In a new interview, Joe Alwyn has shed light on life after his six-year relationship with Taylor Swift, addressing the “noise” that has lingered since their split in April 2023.
Speaking with The Guardian, the actor reflected on the challenges of navigating public fascination with his relationship amid a budding career and revealed that he has very much moved on from Swift.
“Right from the beginning, tried to focus on the things that are meaningful for me: friends, family, work, of course,” Alwyn, 33, told the outlet. “So noise outside of that, I think I’ve done what lots of people who find themselves in the public eye do, which is just try and ignore it.
“If you don’t, and if you let all of that other stuff in, and if it starts to affect you and your behaviour, you’re living from the outside in,” he added. “And then you’re pretty f–ked.”
Though their breakup seemed amicable for the most part, the Conversations with Friends star continues to endure a whirlwind of media speculation and fan intrigue about his personal life.
When pressed about the continued discourse surrounding their relationship and whether he has moved on, Alwyn remarked, “That’s something for other people to do.”
“We’re talking about something that’s a while ago now in my life,” he explained. “So that’s for other people. That’s what I feel.”
Swift and Alwyn began dating in 2016 and kept a low profile throughout their relationship before breaking up in 2023.
In June 2024, Alwyn opened up about the complexities of ending such a high-profile romance.
“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 Times. “What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that one week later… it’s suddenly in the public domain, and the outside world is able to weigh in.”
“There is always going to be a gap between what is known and what is said,” he continued. “I have made my peace with that.”
While Alwyn remains focused on his work and has kept out of the spotlight, Swift has since been dating NFL star Travis Kelce.
Unlike her time with Alwyn, the songstress has leaned into public attention with Kelce. In a 2024 interview, she admitted that the two do not let the public frenzy around their relationship get in the way of supporting each other’s work.
“I’m going to see him do what he loves. We’re showing up for each other; other people are there, and we don’t care,” she told Time magazine. “The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you’re seeing someone. And we’re just proud of each other.”
