Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber are by all means a young couple—he's 24, she's 21; they got engaged after a month of dating again. Baldwin's uncle Alec Baldwin has already given them advice to spend lots of time together because of this (words of wisdom that Hailey told WWD sounded "very sound”). But Hailey has no doubts about marrying Justin in part because her parents would've stopped her if they thought it was crazy.
Hailey told The Cut that her family has a history of young marriages: her parents and sister did marry in their early 20s, after all. "I see no reason to wait," she said of her own decision. "When you know it’s right, it’s right." And Stephan and Kennya Baldwin, her mom and dad, did have some input. "I said to them [my parents], ‘You’d stop me if you didn’t think this was the right decision, right? And they didn’t. I think they love him more than me!”
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
