Lori Harvey and Damson Idris set off reunion rumors with steamy PDA… after dad Steve’s awkward comment

Lori Harvey and Damson Idris were spotted vacationing in Mexico this week, nearly two years after the pair went their separate ways.
The 28-year-old “nepo baby” has had a string of famous boyfriends, including Michael B. Jordan, Future, Trey Songz, and Dutch soccer player Memphis Depay. When she was only 22, she was briefly linked to then 49-year-old Sean “Diddy” Combs, shortly after a round of rumors she had dated his son Justin Combs.
Lori and Damson went Instagram official with their relationship in January 2023 but announced their amicable split with a joint statement by that November.
However, the pair were seen this week showing off their swimsuit bodies together as they frolicked on the beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Damson, 34, appeared unable to keep his hands off his bombshell ex, throwing an arm around her as they strolled on the sand and touching her elbow in the water.
They plunged into the sea and were seen gamboling around the shallows, mere inches apart as they laughed and beamed at one another. Lori’s two-piece was cut high enough in the back to hint saucily at her derriere as she emerged soaking wet from the waves and headed back to shore. She glowed with happiness, clearly enjoying the company of the *Snowfall* heartthrob.
Sweeping her hair up into a bun, Lori accessorized on dry land with a large set of earrings and warded off the rays with sunglasses.
Meanwhile, the London-born actor flaunted his musclebound physique by going shirtless over his midnight blue print swim trunks. While on the sand, he swapped out his swimsuit for a stylish shirt-shorts combo featuring a geometric print in black, white, and gold. Damson left the top tantalizingly open over his toned chest, allowing his shorts to ride down slightly to flash the waistband of his Calvin Klein underwear.
Adding a splash of glitz to the proceedings, he accessorized with a glistening gold necklace and matching watch, shading himself with a baseball cap and sunglasses.
When the duo announced their split in November 2023, they released a joint statement explaining they were on amicable terms.
“We are at a point in our lives where our individual paths require our full attention and dedication,” they said to *The Hollywood Reporter*. “We part ways remaining friends with nothing but love and respect for each other and the time we shared together,” added the erstwhile couple.
Their rumored reconciliation comes days after Lori’s father, Steve Harvey, revealed they have a family rule in which he is not allowed to be friendly with her exes.
“See, I gotta be real careful, cause Lori, boy, she be in my a**. I can’t make no mistakes,” he said on a recent episode of the podcast *The Pivot*.
Steve then made an apparent reference to the time he was seen hugging and shaking hands with Lori’s ex Michael B. Jordan at the 2023 NBA Abu Dhabi Games.
“I saw one of her exes somewhere at a game somewhere and I shook his hand. Boy, I can’t even touch his a** no more,” remarked the *Family Feud* host. “I better not acknowledge him or look at him or nothing no more. So I’m off limits. If you an ex, your a** is my ex too. That’s the rule.”
To laughter from the hosts, Steve explained: “The rule in our house is any boy that’s an ex, he’s now my ex too. I must hate him like we was dating.”
Other than when he was with Lori, Damson has largely kept his dating life under wraps, although he revealed he was once in a relationship for nearly a decade. Without divulging the woman’s name, he cryptically discussed “leaving a nine-year relationship” in an April 2022 conversation with the songstress Syd for *Interview* magazine.
Lori and Damson initially ignited dating rumors when they were spotted together in December 2022 dining at the celebrity hotspot Catch LA. After a blizzard of speculation that they had become an item, they finally went Instagram official the following month, sending their fans into meltdown.
That March, Damson revealed he had “not yet” been introduced to Steve but added that he was a “big fan,” speaking to *Today* show anchors Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. Both hosts showered praise on Steve, after which Jenna playfully added to Damson: “We’ll give you some advice off-camera.”
However, the last time they were seen together in public was that September in Paris, and the next month Lori was solo at Kendall Jenner’s star-studded Halloween party. Conjecture started swirling that they had broken up, which was fueled when they deleted all photos of each other from their respective Instagram pages.
About a week into November, they released a statement together insisting that they had decided on good terms to go their separate ways.
Lori is the daughter of Steve’s third wife, Marjorie Bridges, and an unknown biological father, though Steve adopted her after marrying her mother.
Steve joked about Lori’s hotly publicized love life a couple of years ago during an appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s hit podcast *Club Shay Shay*.
“Lori grew up with four damn brothers, so we could project Lori at the house with her brothers. Sh** done got outta hand now,” he said. “You know, we can’t watch it now, ’cause I’d have been to saw it off a bunch of these little…” he trailed off, to gales of laughter from Shannon.
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