UncoveredThe Truth About Eva Gutowski And Brent Rivera’s Complicated Friendship

They started out as best friends. 

Eva and Brent started off as total BFF goals. The beauty was dating Alex Hayes at the time, but she explained in a tell-all video that after she saw a psychic, she started to develop feelings for Brent. The psychic told her that she was with a guy who wasn’t good for her and that her soulmate was actually one of her friends. Naturally, she thought the psychic was referring to Brent, and it started to get in her head.

Brent led her on.

And their constant flirting definitely didn’t help! Eva claimed in the tell-all video that Brent continuously led her on, despite not having feelings for her. And one time, after a late-night hangout session, Brent even texted Eva and admitted that he wanted to kissed her!

Not to mention that he was super protective over her. Eva and her ex-boyfriend Alex had a pretty rocky relationship, and the YouTube star explained that Brent was never a big fan of her ex.

“When we filmed the ‘If My Life Was an Emotional Teen Movie’ video, I was at the time dating Alex. Brent gets in the car — you didn’t get shotgun. You sat in the back seat of my car, and then the whole time we were driving to the park, every time you would say something I would look in the rearview mirror and you would be death staring me and him. Anytime anything would come out of his mouth, you looked at me like, ‘Why are you with this person?’ Like you gave me that look,” Eva explained in the video.

While Brent claimed he totally didn’t do that, Eva brought up a couple more points that just couldn’t be denied. Like the time Eva and Alex had a fight at a restaurant called McCormick & Schmick’s. This was around the same time Drake‘s song came out with the lyric, “Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake [Factory]?” Soon after, Eva used a variation of that Drake lyric as the caption of one of her pics with Alex. So what did Brent do? He made a dig at Alex by commenting, “What about McCormick & Schmick’s?” THE SHADE THOUGH. Do we sense some jealousy here?

They both cried about their relationship.

Eventually, Eva just had it, and she broke down crying to Brent expressing that she’d wish he’d just stop leading her on if he didn’t feel the same way about her. And sure enough, Brent started crying too — telling her that he didn’t want to ruin their friendship.

“I know that I led you on, and I know that it was my fault that you were crying. And that’s why I felt bad because you were my friend,” Brent explained in the video. “You never want to see your friend cry, and when it’s because of you that hurts even more.”

After that, Eva entered into a relationship with Adam Bartoshesky. The two seemed pretty happy together, but in February 2018, the couple decided to go their separate ways.

Brent wanted to win her back.

After Eva and Adam broke up, Brent explained in a YouTube video that he felt it was his chance to win Eva back, but he wasn’t sure if she still had feelings for him. So he decided to invite her to hangout, then text another girl in front of her to see how she’d react. Definitely not his smartest move, if you ask us.

Naturally, Eva got really upset about it and Brent explained that she ran to her car and started crying. That’s when the two decided to talk everything out once and for all.

“So after our long conversation and a lot of screaming and a lot of crying, we got that we weren’t really ready,” Brent explained. “But we established that we were more than friends.”

They finally gave the relationship a go.

After that, they decided to give the relationship a go once and for all! They went on a couple dates — including an adorable trip to Disneyland.

“At this point, things were going great,” Brent continued. “I actually started really falling a little bit for Eva. Things were actually happening between us.”

They even kissed in the video, and they could not have been cuter. But unfortunately, it didn’t last long.

“But then, she went on this trip and she stayed at this guys house,” Brent continued. “It was just her friend and now I understand what happened but she was posting a bunch of stories and pictures with these guys and I felt like I had opened up lately, so when I saw that I was getting jealous.”

This led to a major fight between the couple.

“I said things I shouldn’t have said. I can see now that I was overreacting,” he added. “After that I kind of put up a wall and she put up a wall. We talked but we didn’t continue that relationship that we had before.”

At the end of the video, Brent explained that even he was unsure of their current relationship status.

“I thought we would have everything figured out by now,” Brent added. “I honestly have no idea what we are. Right now, we’re not dating but we’re more than friends.”

They dated for a day.

In a video posted in July 2019, called, “Dating My Best Friend for 24 Hours,” Brent and Eva gave their love another shot — but there’s a catch. Get this, you guys — the YouTubers only dated for a day. Lucky for us, they documented the entire thing for Brent’s channel.

“Eva and I have been really, really close friends for a really long time. I’ve known her for like six years,” Brent explained in the video. “But today, I wanted to switch it up and see what it would be like to date Eva for an entire 24 hours.”

First, the social media stars went on a picnic, and Brent even fed Eva some strawberries. Yeah, it was pretty romantic. After that, they hit up the mall, and Brent told Eva she could pick out anything she wanted and he’d buy it for her. How sweet? Next, they went to the happiest place on Earth together — Disneyland. Oh, and did we mention that they held hands, cuddled and even kissed a few times throughout the video?

OK, so although it was probably all for the vlog, it was pretty epic to finally see them as a couple! And the 24-year-old opened up about making the video to Entertainment Tonight.

“The funny thing is, in the video, I said, ‘This is just gonna be the same. We’re just gonna live our normal lives,’ because it’s weird. Brent and I already do stuff that’s like a couple,” she shared. “Like if you saw us in public, you’d be like, ‘Oh, they’re a couple.’ But we’re not. So it wasn’t that different. Nothing really surprised me. I was like, ‘I already know you.'”

She also spilled some major tea on their complicated relationship.

“I think we’re just such good friends and trust each other so much. Our bond is literally so strong because we’re both from Orange County. So I feel like we connect on like a different level besides social media. He’s always felt, to me, more like a hometown friend that I’ve had since I was a kid than someone I met on social media. I think we just don’t want to ruin that,” Eva explained. “So it’s kind of like this weird blurry line. And we love to create content with each other so that’s gonna come naturally. I don’t know, maybe down the road we’ll get together but there’s no point now. We’re just having so much fun doing what we’re dong.”

They got married for a day.

But it didn’t end there! In November 2019, the internet pretty much lost it when Brent shared a snap of him and Eva standing at an alter in a swoon-worthy tux and gorgeous white wedding gown. But no, these two didn’t walk down the aisle together. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief because it turns out, they only pretending to get married for his vlog!

Now, they’re just friends.

In a new video posted on May 9, 2020, Eva explained why they most likely won’t ever enter into a relationship again.

“I’ve tried and I’ve tried for many years. I love Brent to death and he’s my best friend, but I can’t keep trying,” she said. “We love each other so much, I’ve been led on a string for so many years and I’m just done being confused. I want to know someone wants me … If you express you like someone and they don’t reciprocate, you’re going to go talk to other people. I want to be happy, I don’t want to be waiting for someone.”

OK, so they may not be boyfriend and girlfriend, but it’s clear they have a bond that can never be broken!