Reports of Kardashian, 37, and Bieber, 22, hooking up first surfaced after the reality star ended her nine-year relationship with ex Scott Disick, 33, in July 2015.
Though the two have been spotted on multiple occasions together and were “hooking up on and off for a few months”— sources told WHO at the time that it was never anything serious.
“It’s been a deep flirtation for months. He’s obviously close to the family, and Kris [Jenner] is obsessed with him,” a source told WHO in December 2015. “It’s just one of those things where it makes Kourtney feel good about herself. It’s not serious at all. This young guy is into her, he thinks she’s hot and she’s older. She just wants to have fun.”
Bieber jokingly responded to a headline about his relationship with Kardashian, saying, “I’m being used, man. What can I say?” in an interview on The Bert Show.
Disick followed suit by joking about Bieber and Kardashian during a 2016 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians where he and the family played a game of Cards Against Humanity.
Kardashian started things off by posing the question, “Why am I sticky?” and Disick served the ultimate burn by answering: “Justin Bieber.”
News of Kardashian and Bieber hooking up hasn’t always been fun and games to Disick, though, as a source previously told PEOPLE of his reaction: “Of course it stings a bit that Kourt is hooking up with Bieber. But Scott also knows his place and that he doesn’t have the right to have a fit about it.”
The source continued, “He is convinced Kourt is doing it to hurt him. And she succeeded.”
Despite Kardashian’s past with Bieber, she and Disick remain close as they spend time co-parenting their three children— daughter Penelope, 4, and sons Mason, 7, and Reign, 2. The pair most recently returned from a family vacation to Aspen, Colorado together earlier this month.
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com
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