While Robbie's Barbie and Gosling's Ken may have a close bond and serve as the leads of Barbie, the pair do not have a romantic relationship throughout the film, with Barbie even stating that she doesn't see herself as romantically interested in Ken.
Barbie and Ken are one of pop culture's most famous couples. But the plastic dolls were named after real people, and they weren't a couple – they were siblings. Ruth Handler's children resented the dolls named after them and didn't buy any for their own children.
As several fans anticipated, Margot's and Ryan's characters never actually share a full kiss in the film — despite how close they get at several points. Warner Bros.
Fans didn't get to see Barbie and Ken lock lips on screens because Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling couldn't envision how their toy characters would kiss. When the leading duo spoke to PEOPLE about the film's lack of smooching, Robbie revealed that she got a little flak for the missing moment.
While the film does not dive into trans identity, Barbie still manages to touch upon LGBTQ+ issues without naming them as such. In fact, the film features several openly LGBTQ+ actors, like Hari Nef, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, and Scott Evans.
Barbie and Ken felt it was “time to spend some quality time apart” with Arons hinting that Ken's reluctance to put a ring on it may have played a part in their breakup. Still, the two swore the breakup was amicable and they would remain friends.
Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years. (Barbie was created in 1959, which would make her 64.)
Upon her return from the real world (California), Ken asks Barbie to be his wife. When this proves to be too much commitment for her, Ken amends his request and asks Barbie to be his “long-term, long-distance, low-commitment casual girlfriend.”
Before Barbie came out, Robbie explained to Vogue that she played Barbie as if she didn't feel sexual desire, which also may have contributed to her lack of feelings for Ken. “I'm like, Okay, she's a doll. She's a plastic doll. She doesn't have organs.
1961: First introduced at the American International Toy Fair as Barbie doll's boyfriend on March 11, 1961 Ken doll was 12 inches tall, had “molded” plastic hair (blond and brunette) and came dressed in red bathing suit trunks with a yellow towel and sandals.
Barbie and Ken have been together on and off since 1961. It was love at first sight for the pair and after a rough patch in the noughties, they are back together. They have no plans to marry and they have no plans to have children. They are, it would appear to any outsider, living the dream.
Are Barbie and Ken dating in Life in the Dreamhouse?
Ken is one of the main characters in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. He lives in the Ken Mansion, next to Barbie's Dreamhouse. Ken is the boyfriend of Barbie.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Barbie," the new movie about the classic doll and her boyfriend Ken, is now in theaters. While the iconic duo may seem like the perfect couple, their relationship isn't the best model for finding love in the real world.
Malibu Ken, the first African-American Ken doll, came along in 1982. Growing up, my parents didn't buy me Barbie dolls because they didn't look like me.
Ken® doll's official birthday is March 11, 1961 – making Ken® 2 days and 2 years younger than Barbie®. Starting out with nine outfits, a skinny frame and fuzzy crew cut, he's always stood by Barbie.
Ken Carson is a character who was introduced in 1961 as Barbie's boyfriend. He was created by Ruth Handler, and he probably named Ken after her son Kenneth Handler.
Eliza Masters (イライザ・マスターズ, Iraiza Masutāzu?) is a non-playable character in the Street Fighter series. She is the girlfriend and later, the wife of Ken Masters. As Ken's win quote versus Guile in Street Fighter IV reveals, she is also Guile's sister-in-law, as he's married to her older sister Julia.
Barbie, formally known as “Barbara Millicent Roberts,” was born in 1959, which would technically make her 63 years old — except for the small fact that she was born as a 19-year-old. Yep, that's right: The first ever Barbie was officially 19 years old, which would make her age closer to 82-83 years old.
Between Suicide Squad and now Barbie, you can't keep Margot Robbie's movie characters out of jail. But this time, our blonde bombshell was wrongly imprisoned alongside her beau Ken after a stranger assaulted Barbie.
By the late 1980s, Midge was back on shelves as part of the California Dream Barbie set. Then, she was re-released in the 1990s wearing a wedding dress, and again in 2002 with a detachable magnetic pregnant stomach, which allowed her to “deliver” a small plastic baby curled up inside, per CBS News.
While some on social are wondering how Barbie snagged a girlfriend before them, or when exactly she came out, Aimee Song weighed in to make the relationship Twitter-official.
Apparently, Barbie will never get married. According to the wishes of Barbie creator Ruth Handler, part of Barbie's appeal to young children was that she defied patriarchal norms, and would never walk down the aisle toward Ken or have children.
