Paparazzi photos emerged earlier this week that confirmed to the rest of the world that Donald Trump Jr. is in a relationship with socialite Bettina Anderson.
But the romance was already on display to Palm Beach locals.
In fact, just moments before the bombshell snaps were taken, Page Six hears that the pair were openly canoodling over dinner.
A source tells us that inside the eatery earlier: “Donald Trump Jr. was having dinner at Buccan in a corner booth… holding hands and kissing his girlfriend.”
The insider added: “He was chatting with customers on his way out and very friendly.”
After the meal, “he got into a massive pickup truck that was parked in front of the restaurant.”
Outside the restaurant, another source tells us that Don Jr. and Anderson were so enveloped in their own world, they had no idea they were being followed by paparazzi, who snapped the pics of the pair holding hands.
Page Six exclusively reported on Tuesday that Trump Jr., 46, and his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, 55, have called off their engagement.
“Kim is not happy about it,” says a source. “She didn’t want it to end.”
Guilfoyle was named the US ambassador to Greece by President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday — the same day pics of Don Jr. and Anderson holding hands surfaced, and we exclusively reported that the political power couple was kaput.
Trump and Anderson were also photographed in September looking close over brunch at Honor Bar in Palm Beach — and were even allegedly “locking lips,” the Daily Mail reported.
At the time, multiple sources close to Trump and Guilfoyle insisted to Page Six that the couple was still together. (One insider even told us in September, “They are 100 percent together.”)
But another source told us at the time, “Don and Kimberly haven’t been getting along over the past year. They get argumentative at Mar-a-Lago in front of people. Nothing crazy, but you know when a couple is fighting. They bicker in public.”
Anderson — a close friend of Trump’s ex-wife, Vanessa — was seen sitting behind him and Guilfoyle at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., in mid-July, we exclusively reported.
Sources said at the time that Anderson had been invited by Vanessa to the event.
A source told Page Six on Tuesday that, “Bettina and Don have been together for a few months, and are super cute and happy together. It’s just a natural fit — everyone is happy for them!”
There have been rumors that there was trouble in paradise for Guilfoyle and Trump for months: Several sources have claimed to Page Six recently that the pair was either on rocky ground or had fully split.
We’d heard that they were still a couple in October. But two sources told us that the pair had ended things before November, and were holding on till after the election.
One source claimed that Trump’s family was urging Don Jr. to stay with the former Fox News host till the end of the campaign, and that Guilfoyle and Trump did not want their split to be a distraction.
Guilfoyle and Don Jr. had several paid speaking engagements together during the campaign, and Guilfoyle has been a favorite of Trump voters.
“People’s relationships come and go, both were working hard to get Trump elected and anything other than that would [have been] a distraction,” says a source. “Guilfoyle and Trump have the utmost respect for each other and this country.”
Trump and Guilfoyle began dating in 2018, and got engaged in 2020.
Their reps have not commented on the split.
Don Jr. publicly congratulated Guilfoyle on the Greece appointment, without acknowledging the breakup by posting on X: “I am so proud of Kimberly. She loves America and she always has wanted to serve the country as an Ambassador. She will be an amazing leader for America First.”
Guilfoyle said she was “honored” to accept the international role, which is subject to Senate approval.
