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Umesh Bhagchandani

Blond-haired model-turned-actor Evan Mock is causing a stir after being spotted on what appeared to be a low-key date night with Blackpink’s Rosé in New York City on the weekend, per J-14.
The day before, Rosé dropped the music video for her latest single “Toxic Till the End”, which stars Mock and shows the pair sharing an on-screen kiss and several intimate scenes, sending K-pop fans into a frenzy.

According to J-14, Rosé described herself as single as recently as November on the Therapuss with Jake Shane podcast.
Meanwhile, 27-year-old Mock – who is best known for playing Aki Menzies in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot – was previously connected to fashion photographer Gray Sorrenti. Since then, Sorrenti has been seen getting close to Romeo Beckham.
So, what do we know about Rosé’s potential new beau, Evan Mock?
What is Evan Mock’s background?

Born to an American father and a Filipino mother, Mock grew up in the tranquil Waimea Bay, Oahu, in Hawaii. He loves to skate and surf … and wander the island shirtless, apparently.
“The lifestyle we were living as kids was really a fantasy. I was home-schooled. We would go surfing when the waves were good and do our school whenever,” he told Mr Porter in 2021. At 18, he moved to California to focus on his career as a pro skateboarder before moving to New York.
He was discovered by Frank Ocean

In 2019, American artist Tom Sachs recorded a short video of Mock skating and sent it to his friend “Frank”. Little did Mock know that Sachs’ friend was actually singer Frank Ocean, who posted the video online and made Mock an overnight social media star.
“Frank spotlighted me and it worked so well because I’d already set out to do what I’m doing now,” Mock told Mr Porter.
Mock had wanted to be in the fashion industry and, since then, has booked gigs with fashion houses including Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Dior and Bulgari. As a result, Mock was able to launch his own fashion collection with RVCA, specialists in surf and skate clothing, and his own brand, Sorry In Advance, which makes diamante-studded dad caps and hoodies, per HighSnobiety.
He’s had his heart broken

When asked what would be the one thing he’d change in his life, Mock said it would be to erase the memory of being cheated on by his ex-girlfriend in high school.
“Once upon a time, I had my heart broken, and people think that’s healthy to experience at least once in your life, but … I don’t care about feeling that pain ever again, truthfully,” he said in an interview with Monster Children.
He is a photographer

Adding to his ever-growing list of professions – surfer, skater, model, actor – multi-hyphenate Mock is also a photographer. Rapper Travis Scott offered him a two-week gig photographing and documenting behind-the-scenes moments on his 2019 Astroworld Europe tour, and recalled the experience to Mr Porter as “so fun, but also pretty rough”.
He is also friends with superstar Justin Bieber, and Mock’s Sorry in Advance even did a collab with Bieber’s streetwear line Drew House.
He kissed a boy … but did he like it?

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Mock described the new Gossip Girl reboot as “blunt” and “woke”, and confessed that he hadn’t seen the original show until he’d already shot two episodes.
What did he think of the original? “Blair was a white girl boss who had these little minions, and they’re people of colour, Asian.”
His character Akeno “Aki” Menzies explored his sexuality in the show and although Mock is straight, he described kissing another man on-screen as “lit” – adding that it just felt strange. “I think it has to do with social norms and all that,” he told Mr Porter.


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Mock is multitalented, and isn’t just an actor, but a skateboarder, photographer and model who’s worked with the likes of Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Dior and Bulgari


Mock is multitalented, and isn’t just an actor, but a skateboarder, photographer and model who’s worked with the likes of Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Dior and Bulgari.
