Relationships Talk

SAOIRSE Ronan has seen her on-screen love life spill over into reality, as she is reportedly dating Jack Lowden.

The pair play lovers her new film, Mary Queen of Scots, with Saoirse in the title role, and the Scottish actor as Lord Darnley.

Saoirse Ronan with co-star Jack Lowden

She was previously linked to Jack’s brother, Calum, who is a ballet dancer.

But now it has been reported it was actually the Dunkirk star who she has been in a relationship with after they were spotted cosying up at the after-party in Tavern on the Green in New York on Tuesday.

A source told Page Six that even their fellow co-stars had no idea they were together until that night.

“We don’t know when they got together, we only found out on Tuesday night when they rolled up together – but they seem very happy and sweet.

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Jack Lowden as Lord Darnley and Saoirse Ronan as Mary Stuart

“Jack was following her all over. He even followed her to the bathroom and was waiting outside for her. They were very close.”

Before they started working together, Jack said: “She’s lovely. I can’t wait for that it’s going to be fun.”

He has even met her mother Monica, who was also at the party.

The film is being released in the US before it opens in Ireland next year.

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Irish actress Saoirse Ronan

It stars Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth I and the cousins clash after Mary makes a bid for the crown.

But Saoirse dismissed any idea that there was “drama” between the two leading ladies.

“Men say that it can be too much drama to have actresses working together. That’s bollocks! I’m doing “Little Women” with Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen, and we love being together. And the way we are, it’s not the perception people have of a girl: We’re filthy, not prim and proper.”

The 24-year-old is now the toast of Hollywood after her third Oscar nomination earlier this year for Lady Bird.

But she said there was a time when she was being offered the same thing over and over again.

“I definitely felt that when I was in my teens, because there was nothing like “Lady Bird” around where the movie was just about a girl’s experience. I got to play that as a kid, and I didn’t see why that had to change when I was in my teens, because those years were even more turbulent and interesting. The fact that nobody seemed to want to document that was confusing to me.”

And she told the New York Times one piece of advice stuck out: “The best piece of advice I got on this was from John Crowley, who directed “Brooklyn.” He said, “Don’t ever do something because you should do it, only do it because you want to do it.”

I’m hyperventilating and all I want to do is type question marks over and over again unto infinity, but I have Important News to share: Judging by a very subtle cameo in a video posted by sports website Bleacher Report to Twitter—a video that was intended solely for sports-related purposes, might I add—Bibiana Julian and Peter Kraus from The Bachelor, and The Bachelorette, respectively, might be A Thing. I repeat: Bibiana and Peter might be A Thing.

You’ll remember Bibiana and Peter as two of Bachelor Nation’s most beloved stars. Peter, for being one-half of one of the most painful breakups ever seen on The Bachelor (and we’re probably into the thousands at this point), and Bibiana, for being a mainstay on Arie’s season of The Bachelor, last winter’s Bachelor: Winter Games, and this summer’s edition of Bachelor in Paradise. In spite of the extensive time she spent on all of those seasons, Bibiana never found love, and now I know why—she was waiting for Peter Kraus, because, on some level, aren’t we all waiting for Peter Kraus?

The evidence: This 19-second video of, I don’t know, something with basketball, which is not particularly interesting to me until about 15 seconds in, when the camera pans to…a basketball player, I don’t know, and to the left you can clearly see two people that look a lot like Bibiana (!) and Peter (!!), and maybe-probably-definitely Peter might have his hand on her knee and oh my God oh my God oh my God!

Last time we checked in with Peter (and I do mean literally checked in, we spoke to him personally last month, it will be in the highlight reel of my life), he suggested he might still be single. From Amanda Mitchell’s interview with him for MarieClaire.com:

To anyone who’s still holding onto hope he might be the show’s lead, or anyone who felt disappointed that The Bachelor isn’t who they wanted, Kraus has some advice: “I’m still a person that’s out in the real world. Like if they want to say, ‘Hi,’ say, ‘Hi’. Come to my bootcamps. Meet me in person, and then get to know me. “

Hear that? His DMs may be closed to becoming The Bachelor, but they might be wide open for you. You never know.

Although…with the benefit of hindsight, this also could read like hedging. Peter! I see what you were doing there, you sneaky devil!

Anyway, here’s another screenshot of the two of them, and also a basketball player.

Ringer reporter Rodger Sherman first pointed out Bibiana and Peter’s cameo on Wednesday:

Okay. Okay. Deep breaths. Deep breaths, Jenny. If you need me, I’ll be watching this footage on loop and tearing up a little.

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Where Are They Now: The Couples of Bachelor Nation

LIFE coach, television presenter and author Anna Williamson, 37 has replaced Nadia Essex on E4’s reality show Celebs Go Dating.

Anna exclusively tells The Sun Online that she’s already filming the show and is expecting drama between feuding exes Megan McKenna and Pete Wicks, who have both joined the agency this series.

Pete and Megan were known for their bickering whilst in a relationship on TOWIE

“They’re both looking for new love. It’s Megan and Pete, so who knows what is going to go down!” says Anna.

“They have an enormous past between the two of them, so will sparks fly? Who knows?”

Megan, 26 and Pete, 30 were known for their explosive on-off relationship had a bitter split on camera whilst filming for TOWIE back in 2017.

And Anna says TOWIE star Pete was the celebrity that intrigued her the most before she started filming.

