Joe Alwyn Breaks Silence on Taylor Swift Breakup, TTPD

Joe Alwyn finally addressed her breakup with Taylor Swift – and rumors that several songs on The Department of Tortured Poets were inspired by the split.

“Thinking about what I was going to say, I think and hope that everyone can empathize… This is not a direct answer to your question, but I’m just thinking about what I want to talk about “, Alwyn, 33, says Sunday time in a profile posted Saturday, June 15, when asked if he was listening to Swift’s new album. “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.”

He continued: “It’s a difficult thing to deal with. 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.”

Alwyn and Swift, 34, dated for six years between 2016 and early 2023. Us every week confirmed in April 2023 that the couple had ended their relationship at the start of the Swift series. Tour of the eras. Fans believe the pop star detailed the breakup on TTPwhich fell in April.

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“So you have something very real suddenly thrown into a very unreal space: the tabloids, social media, the press, where it is then dissected, speculated, distorted beyond recognition,” Alwyn told the British outlet. “And the truth is that, on this last point, there will always be a gap between what is known and what is said. I’ve made peace with that.

He added: “As everyone knows, we decided together – both of us, mutually – to keep the most private details of our relationship private. This has never been something to be commodified and I see no reason to change that now. »

Swift – who is currently dating the NFL star Travis Kelce – and Alwyn have each evolved since then.

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“It’s also been a little over a year now and I feel lucky to be in a really great place in my life, professionally and personally. I feel really good,” Alwyn said. “Well, like I said, there will always be a gap between what is known and what is said.”

THE Kinds of Kindness The star, however, refused to comment on whether he was still in contact with Swift or had started dating again.

“I’m sure you’ll understand, given the level of noise and attention paid to my past relationship, why I wouldn’t want to open the door to things like that now,” he said. “I try to live in reality and away from the kind of online noise of Twitter – or wherever it comes from – and I try to stay in the moment.”