anyway. The plan, apparently, was to meet up after the confetti settled. Chalamet didn’t go alone either. His dad joined him for the celebration, which made the whole thing feel more like a family milestone than a celebrity appearance.
How involved were they during the playoffs?
Pretty involved, actually. Chalamet is a die-hard Knicks fan and Jenner has been all in on his fandom throughout this postseason run. They showed up to multiple games together. But she wasn’t at Game 5 when the Knicks closed out the series on June 13. He was there, though, and he celebrated with the team after the final buzzer in San Antonio.
It makes sense she’d want to be nearby even if she couldn’t be at the parade. The Knicks just finished one of the most dominant playoff runs in recent memory. They went 16-3, sweeping the 76ers and the Cavaliers along the way. The Atlanta Hawks were the only team that really pushed them, going up 2-1 before New York stormed back.
The Finals ended in five games, which flipped the script from 1999 when the Knicks lost to the Spurs in five. That was the first of five Spurs championships under Gregg Popovich. This time around, Jalen Brunson took home Finals MVP after averaging 32.6 points per game.
So Jenner missed the parade. But she was in the city, watching on TV, wearing Knicks gear and pouring tequila. That’s a pretty specific kind of support. And honestly, she probably had a better view of the whole thing than anyone on the street.
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