Anna says that everyone has been overwhelmingly welcoming

“I’m still trying to figure him out, I think we need to do a lot of work with Pete, but I am very hopeful that we can perhaps direct him in a different direction.”

The E4 show’s line-up was announced earlier this month and also include MIC star Sam Thompson, 26, Kerry Katona, 38, David Potts, 25, Georgia Steel, 20 and Chelsee Healey, 30.

And Anna told the Sun Online that the stars have, surprisingly, been hit with nerves.

“Let’s just say that it has been surprising how high the nerves have been,” she says.

The Celebs Go Dating line-up includes a mix of reality TV show stars

“I think our line-up is quite known for being quite out there, quite confident, but I think viewers are going to be quite surprised by how much the nerve bug has bitten our celebrities.”

After recently being found using a dating app whilst filming, the new love guru wants to see what she can do with Sam,  and has said that they need to work on their ‘little Sam’s’ self-confidence.

“Sam has come on the show before and shows real bravery and balls for the fact that he wants to give it another try.”

Anna is confident they are going to get twice divorced Kerry, who is “one of the most exciting clients”, in a positive place, “not only with herself, but also her relationship status going forward.”

David, who is most known for his role on the Weekender series on ITV, is a huge character, but Anna believes that the nature of his job “shouldn’t be an obstacle” for finding love.

She told The Sun Online “It’s just working with David to get romance to work with his work life.”

Anna wants to “shake off this loyal tag” that has been attached to Georgia after her appearance on Love Island earlier this year. Anna and Georgia actually know each other after meeting years ago whilst filming for Nickelodeon and Anna is looking forward to changing the direction in the way that Georgia finds love.

“I’m really hoping that she is going to take on board Paul’s and mines advice, and that we find her somebody that she can really enjoy being with.”

Actress Chelsee, who is best known for her roles on Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks “is a wonderful girl, who is a busy mum, and she works, and has as much opportunity to find love as anybody else.” Anna believes that we shouldn’t be defined by our children or our break-ups.

When asked about Olivia Attwood’s boozy antics from the previous series, which resulted in un-lady like behaviour such as belching at the dinner table, downing drinks and forcing her date to strip down to his trousers, Anna says she hasn’t banned booze.

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Olivia wasn’t afraid to let loose whilst on her dates

“I wouldn’t ban anyone from doing anything, I would advise, and on a case by case basis, look and see if necking the booze was in any way causing an issue or obstacle for their dating experience,” she says.

“If I felt it was appropriate to perhaps, tame the boozing, I wouldn’t be afraid in telling them that’s how I felt.”

She went on to say how she would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in the dating agency when Love Island’s Muggy Mike was on the show, as well as TOWIE star Gemma Collins.

“They would have been quite fun to have handled, but this series is shaping up to be a really stellar line up as well.”

Anna will be replacing Nadia Essex, who previously told the Sun Online that she felt suicidal after being exposed as a Twitter troll, which then resulted in her leaving the show half way through the series.

“It’s never an easy thing to come into an existing show, particularly one where I am hugely respectful and an enormous fan.”

Anna has high praises for Nadia and said “I think that Nadia is incredible. I am and have been one of the viewers that have been an enormous fan of hers.

“So coming into a show where it is well established, and someone is so well liked, is always going to be a tough place to start from. However, I come at it with fresh eyes, fresh credentials, fresh enthusiasm, and I’m really hoping that viewers will get behind me and like what I bring to the show.”

It was right fit, right show for Anna joining the cast

After the nation saw Olivia Attwood and Sam Craske get together on the latest series of Celebs Go Dating, anything can happen on the show.

“It is not anything we promote, or that we actively encourage, but you know what love is love, lust is lust, if it happens we will navigate as it comes to us.”

Celebs Go Dating airs in February 2019.

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While most of us may be knee-deep in the glorious cesspool that is Tinder and other dating apps, some folks are going above and beyond to find a companion they can spend the rest of their lives with until they clock out. One of those people according to a report? Jennifer Aniston.

It will soon be a year since Jennifer and Justin Theroux officially divorced, but that won’t stop Jennifer from looking elsewhere for love. While Justin has been linked to many ladies, there hasn’t been many dating rumors on Jen’s side of things. Well, that apparently is about to change. A source tells Grazia that Jennifer has reached out to LA dating coach Julie Fernman in hopes of reeling in a man who is completely okay dealing with an attractive, super wealthy, and famous woman. “A friend suggested she seek the advice of a professional to help her in the dating game,” an LA source says, adding, “after her split from Justin she vowed to remain single, but now she hoping that with Julie’s help, she ‘ll be able to move forward.”

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Another LA source adds, “As well as seeking professional advice, Jen is relying on her friends to set her up on dates.” As far as what Julie offers, well she was more than happy to tell the outlet exactly what a paying customer will get. “My programs range in price but my top program for VIP clients costs $10,000, where we work together closely for six months,” Julie says. “It includes coaching, guidance and personal introductions with the end goal resulting in my client meeting their perfect match. Right now, I’ve had 1,202 clients who have met the one. I’ve worked with many high-profile people who come to me because they’re so well-known and can’t put themselves out there online.”

So if you have $10,000 lying around and you’re super lonely, Julie can help you too! But even if Jennifer can’t reel herself in a lover, she is still reportedly setting up a holiday getaway with all her pals. So at least we all can take solace in that.