Who Has Steve Harrington’s Heart Off Screen? What to Know About Joe Keery’s Girlfriend and Private Life
Stranger Things star Joe Keery is single in 2025 — and the internet is buzzing. After nearly six years with Maika Monroe, the Steve Harrington favorite is back on the market and fueling fresh dating speculation.
Joe Keery seems to be riding solo in 2025, but the internet is determined to write him a love story anyway. If you have seen the ACL clip, you know why everybody is suddenly whispering Sabrina Carpenter. Let’s unpack what’s real, what’s rumor, and how we got here.
Where things stand right now
Short version: Keery hasn’t publicly confirmed a relationship since his breakup in 2023. The Sabrina Carpenter noise kicked up after her Austin City Limits 2025 set, where she playfully 'arrested' him onstage as part of a bit. After that, the two followed each other on Instagram, and the fan theories did what fan theories do. Neither of them has said they’re dating. Cosmopolitan even posted the ACL moment on Instagram, which only poured gasoline on the speculation.
The road to here (aka the dating timeline)
- 2017–2023: Maika Monroe — Keery’s only long-term, confirmed relationship was with actor Maika Monroe. They met working on the indie film 'After Everything' in 2017 and kept it fairly low-key, minus the occasional red carpet (they hit the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party together in March 2022). In a 2021 GQ chat, he said dating someone in the business had pros and cons, and that neither of them took the Hollywood stuff too seriously. They reportedly split in 2023. In 2024, he told Variety that the timing was rough because he was working abroad:
'I had also gone through a big breakup, right as I was leaving Rome, so I was really isolated and focused on my work. My social life pretty much revolved around the show; my work life revolved around the show.'
- Late 2023–2024: Chase Sui Wonders (rumored) — Page Six ran photos of Keery and Chase Sui Wonders walking together in New York City in October 2023, which sparked the usual speculation. Neither of them confirmed anything, so it remains firmly in the maybe-it-was-platonic camp.
- 2025: Sabrina Carpenter (also rumored) — Carpenter, the 'Espresso' singer with a knack for cheeky stagecraft, pulled Keery into a playful 'arrest' bit during her 2025 Austin City Limits set. Both stars then followed each other on Instagram, and the dating rumors spiked. As of now, there’s no official confirmation from either side—just a very public, very flirty moment that has fans connecting dots.
How Joe talks about love these days
Keery doesn’t overshare. He tends to slip insights about relationships into conversations about his work. On the Zach Sang Show in April 2025, he talked about how making music as Djo—specifically his album 'The Crux'—helped him recalibrate personally. He singled out the track 'Gap Tooth Smile' as coming from a grateful headspace rather than being aimed at any one person, saying:
'You’re talking about kind of like a place of gratitude, and I love that that song is about that.'
Translation: past lessons, some growth, fewer walls up. That aligns with what he’s hinted since the breakup—he’s open to love again, just on his own timeline.
The bottom line
Right now, Joe Keery appears single. The Sabrina Carpenter moment was fun and very public, which is why it set the internet on fire, but there’s no hard confirmation that they’re together. If anything changes, it’ll likely be because one of them says so—not because of a skit or a follow.
Meanwhile, if you’re here for the Hawkins of it all: Stranger Things Season 5 Part 2 is streaming on Netflix, with the series finale dropping December 31, 2025.