Jordyn Woods Wishes Boyfriend Karl-Anthony Towns Happy 29th Birthday: 'The Light of My Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods attend Hennessy Arena NBA All-Star Weekend At Hilbert Circle Theatre on February 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.Photo:Cassidy Sparrow/Getty Images for Hennessy USA

Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods attend Hennessy Arena NBA All-Star Weekend At Hilbert Circle Theatre on February 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Jordyn Woodscelebrated boyfriendKarl-Anthony Towns’ 29th birthday with a heartfeltInstagrampost on Friday, Nov. 15.

Woods captioned the photo “candles at 12," seemingly counting down to his official birthday.

Jordyn Woods celebrates Karl-Anthony Towns' birthday.Jordyn Woods/Instagram

Jordyn Woods and Karl Anthony Towns

Jordyn Woods/Instagram

The model posted three more photos of her and the Knicks player from over the years. Another was captioned, “here’s to you @karltowns another 365.”

The socialite alsoshared a slideshowof the pair lovingly embracing.

“happy birthday to the light of my life ❤️ I couldn’t imagine doing this with anyone else,” Woods wrote.

Towns reposted two of his model girlfriend’s photos celebrating his 29th birthday to his ownInstagram Stories.

Karl Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods in 2022.Kevork Djansezian/Getty

NBA athlete Karl-Anthony Towns and model Jordyn Woods attend the NFL game

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Woods and Towns began dating in May of 2020 after years of building a foundation as close friends.

“I think it’s kind of cool dating your best friend,“Woods saidon her Instagram seriesRegular-ish. “We know each other. We know each other’s hearts. We know each other on good days and bad days and we’ve been through a lot of bad days together.”

The basketball star even shared his first kiss with Woods wasn’t until 2020, “There was never a kiss or anything,” he revealed.

Jordyn Woods and Karl Anthony Towns in 2021.Rich Fury/Getty

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns attend Spotify’s House of Are & Be event with dvsn, Lucky Daye, and D-Nice at Sunset Tower Hotel on June 16, 2021

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They made theirrelationshippublic in Sept. 2020 and celebrated their4-year anniversarytogether in May. Woods even wrote a song for Towns titled,“Be with You.”

In the chorus, Woods sang, “Cause all I want to do is be with you, be with you, be with you.”

source: people.com