Jami Ganz | New York Daily News
Joe Alwyn has finally broken his silence on his relationship with Taylor Swift, more than a year after the news that the ultra-private couple closed the book on their love story.
The“Kinds of Kindness” star, 33, opened up in a new interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times, published on Saturday. It comes nearly two months after the release of Swift’s album, “The Tortured Poet’s Department,” which many fans expected to be largely inspired by their split.
“I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathize and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years,” the Brit said. “That is a hard thing to navigate.”
Regarding the “unusual and abnormal” circumstances of the breakup, first reported in April 2023, Alwyn said: “One week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in.”
“You have something very real suddenly thrown into a very unreal space: tabloids, social media, press, where it is then dissected, speculated on, pulled out of shape beyond recognition,” he added.
However, he said he’s made “peace” with the fact that there’s more to the story than what’s been written about online.
Alwyn did not share any further details, beyond that he and Swift had “mutually” decided to “keep the more private details of our relationship private.”
“It was never something to commodify and I see no reason to change that now,” he said.
For her part, Swift — who’s nearly a year into her highly publicized relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce— seemingly has a less-than-favorable opinion of her time spent under the radar.
“Life is short. Have adventures. Me locking myself away in my house for a lot of years — I’ll never get that time back,” she said when speaking to Time for their 2023 Person of the Year profile.
Swifties largely believe 2022’s“You’re Losing Me” (off “Midnights”) and this year’s“So Long, London,” shed light on the reasons behind her and Alwyn’s split, with both describing a dying relationship.
The former song calls out a partner who “wouldn’t want to marry … a pathological people pleaser,” while the latter seemingly refers to his alleged depression and defends her decision to leave a relationship she did everything to save.
Alwyn — who has collaborated with his ex under the pen name William Bowery, and even won a Grammy for his work on her 2020 album, “folklore” — is also believed to have inspired a slew of Swift’s other songs from the albums “Reputation,” “Lover,” and “evermore.”
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