Taylor Swift's ex-boyfriendJoe Alwyn has moved on from their relationship and feels others should too.
The actor spoke with The Guardian About his upcoming film, “The Brutalist,” when asked if he was ready to move on from the relationship and the attention that came with it, he explained that he did.
“This is something others should do,” he told the outlet. “We're talking about something that's been a while in my life. So that's for other people. That's how I feel.”
Swift and Alwyn dated for six years, and kept their privacy during that time.
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“This is something other people have to do,” Joe Alwyn said regarding moving on from his past relationship with Taylor Swift. (Emma McIntyre | Robert Kamau)
The actor was asked if he was worried his relationship would overshadow his career, which includes award-winning films like “The Favourite.”
“I just tried to focus on controlling what I could control, and I tried from the beginning to focus on the things that were meaningful to me: friends, family, work, of course,” he said. “So the noise outside of this, I think I did what a lot of people who They find themselves in the public eye, and they just try to ignore it.
He continued, “If you don't do that, if you let all that other stuff in, if it starts affecting you and your behavior, then you're living from the outside in. And then you're in very bad shape. -Ed.”
Alwyn and Swift have collaborated on two of her albums, “Folklore” and “Evermore,” both of which have been released At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic In 2020.
Swift and Alwyn collaborated on several songs for her albums “Folklore” and “Evermore,” which resulted in an Album of the Year Grammy for both of them for “Folklore” in 2021. (Getty Images)
Under the pseudonym William Bowery, he is credited on two songs, “Exile” and “Betty,” and as a co-producer under his real name on several “folk” tunes, winning a Grammy Award alongside Swift in 2021 for album The Year.
“Lockdown was a whole bunch of surprises, and that was very special,” he said of the experience. “This was not something I expected.”
“We're talking about something that's been around for a while in my life. This is for other people.”
Their relationship ended in early 2023, near the start of their record-breaking “Eras Tour.”
In April 2023, a source confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Alwyn and Swift were dating He called her to stop, Saying that it was “no drama” and that the split was “amicable.”
The couple split in 2023, with sources telling Entertainment Tonight “it wasn't dramatic.” (Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
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“The relationship has just ended,” the insider added, explaining that the former couple's breakup was the reason Alwyn was not seen attending any of Swift's “Eras Tour” shows.
Alwyn, like many of her exes, has been the subject of intense scrutiny by her fans, who have combed through her lyrics, especially her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Section” For clues about the ups and downs of a relationship.
Earlier this year, the 33-year-old spoke out Sunday Times style About the intense interest of the public.
“So you have something very real that is suddenly thrown into a very unreal space: the tabloids, social media, the press, where it is then dissected, speculated upon, pulled out of shape beyond recognition,” Alwyn said. “The reality is that until this last point, there will always be a gap between what is known and what is said.”
Earlier this year, Alwyn spoke about the public scrutiny he and Swift faced, saying: “There will always be a gap between what is known and what is said.” (Photos by Ricky Vigil M/GC)
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“I've made peace with that,” Alwyn added.
He also told the outlet that he and Swift “mutually” made the decision to “keep the most intimate details of our relationship private.”
“It was never commoditizable, and I don't see any reason to change that now,” Alwyn said. “And look, it's been a little over a year now, and I feel lucky that I'm in a really great place in my life, both professionally and personally. I feel really good.”
During that interview, Alwyn declined to answer whether he was still in contact with Swift or the state of his love life.
Alwyn stars in the Oscar-winning film “The Brutalist.” (Alberto Rodriguez/Variety via Getty Images)
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Swift is currently in a relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs travis kelsey, Which started in the summer of 2023.
