“Why Cindy Crawford Refuses to Give Kaia Gerber Her Engagement Ring”
"Supermodel Cindy Crawford Explains Why She Won't Give Daughter Kaia Gerber Her Engagement Ring Amid Relationship with Austin Butler"
If you got to choose one thing out of fashion icon Cindy Crawford’s closet, what would it be?
When speaking with the iconic supermodel and her 22-year-old daughter at the Planet OMEGA exhibition in New York City, PEOPLE posed the question to Kaia Gerber, whose eyes lit up with excitement when asked.
“What do you want?” Crawford, 57, reiterated the question to Gerber, who’s followed in her mother’s fashionable footsteps, paving a path of her own as a sought-after model in the industry. “Careful what you’re asking!” quipped Gerber — to which her mom clarified, “You’re not getting it now, I’m just saying you should stake it out.”
While Gerber took her time to carefully consider the overwhelming amount of possibilities before answering the hypothetical question, Crawford jumped in to share with PEOPLE the memento she’d pass along to her daughter down the line.
“You know what I think that I would give you?” said The Super Models star when speaking to Gerber. “So for my 20th anniversary, my husband gave me three eternity rings,” she began to explain of spouse Rande Gerber, who she married in 1998 following her split from ex-husband Richard Gere in 1995.
“One [eternity ring] was to represent him, one was to represent Kaia and one was to represent Presley [Gerber],” Crawford told PEOPLE at the event. “I would give those to her,” she says, before explaining the piece of jewelry she “wouldn’t give” Gerber.
“I wouldn’t give her my engagement ring because probably whoever proposes to you, you’ll want to choose the ring, even though that is a special piece as well,” she explains.
Currently, Gerber in a relationship with Austin Butler, who she’s been tied to since they sparked romance rumors in December 2021 and made their relationship public in March 2022. In the months that followed, they’ve attended various events together and stepped out on red carpets alongside each other.
Following her mother’s answer, Gerber jumped in with an ironic answer: “I was going to choose your engagement ring!” she says with a laugh. “But you can have that one. You need to wear it. I know.”
Crawford replied: “No— I was saying… well eventually I won’t need it. But don’t bury me with it, is what I’m saying!” “This is so morbid,” says Gerber, confirming her answer: “I’ll take the eternity ring.”
