Outer Banks Season 4 said goodbye to one of the show's most beloved characters, JJ Maybanks, played by Rudy Pankow. While fans love his character and chemistry with Kiara on the show, Rudy seems to have found love on the sets of the hit Netflix show.
Rudy Pankow is currently dating Elaine Siemek, an assistant on Outer Banks. The two seem to have met on the set.
While the couple likes to keep their love life private, they occasionally share pictures from vacations in Italy, Mexico, and Barbados. The actor was not rumored to have any other partner before Siemek.
More on Rudy Pankow's love life in our story.
Who is Elaine Siemek? Did she meet her boyfriend Rudy Pankow on the sets of Outer Banks?
Elaine Siemek is an assistant to Jonas Pate, one of Outer Bank's showrunners. She is also a film photographer by profession.
According to her website, she is "a film photographer who enjoys taking environmental portraits''. She uses "professional SLR and TLR cameras, point-and-shoots, polaroids, and Super 8s'' to capture the everyday beauty around her.
Rudy and Elaine are assumed to have met in 2019 on the Outer Banks set. They have been involved with the project since season 1 of the hit teen show.
While the two keep their relationship relatively private, and it is unclear when they officially started dating. Nonetheless, Pankow shared a birthday post for Seimek in November 2020, confirming the relationship. The caption of the post read,
“You give me butterflies everyday… literally. Happy Birthday PBM,”
Siemek is also close to the rest of the Outer Banks cast and is often seen having dinners with them on social media. Pankow and Siemek attended Poguelandia — an Outer Banks experience in Huntington Beach, California, together in February 2023. The event, which included music, food, and drinks, was to promote Outer Banks Season 3.
Why did Outer Banks fans accuse Rudy Pankow's girlfriend?
Being part of a massive hit means having a crazy army of fans, but sometimes, this love gets a little out of hand for the actors starring in it. In August 2021, Pankow's fans accused his girlfriend Siemek of selling the actor's exclusive pictures and videos to fan accounts without his permission.
However, like a true Pogue, Pankow defended his girlfriend on these baseless rumors, saying:
''I'm here to call out the disrespect and harassment someone who I love dearly is getting on a daily basis. It has gotten to the degree where lies are being spread and accusations are being said that go beyond the normal 'hate.' "
Siemek, too, cleared her stance from these baseless accusations through her social media, stating:
“I just want to make this clear since people like to say anything on the internet with no proof. I’ve never sent ‘exclusive’ photos or videos of Rudy to any fan account ever...I would definitely never do that without his permission. I’ve only ever sent 1 birthday video to someone that Rudy was a part of and agreed to be in.''
While Pankow was defensive against his fans and took a stand for his girlfriend, fans of the show often targeted her with cheating accusations. However, this doesn't seem to affect the couple, who seems to have a healthy and loving relationship.
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