So long, Hiddleswift! Taylor Swift Tom Hiddleston called it quits on their whirlwind romance in September 2016 after three months of dating — but the memory of their brief love affair lives on.
A source exclusively revealed that the source told them about their split at the time. Us Weekly, “[Taylor]The one who put an end to the relationship was Tom. Tom wanted the relationship to be more public than she was comfortable with.”
From the moment the “All Too Well” singer and the Thor actor shared a dance at the Met Gala in May 2016, the two caught people’s attention. So much so, that their entire relationship was plagued by rumors that it was a product of publicity — something Hiddleston refuted.
“Taylor is an amazing woman. She’s generous and kind and lovely, and we had the best time,” the Tony nominee told GQFollowing their split, it was February 2017. “Of course, it was real.”
Swift was still dating Hiddleston, when she met Swift in May 2016. Calvin HarrisTwo months later, however the lovers ended their relationship of more than a year. It wasn’t long before the Valentine’s DayActress was caught on camera having an affair with the Night ManagerIn June 2016, alum walked along a beach near her Rhode Island home.
As their relationship heated up, a source exclusively shared the following: Use that Hiddleston “started reaching out” to the “Getaway Car” singer following her ending things with Harris.
“[Tom] really courted her,” the insider said at the time. “He liked her and saw an opportunity when she was suddenly single, and he went for it.”
While Swift never spoke publicly about Hiddleston, the Marvel star couldn’t seem to escape questions about the pop singer — many of which he seemed to answer happily. “She is amazing,” he gushed to MTV UKDays following the 2016 Met Gala.
Later that year, he would go viral for wearing a “I Heart T.S.” tank top while celebrating Independence Day with the Pennsylvania native and her friends. “Nobody had the context for that story,” he told GQAfter the fact. “And I’m still trying to work out a way of having a personal life and protecting it, but also without hiding. So the hardest thing is that that was a joke among friends on the Fourth of July.”
Hiddleston, who is now a Marvel costar Zawe AshtonSwift, he said, taught him a lot from his brief time with Swift about dating in public. “It’s not possible, and nor should it be possible, to control what anyone thinks about you,” he told The New York TimesIn 2019. “Especially if it’s not based … in any reality.”
He continued, “And yes, I’m protective about my internal world now in probably a different way. That’s because I didn’t realize it needed protecting before.”
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