Son of a Legendary '80s Rocker Dating Daughter of an Iconic '80s Supermodel
A certain Gen Z celebrity couple has made low-key headlines in the past few years, but many Gen X and millennial fans have yet to put two and two together. Elijah Hewson, 26-son of lead singer and songwriter Bono of the rock band U2 and his wife Ali Hewson-and Grace Burns, 22-daughter of supermodel Christy Turlington and actor and director Ed Burns-are a couple. In a sweet collision of two iconic '80s worlds, these celeb "babies" have apparently been a romantic item since 2023.
Both Bono, 66, and Christy Turlington, 57, helped define pop culture during the MTV and supermodel eras of the 1980s and '90s. Bono and U2 dominated the music scene throughout early '80s, and even the most casual listeners were swept up by the band's groundbreaking 1987 album The Joshua Tree. Meanwhile, Turlington became one of the defining faces of high fashion as a top model for Calvin Klein, helping shape the era's iconic supermodel phenomenon.
Bono and Turlington have reportedly been friends for decades and frequently collaborate in the music, fashion, and philanthropy spaces.
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Elijah Hewson has followed his dad into music. He is the frontman and lead singer of Inhaler, a four-piece rock band from Dublin. The band has three studio albums, the latest being their 2025 album Open Wide. While Hewson has an Instagram presence with over 107K followers, it's currently pretty quiet, so you'll find more of the latest on Inhaler's Instagram.
Here's the top-performing YouTube video from Inhaler's Open Wide album (hear any Bono influence?):
Publicly, Grace Burns is slightly more understated. She published a book of love poems called Derived From Us in 2024, and she just graduated from New York University on May 15. She, too, has followed in one of her cool parents' footsteps-she does modeling and shares her work regularly on her personal Instagram, which has over 100K followers.
See photos from Grace's recent college graduation (including a cute one with Elijah!) and read mom Christy Turlington's sweet words about her daughter:
While the young love story between Hewson and Burns has been fairly quiet publicly, they've reportedly been romantically linked since 2023. It's a low-profile and low-drama relationship, and many fans, particularly fans of their parents, are only recently connecting the dots.
It's always fun, and a little mind-blowing, watching our favorite celebrities' kids grow up and become their own humans. In a case like this one, our ties to their parents' legacies quickly connect our interest to the next generation. Sorry not sorry!
Decades after Bono and Christy Turlington became defining figures of music and fashion history, their kids' relationship is giving fans one more unexpected pop-culture crossover to smile about.
Here's a sweet photo of Grace Burns and Elijah Hewson last year at Cannes, celebrating the premiere of Hewson's dad's film Bono: Stories of Surrender, which is streaming on Apple:
Now let's find out if you see any resemblance between the "kids" and their famous parents.
Here's U2 lead singer Bono back in the late 80s:
Here's supermodel Christy Turlington back in the early 90s:
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This story was originally published May 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM.