Jaime King’s current reported sightings with hotelier Vikram Chatwal weren’t romantic, a rep for the Hart of Dixie alum completely tells Us Weekly.
Following studies that King, 46, and Chatwal, 54, have been noticed in Los Angeles collectively, King’s rep tells Us that the 2 are “simply pals.”
“They have been at a enterprise assembly,” the rep says, noting that King is “very joyful in her relationship” with fiancé Austin Sosa.
The clarification comes after Web page Six reported on Monday, January 5, that King and Vikram — who’s the son of hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal — had lately been noticed wanting cozy collectively at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. They have been additionally reportedly seen collectively at Bombay Palace restaurant, which was first opened by Vikram’s father.
Vikram was beforehand married to socialite Priya Sachdev from 2006 to 2011.
For her half, King bought engaged to funding banker Sosa in July, her rep confirmed to Individuals on the time.
The White Chicks star later opened as much as Us completely about how grateful she felt for this chapter in her life.
“I really feel like my engagement is to myself, in one of the simplest ways,” King advised Us in October 2025. “To me, an engagement is de facto a few love for oneself.”
King continued, “I’m simply actually excited for this new time in my life. The individual that I’m engaged to, I like deeply.”
King additionally recalled immediately realizing that Sosa was The One once they “met via mutual pals” in December 2024.
“After I noticed him, I used to be like, ‘You’re going to be my boyfriend.’ He’s like, ‘Wait, what?’” she defined. “I believe it sort of shook him a bit bit. After which the second time, I used to be like, ‘You’re going to be my boyfriend.’ Which is such a foolish factor to say. It appears so infantile, however I simply appeared [at him], I used to be like, ‘Oh, no, that’s going to be my individual.’”
King added that she was drawn to Sosa due to their shared values.
“Loving to me isn’t just some romantic factor. It’s seeing somebody and being like, ‘Oh, they’re going to have my again and I’m going to have their again, and we’re going to have enjoyable collectively. We’re going to care for one another,” she defined. “There’s loyalty. There’s simply an integrity about him that’s uncommon.”
Whereas King is worked up to spend her life with Sosa, she revealed that she didn’t need to soar proper into marriage ceremony planning. As an alternative, she selected to prioritize her sons, James Knight, 12, and Leo Thames, 10, whom she shares with ex-husband Kyle Newman. (The pair settled their divorce in 2023.)
“My important focus is them,” the mother of two continued. “So my important focus shouldn’t be essentially planning some extravaganza. My focus is chilling with them, having fun with my time with them. Having fun with their time with Austin and our different pals that love them so dearly. It could be too singular of a spotlight to make it nearly a marriage.”
King added, “My entire life, all I needed was to have a household unit, to be married, to have a partnership, you recognize, to be of service in that method. It’s crucial to me. I’m eclectic and conventional on the similar time. And so, it sincerely issues to me. My intention is to stroll via this world with extraordinary pleasure, comradery and togetherness. And the way in which that I expertise that’s with my youngsters and inside household.”
