Sydney Sweeney is now blaming the press for starting romance rumors about her and 'Anyone but You' costar Glen Powell. Her story keeps changing.
- - Sydney Sweeney is now blaming the press for starting romance rumors about her and 'Anyone but You' costar Glen Powell. Her story keeps changing.
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Sydney Sweeney is speaking out about the romance rumors that swirled around her and Glen Powell during promotion for their romantic comedy Anyone But You. But now she's denying that she and her costar did anything to suggest that there was a budding relationship between them.
In an interview with Variety, the Christy star was asked about the 2023 press tour, which dominated the entertainment news cycle due to what many believed was electric chemistry between Sweeney and Powell. The costars, who were both dating other people at the time, never confirmed there was any real romance — but didn't flatly deny it either. They even played into the jokes about their alleged "showmance" in April 2024, when Powell made an appearance with Sweeney during her Saturday Night Live hosting debut.
Now Sweeney has told Variety that the press "did it themselves" when it came to crafting a story around her and Powell's alleged romance. "There was no leaning in, per se," the Euphoria actress told Variety this week. "Truly the tabloids and journalists just created it and kept going. Even if we were just standing next to each other, it was 'They're standing two inches apart!'"
She added that she and Powell, who have been spotted hanging out together as friends after the press tour, "genuinely care for each other" and have "love and respect" for one another. "I love being with him," Sweeney said. "And I think people just truly saw a really beautiful pairing."
Sweeney's recent comments, however, have raised eyebrows, as they seem to contradict what she and Powell have previously said about leaning into the romance narrative for marketing purposes.
What Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney have previously said about the romance rumors
In an April 2024 interview with the New York Times, Powell gave Sweeney, who was also an executive producer on Anyone But You, credit for playing up their "effortless chemistry" in order to sell the romantic comedy. The film became a surprise hit, grossing more than $100 million at the box office — a rarity for the genre in recent years.
"That's people wanting what's on the screen off the screen, and sometimes you just have to lean into it a bit — and it worked wonderfully," Powell said. "Sydney is very smart."
In the same article, Sweeney seemingly took credit for the marketing behind the film, telling the paper that she was on every call and in text group chats regarding how to reach the movie's target audiences. "I was probably keeping everybody over at Sony marketing and distribution awake at night because I couldn't stop with ideas," she said. "I wanted to make sure that we were actively having a conversation with the audience as we were promoting this film, because at the end of the day, they're the ones who created the entire narrative."
In August 2023, several months prior to the film's release that December, Sweeney spoke to Variety about the rumors surrounding her and Powell on the Australian set of the film. "It's a rom-com," she said at the time. "That's what people want! Glen and I don't really care. We have so much fun together, and we respect each other so much; he's such a hard worker, and I'm a hard worker. We're excited for the press tour, and I literally just left ADR with him. We talk all the time like, 'That's really funny.'"
However, she also suggested that the two were leaning into the romance narrative to please fans. "They want it," Sweeney said. "It's fun to give it to 'em."
What other people have said about their on-and-off screen chemistry
One person, however, who was not happy about this alleged romance was Powell's then-girlfriend Gigi Paris. Powell and Paris dated for three years before the two broke up in April 2023, as rumors of an on-set romance between Powell and Sweeney heated up. In June, the model appeared on Emma Klipstein's Too Much podcast, where she said that the dissolution of her relationship with Powell came about in part due to how he handled rumors of a romance with Sweeney while he was filming the movie.
"It was just, this is what I have to do for my job," Paris said Powell told her. "I had two options. I could either pretend like I was going along with everything and have everyone wonder, like, 'Are they hooking up? Are they not hooking up? Is she OK with this? What the f***?' Or stand up for myself and say, 'No, I'm actually not OK with this, and I'm walking away.' So that's what I decided to do."
In a September 2025 interview with GQ, Powell addressed Paris's comments, telling the magazine, "I will always have nothing but love for her and respect for her. Everybody's always going to have their own narrative on things and all that. And she's welcome to it."
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