"She inspires me" - Paul American star Jake Paul lets his feelings known about fiancée Jutta Leerdam

Jake Paul, the star of the Max show Paul American, introduced his fiancée Jutta Leerdam on the series. The show is supposed to have the eight installments, and each one will provide insight into the lives of the Paul brothers.

The first episode that dropped on March 27, 2025, saw Logan and Jake, along with their parents and fiancés.

As for Jake and Jutta, the two met in 2023 when he reached out to her on Instagram. At that time, Jake had just broken up his relationship with Julia Rose, and Jutta had broken up with Dutch speed skater Koen Verweij in 2022.

However, it was not easy for Jake to connect with her because she ignored him initially and was not sure if she wanted to talk to him at all, let alone date him.

But the tables have turned, and recently, on March 22, 2025, the couple shared the happy news on Instagram about their engagement. As for the series, it was filmed last year when the two were not at this stage yet, and thus, we see Jake introduce her by saying:

"Jutta is a six-time world champion speed skater... She inspires me 'cause of how hard she works."

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Paul American star Jake Paul and Jutta Leerdam relationship timeline explored

Jutta Leerdam, on Paul American, shared how she and Jake first started dating. It was when he slid into her DMs in 2022, but she was unsure about the whole thing. Revealing her feelings, she said:

"When I first saw the DM from Jake Paul, I thought, 'I'm not gonna respond.' He has this image, and I just looked at his Instagram and I was like... yeah, this is exactly the kind of guy I don't want to date. I don't want that. I want to find my husband, so no."

She added:

"And then he followed me on Instagram, and he only followed one other girl or something. Then it was all over the Dutch news, and everybody was texting me about it. We really started to connect on a super-personal level. I'd rather be private, but it's just not an option with Jake."

Later, their fling evolved into a much more serious relationship, and they made it official in April 2023. The couple has been supporting each other since then, and Jutta even accompanied Paul American star Jake during key moments of his career, such as his fight against Nate Diaz in 2023 or the one with Mike Tyson in 2024.

Even recently on his Instagram, Jake shared an appreciation post for her, saying that she is a "7-time world champion now."

However, there might be hardships that she had faced in the sport of speed skating, and calling them out on it, Jake said they had tried to "tear" her down, but the couple does not care because they do not have the same attitude.

The two always seem to have each other's backs, as we saw on the first episode of Paul American, Jutta confronted Logan Paul, Jake's elder brother, on not supporting her fiancé enough.

She heard the podcast where Logan sat down with KSI (Jake and KSI do not have a good bond) and talked negatively about Jake's upcoming fight with Mike Tyson.

When Jake confronted his brother, Logan denied the accusations, but Jutta was having none of it. She immediately said on Paul American that even though they are brothers, Jake supports Logan more than the other way around.

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Paul American releases new episodes on Max every week on Thursdays.