It’s a love story! And yes, that is a double entendre.
Joe Alwyn, Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend, and Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette star Sarah Pidgeon appear to have found a romance of their own, after the pair were spotted enjoying a date and smooching in New York City.
In photos obtained by People, marie claire Australia’s May cover star, Sarah Pidgeon, 29, and Alwyn, 35, kept things low-key in denim as they wandered through the city.
The outing marks the first time the pair have been photographed together publicly, though it follows a report from DeuxMoi, which claimed the actors had been spotted together multiple times last week.
For Alwyn, the apparent new relationship is one of the first since his high-profile split from Taylor Swift. The former couple dated for more than six years before ending their relationship in 2023.
Following the breakup, Alwyn was briefly linked to actor Emma Laird after she shared a photograph of him on Instagram. The pair starred together in the 2024 historical drama The Brutalist, though neither ever confirmed they were romantically involved.
Pidgeon, meanwhile, has enjoyed a breakout year following the success of FX’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette. The actress has largely kept her personal life out of the spotlight and has never publicly spoken about her dating history.
She was previously rumoured to be dating Spacey Jane frontman Caleb Harper, but Alwyn is the first person she has been publicly linked to since earning widespread acclaim for her performance in the FX limited series.
Alwyn addressed the end of his relationship with Swift for the first time in June 2024, when asked about The Tortured Poets Department.
“I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathise and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years,” he told The Sunday Times Style. “That is a hard thing to navigate.”
As for Swift, she offered glimpses into the relationship’s breakdown through her music.
On “You’re Losing Me”, a bonus vault track from the Midnights era, the singer appeared to reflect on a love that had slowly unravelled:
“How long could we be a sad song / Till we were too far gone to bring back to life? / I gave you all my best me’s, my endless empathy.”
Then came The Tortured Poets Department and “So Long, London”, a song that feels like the antithesis to Lover‘s optimistic “London Boy”:
“You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues? / I died on the altar waitin’ for the proof / You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days / And I’m just getting color.
With Swift on the cusp of marrying Travis Kelce, it seems like the perfect time for Alwyn to be publicly moving on.
