Louis Tomlinson and Eleanor Calder: Full Relationship Timeline

If you were a fan of One Direction, then you probably were also obsessed with Louis Tomlinson and Eleanor Calder‘s relationship. The pair were together for over 10 years, until their final breakup in 2023. Keep reading for their relationship timeline.

Louis and Eleanor first got together in 2011. After being on-and-off-again for nine years, the singer hinted that he was ready to put a ring on it during an interview with The Sun in January 2020 — where he addressed rumors that he might already be married.

“I saw some of that,’ the singer said at the time. “It isn’t true, but the luxury with Eleanor is I’ve known her since before our first single, ‘What Makes You Beautiful,’ so she’s felt the whole growth of everything. As I’ve got to understand it, she has too, and I have the benefit with her that we’ve seen it for what it is.”

When asked if he’d ever considered walking down the aisle with his longtime love, Louis said, “one day.”

“I’d imagine so. If you’re asking me if I’m going to marry her? Yes, I think so. And more kids, I’d say so,” he revealed in the same interview.

For the most part, Louis and Eleanor kept their relationship out of the public eye, but the Walls musician has spoken about Eleanor in the past. For example, when appearing on the U.K. talk show Lorraine in July 2017, the former boyband member referred to his girlfriend as “ace” while opening up about how their relationship might have inspired his single “Back to You.”

“There are some personal things that I relate to and contribute to lyrics. Nice to have something not as directly as relatable to me,” he said at the time. “The relationship with Eleanor is coincidental. But the relationship in the song is intense. Maybe they’re not right for each other. I wouldn’t describe Eleanor as that.”

In fact, Louis even told SiriusXM’s Hits 1 that “of course” he goes to Eleanor for her opinion on his music. “My girlfriend and my mates,” he shared in February 2020. “It’s really important to get people’s feedback, I think definitely.”

J-14 is taking a walk down memory lane to relive Louis and Eleanor’s love story from the beginning. Scroll through our gallery for a complete timeline, including all the times they gushed over each other and their 2015 and 2023 splits.

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September 2011

The couple first sparked romance rumors after they were spotted out together for Niall Horan‘s birthday. Directioners have a few different theories about how Louis and Eleanor met each other. Some say Harry Styles introduced them, while others claim a friend of Eleanor’s knew 1D’s management and set the pair up.

July 2014

“He was a bit late for the start of the ceremony and he did not want to create a big fuss,” a source told the publication. “He crept in and kept a really low profile. There were around 400 people there at the ceremony and hardly anyone clocked that it was him.”

March 2015

When news hit the web that Eleanor and Louis split, it was reported that their breakup was because of the musician’s hectic work schedule.

“They tried really hard to make it work but it was just impossible – he’s away for nine months a year and they just grew apart,” a source told People at the time.

July 2017

The singer revealed that some of his album would be about his relationship with Eleanor.

“There’s a couple of songs that me and my girlfriend really like that’ll never be used for anything, so they’re kind of just for us. That’s really nice. A lot of the album’s about her, really,” he told BBC News. “I wanted to make the album feel chronological, because that’s how I wrote it. You can hear my journey as an individual over these three years — leaving the band, then going out on to the really crazy party scene, and then I’ve kind of ended up full circle back with Eleanor, who I love dearly.”

That same month, Louis debuted a tattoo dedicated to Eleanor on his hand.