Joe Alwyn Says He’s Moved on from Taylor Swift Relationship

Joe Alwyn has moved on from his relationship with Taylor Swift — and he believes everybody else ought to do the identical.

In a brand new interview with The Guardian, the actor, 33, responded to the outlet’s suggestion that he should wish to transfer on from the six-year relationship — which ended in early 2023 — by revealing that he has, in reality, executed simply that.

“That’s one thing for different folks to do. We’re speaking about one thing that’s some time in the past now in my life,” Alwyn informed the outlet.

The Brutalist star continued, “In order that’s for different folks. That’s what I really feel.”

Alwyn additionally recalled how every little thing in his life modified after his position in 2016’s Billy Lynn’s Lengthy Halftime Stroll. (He met and struck up his famously personal relationship with Swift, 35, shortly after starring within the movie.)

When requested whether or not he feared his relationship with the singer would overshadow his profession, the actor mentioned, “I’ve tried simply to concentrate on controlling what I can management.”

“And, proper from the start, tried to concentrate on the issues which are significant for me: mates, household, work, after all,” Alwyn continued. “So noise outdoors of that, I feel I’ve executed what tons of people that discover themselves within the public eye do, which is simply attempt to ignore it. If you happen to don’t, and in the event you let all of that different stuff in, and if it begins to have an effect on you and your habits, you’re residing from the skin in. And you then’re fairly f——.”

After it was recommended that ignoring the “noise” should get exhausting, Alwyn replied, “I’ve nice household and mates and actual issues in my life; these are the issues that stored me tethered to the bottom.”

“So I don’t understand how else to say it, it’s … simply in a special room,” he added.

Now, heading into 2025, Alwyn detailed that he’s doing effectively. “I at all times really feel optimistic on the high of a brand new 12 months,” he informed The Guardian. “No, I really feel nice, I really feel fortunate to be in an excellent place.”

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Although famously personal about his private life, Alwyn has beforehand opened up about his break up from Swift.

In June 2024, over a 12 months after the break up first made headlines, the star informed The Sunday Instances Type that his time with the the “Clean House” singer was “lengthy, loving” and “absolutely dedicated.”

“I might hope that anybody and everybody can empathize and perceive the difficulties that include the tip of an extended, loving, absolutely dedicated relationship of over six and a half years,” he mentioned, partially. “That may be a onerous factor to navigate.”

PEOPLE first confirmed that Swift and Alwyn broke up in April 2023, across the similar time that the pop famous person kicked off Eras Tour.

On the time, a supply mentioned that the break up was largely brought on by “variations of their personalities” that turned “more durable to disregard.”

Swift is presently courting Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant Travis Kelce. The pair first sparked courting rumors in September 2023 after which confirmed their romance a month later.