Ex-boyfriend of Taylor SwiftJoe Alwyn, left their relationship and thinks other people should too.
The actor spoke with The Guardian about his upcoming film, “The Brutalist,” and when asked if he’s ready to end the relationship and the attention that comes with it, he made it clear that he is.
“It’s something other people have to do,” he told the paper. “We’re talking about something that’s long gone in my life. So it’s for other people. It’s what I feel.”
Swift and Alwyn dated for six years, during which time they were very private.
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Joe Alwyn said of his past relationship with Taylor Swift, “It’s something other people have to do.” (Emma McIntyre | Robert Kamau)
The actor was asked if he worried that his relationship would overshadow his career, which includes award-winning films like “The Favourite”.
“I tried to focus only on controlling what I could control,” he said, “and, from the beginning, I tried to focus on the things that were meaningful to me: friends, family, work, of course. So the noise outside of that, I think that I did what a lot of people who find themselves in the public eye do, which is to just try to ignore it.”
He continued, “If you don’t do that, and if you let all these other things in, and if it starts to affect you and your behavior, you’re living from the outside in. And then you’re pretty f—-ed.”
Alwyn and Swift collaborated on two of her albums, “Folklore” and “Evermore”, both released during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
Swift and Alwyn collaborated on several tracks for her albums “Folklore” and “Evermore,” resulting in album of the year Grammys for both for “Folklore” in 2021. (Getty Images)
Under the pseudonym William Bowery, he is credited with two songs, “Exile” and “Betty”, and as a co-producer under his real name on several more songs “Folklore”, earning a Grammy along with Swift in 2021 for group album of the year.
“Lockdown was a whole series of surprises, and that was pretty special,” he said of the experience. “It was not something I would have predicted.”
“We’re talking about something long gone in my life. So it’s for other people.”
Their relationship came to an end in early 2023, near the start of the singer’s record-breaking “Eras Tour”.
In April 2023, a source confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Alwyn and Swift had said he was giving up saying it “wasn’t dramatic” and that the split was “amicable”.
The couple broke up in 2023, with sources telling Entertainment Tonight that “it wasn’t dramatic.” (Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
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“The relationship has just run its course,” the insider added, explaining that the former couple’s divorce was the reason why Alwyn was not spotted at any of Swift’s “Eras Tour” shows.
Alwyn, like many of Swift’s exes, has been the subject of intense scrutiny from her fans, who have combed through her lyrics, particularly her latest album, “Department of Tortured Poets”, for clues about the rise and fall of a relationship.
Earlier this year, the 33-year-old spoke with Sunday Times style about the intense attention of the public.
“So you have something very real suddenly thrown into a very unreal space: tabloids, social media, the press, where it’s then dissected, speculated upon, twisted beyond recognition,” Alwyn said. “And the truth is, until that last point, there will always be a gap between what is known and what is said.”
Earlier this year, Alwyn addressed the publicity he and Swift faced, saying: “[T]there will always be a gap between what is known and what is said.” (Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)
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“I’ve come to terms with it,” Alwyn added.
He also told the outlet that he and Swift had “mutually” made the decision to “keep the more private details of our relationship private.”
“It’s never been something that can be turned into a commodity and I see no reason for that to change now,” Alwyn said. “And, look, this was also just over a year ago, and I feel fortunate to be in a really great place in my life, professionally and personally. I feel really good.”
During that interview, Alwyn refused to answer whether he was still in contact with Swift or the status of their life together.
Alwyn’s next major role is in the Oscar-winning film The Brutalist. (Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty Images)
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Swift is currently in a relationship with a tight end from the Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce, which started in the summer of 2023.
