Myles Garrett’s Romantic Moment With Chloe Kim Is Melting Hearts Across the Internet
It started with four lines of poetry, recited on camera by a 6-foot-4, 272-pound defensive end.
Myles Garrett couldn’t stop talking about his girlfriend Chloe Kim during a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, released Feb. 19, and the clip has since taken over social media feeds.
The 30-year-old NFL star, who broke the NFL single-season sack record in the 2025-26 season with 23 sacks, sat down to share 23 “personal facts” about himself.
What viewers got was an unfiltered look at a relationship between two elite athletes that threw out the polished celebrity couple playbook entirely.
Myles Garrett Shows His Soft Side
The moment landed at Fact #18. Garrett opened up about his love for poetry and described his creative process with the kind of detail that makes you believe he actually sits down and writes.
“It really just kind of flows. Sometimes it comes from things I see. Sometimes it’s pictures I take, books I read, any kind of literature or more dilemma or query I may have,” he said. “I think there are a lot of different influences and motivations for me, but I think the main one is love or afterlife.”
“Those are (the) kind of things that go through my head and how those things intertwine or how they really are transcended,” he added.
Then the interviewer asked him to share a line. Garrett turned to Kim, who was in the room, and asked if she remembered the poem he wrote for her.
“You don’t remember the poem I wrote for you? Why don’t you got a line?” he told Kim, who said she was looking for it.
She found it on her phone and handed it to him. “It’s so sweet. I cried,” she said off camera. Garrett’s reply: “You cry easily.”
He then recited: “You enrapture fools to kings, and exist without a peer, put on this Earth for many things, but our love is why you’re here.”
The Internet Can’t Get Enough of Their Love
The reaction was immediate.
“i’m glad the rest of the world has decided to join me in the myles and chloe fan club. this is the content my heart needs!!” one user commented under Sports Illustrated’s Instagram video.
“Myles Garrett seems to truly adore Chloe. How wonderful. What an inspiring couple,” another wrote.
What sets this pairing apart from other athlete couples is the specificity of what they share. The interview revealed common ground that includes poetry, photography, anime, and Pokémon.
Garrett talked about his love of photography, which began 6-7 years ago while traveling. “You only get better and better, but I think the pictures I take of Chloe are pretty good,” he said.
He described himself as a big gamer, too, and it’s something he shares with Kim.
“Me and Chloe, we play a lot of Pokémon,” he said, adding that she’s trying to build a better team than him. “So, that is one thing we share, especially when we travel.”
Myles Garrett and Chloe Kim’s Relationship
The couple went public with their relationship at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in May 2025, according to TMZ. Not the ESPYs. Not the Met Gala. An anime awards show.
They keep their relationship private but have made headlines recently as Garrett was in Italy cheering Kim on at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Kim’s path to those Olympics was rough. She dislocated her shoulder and tore her labrum weeks before the Games but competed anyway and won a silver medal in the women’s halfpipe event.
That silver adds to a stacked resume: she won a gold medal in both the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and Beijing, respectively.
If you were expecting a lavish after-party, think again.
“Seeing them as happy as I was made my heart melt,” Kim told People of how she felt after winning the silver.
“We had dinner and a little celebratory champagne, then my mom [Boran Yun Kim] and I played video games (Pokémon),” she added of the post-win celebration.
Kim also gave a rare window into what their time together looks like when two people at the top of their respective sports step away from the spotlight.
“We don’t really talk about our jobs,” she said of her boyfriend’s company in Italy. “Getting a break from work and just enjoying each other’s company is nice.”
Why the Internet Is Obsessed
Garrett’s willingness to recite a love poem on camera, with his girlfriend right there, without a hint of embarrassment or performance, is the kind of unscripted moment that algorithms and audiences alike reward.
Kim pulling up the poem on her phone, casually mentioning she cried when she first read it, Garrett teasing her about crying easily — no media training was behind that exchange.
The Garrett-Kim dynamic hits a frequency that feels rare in the celebrity relationship space: two people who are each dominant in their own fields but whose shared life revolves around Pokémon battles, poetry, photography, and anime conventions.
They’re not curating a brand. They’re being specific about what they love, and people are responding to the authenticity of that specificity.
An NFL sack record holder who writes poetry. An Olympic gold medalist who celebrates with Pokémon. That’s the whole point.
Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists.