What did Joe Alwyn say about Taylor Swift?

A year and a milestone album since Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift’s breakup last April, the actor has finally spoken about the fallout from their relationship. Although Alwyn has generally kept a low profile compared to his ex’s omnipresence in the entertainment industry, he seems to be doing just fine – landing a role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ film. Kinds of Kindness and appearing relatively well-groomed in Cannes in a tuxedo. But speaking to Sunday time this week, the original tortured man dodged the question of whether he listened to Swift’s speech. The Department of Tortured Poets (some of which is said to have been written about Alwyn), rather implying that the real torture was seeing his six-and-a-half-year relationship shattered in the public eye.

“I hope everyone can empathize and understand the difficulties that come at the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years. It’s a difficult thing to deal with,” Alwyn told the outlet. “What is unusual and abnormal about this situation is that a week later it suddenly comes into the public domain and the outside world can intervene.”

In addition to the general furor over the rift between fans and the tabloids, Alwyn has also faced increased scrutiny since Swift’s announcement. TTP in February at the Grammys. The album’s name is believed to refer to a group chat that Alwyn shares with Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal called The Tortured Man Club, and several songs on the album, such as “So Long London”, openly reference the British. Add that to the mania of Swift’s new relationship with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, and you have a recipe for an overexposed, stressed-out man at the mercy of Swiftie’s super sleuths. “It’s never been something to be commodified, and I don’t see any reason to change that now,” Alwyn noted of his relationship. “Look, it’s also been a little over a year now, and I feel lucky to be in a really good place in my life – professionally and personally. I feel really good.

And with that, it seems like it’s high time to let Joe Alwyn protect his peace, once and for all. Go ahead, Joe.