{"id":2060438,"date":"2025-09-30T20:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2060438"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:14:10","slug":"teyana-taylor-gushes-over-aaron-pierre-her-apple-pie-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/teyana-taylor-gushes-over-aaron-pierre-her-apple-pie-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Teyana Taylor gushes over Aaron Pierre, her &#8216;apple pie&#8217; guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Teyana Taylor knows there\u2019s no such thing as too much apple pie. <\/p>\n<p>But, who is the \u201capple pie\u201d? That would be her new-ish boo, actor Aaron Pierre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, Luther said \u2018Never too much,\u2019 right,\u201d the singer and actor told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFhInB4S_OA\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Sherri Shepherd<\/u><\/a>, quoting Luther Vandross, after the host asked her if she had a stomachache from all the sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent episode of \u201cSherri,\u201d Shepherd said that she loves to see Taylor happy and asked if she was feeling good in her new relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor got a little coy before answering, \u201cI feel good and it feels good to feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you didn\u2019t know they were dating? Let\u2019s catch up. The couple sparked rumors about their relationship in February when Pierre <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DFlX7kcTPNz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>posted<\/u><\/a> photos of himself with Taylor at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/15percentpledge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fifteen Percent Pledge<\/a> Gala.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Taylor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2025-03-04\/teyana-taylor-aaron-pierre-dating-lion-king\">left \u201cno grey area\u201d<\/a> about hanging out with the British actor at the Vanity Fair Oscars bash. <\/p>\n<p>Then in June, the singer released a video for her single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VvoFOHo9bCQ&amp;list=RDVvoFOHo9bCQ&amp;start_radio=1\" target=\"_blank\"><u>\u201cLong Time\u201d<\/u><\/a> starring Pierre as her savior from a bad relationship.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re probably also wondering, what\u2019s the lore behind that sweet nickname? During an acceptance speech for the inaugural Innovator Award at the Apollo Spring Benefit, Taylor shouted out Pierre, after thanking God \u201cfor the village you have placed in my life \u2014 my mom, my dad, my babies and my apple pie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lovebirds hard-launched their relationship on June 7 when Taylor posted a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKnfsGaBHQl\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\"><u>selfie<\/u><\/a> of them on her Instagram for his 31st birthday.<\/p>\n<p>But wasn\u2019t she married to a basketball player? That\u2019s old news. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2023-09-18\/teyana-taylor-iman-shumpert-split-separate-marriage\">Taylor divorced Im\u00e1n Shumpert<\/a> in 2024. In August, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2025-08-15\/teyana-taylor-ordered-to-pay-iman-shumpert-divorce-details-leak\"><u>Taylor was ordered<\/u><\/a> to cover her ex-husband\u2018s $70,000 in attorney fees after she was found in contempt for violating terms of her divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Not that there isn\u2019t more money where that came from: Taylor\u2019s latest film, \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, opened to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-09-28\/one-battle-after-another-box-office\"><u>$<\/u><u>22.4 million at the box office<\/u><\/a>, leading the charge during its opening weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd asked Taylor what it was like to share sexual chemistry with DiCaprio on screen and without skipping a beat, Taylor answered, \u201cBabe, did you see my apple pie? My eyes is on my prize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get it, girl. Get. It.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teyana Taylor knows there\u2019s no such thing as too much apple pie. But, who is the \u201capple pie\u201d? 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