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Joe Alwyn Tells Fans to Move On from Taylor Swift Breakup: ‘It’s a Part of My Life That’s Over’
Jan
Joe Alwyn has made it clear that he’s ready to leave his highly publicized relationship with Taylor Swift in the past — and he thinks everyone else should do the same.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, the British actor, best known for his roles in The Favourite and Brutalist, addressed the ongoing public fascination with his six-year romance with the pop superstar, which ended in early 2023.
“That’s something for other people to do,” Alwyn, 33, said when asked if he was ready to move on. “We’re talking about something that’s a while ago now in my life. So that’s for other people. That’s what I feel.”
On Staying Grounded Amid Public Scrutiny
Alwyn and Swift famously kept their relationship private, despite being a major inspiration behind several of Swift’s songs, including “London Boy” and tracks from her Folklore and Evermore albums — both of which Alwyn contributed to under the pseudonym William Bowery.
In the interview, Alwyn shared how he navigated the intense public attention during and after the breakup, focusing on what he could control.
“I’ve tried just to focus on controlling what I can control,” he explained. “Friends, family, work — those are the things that are meaningful for me.”
While the noise outside his private life could be overwhelming, Alwyn said he took a simple approach to dealing with it: “Ignore it.”
“If you let all of that other stuff in, and it starts to affect you and your behavior, you’re living from the outside in,” he said. “And then you’re pretty f****.”*
Reflecting on His Relationship with Swift
Alwyn has previously opened up about the emotional toll of the breakup in a June 2024 interview with The Sunday Times Style, describing their time together as “long, loving, and fully committed.”
“I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathize and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving relationship of over six and a half years,” he said at the time. “That is a hard thing to navigate.”
Alwyn also expressed frustration with how quickly their private breakup became public.
“What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain,” he said. “So 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.”
Moving Forward
Since their split, Swift has confirmed her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, while Alwyn has remained largely out of the spotlight, focusing on his film career.
Heading into 2025, the actor expressed optimism about the future.
“I always feel optimistic at the top of a new year,” Alwyn said. “No, I feel great. I feel lucky to be in a good place.”
Still, he maintains that the narrative surrounding his relationship with Swift has long since run its course.
“It’s just in a different room now,” Alwyn said of that chapter of his life.
For fans still hanging on to the past, Alwyn’s message is simple: It’s time to move on.
