Glen Powell's ‘shattered' ex blasts actor, Sydney Sweeney over romance ‘PR scheme'
Glen Powell's ex-girlfriend was 'shattered' by manufactured romance rumours that swirled between the actor and his Anyone But You co-star Sydney Sweeney.
Gigi Paris reflected on her decision to end things with Powell after he and Sweeney were spotted looking flirty on the set of the 2023 romcom during the latest episode of the Too Much podcast.
'It was just, 'This is what I have to do for my job.' I had two options,' she said. '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**k?''
The model said her other option was to 'stand up for [herself].'
'[I could] say, 'No, I'm actually not OK with this, and I'm walking away,'' she continued. 'So that's what I decided to do.'
Glen Powell and Gigi Paris. Picture: glenpowell/Instagram
Paris, 32, recalled feeling 'shattered' when whispers of a romance between the Euphoria star, 27, and Powell, 36, hit the rumour mill.
'I just wanted respect, especially if it's gonna be public,' Paris said. 'Like, don't make an ass out of me. Like, just don't make a fool out of someone you've been with for over three years talking about forever with. Just have some decency, you know?'
Paris slammed Powell for deciding not to shut down the romance rumours.
'Where are you when you just need to stand up and say, 'No, I would never cheat on my girlfriend. I wouldn't do that.' That's all that needed to be said. And that wasn't said. Never once,' she recalled.
Paris claimed that Sweeney and Powell were leaning into the gossip because it was 'serving them for their PR' for their movie.
Powell and Sydney Sweeney had great chemistry in their rom com Anyone By You … Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty
… many wondered if it spilled over into real life.
'Later on, it turned out that it was all, I don't know if there was a relationship there or not, but then they came out to say it was all a PR scheme at the expense of our relationship. Like, it was just crazy,' she said.
While Paris acknowledged that 'work comes first' for Powell, it was too much for her and she felt that she had to 'walk away.'
'What sucked was how it was handled. I felt like I was just fed to the dogs,' she confessed.
Paris joked that she 'hoped that they'd end up together,' like the fans wanted.
'Because I was like, at least it would make it worth it for me, you know? I hope they are in love or whatnot,' she said.
Paris further claimed that Powell dumped her over the phone while he was on location in Australia for the movie.
'I got a phone call from him right when I was about to go to Australia to work — all this s**t was coming out on the Internet,' she remembered, referring to the rumours between Powell and Sweeney.
Paris and Powell at the 2023 Golden Globes. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty
Powell and Sweeney leaned into the romance rumours while promoting their film. Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
'And he called and said, 'The producers and I have discussed that I think it's best that you don't come to visit.' … And that's when I hung up. And I was like, 'This motherf**ker is done to me,'' she said.
Paris fell apart after their call, acknowledging that it was in that moment that she realised their relationship wouldn't make it.
'I thought we had hope, like, maybe when I got there that, like, things would maybe get better,' she said. 'But once I got that phone call, I just knew it was done. I had lost whoever that person was that I loved.'
Powell and Sweeney spurred rumours that they were an item after they were seen looking loved-up on set of the comedy in 2023.
Paris has revealed the moment when she decided of her then-boyfriend: 'This motherf**ker is done to me.'
At the time, Powell was dating Paris and Sweeney was engaged to Jonathan Davino.
However, a source confirmed to Page Six in April 2023 that Paris and Powell broke up weeks before rumours surfaced that he and Sweeney were romantically involved.
Paris had hinted at their breakup by unfollowing Powell and Sweeney on Instagram and posting a cryptic message in an Instagram caption, writing, 'Know your worth & onto the next.'
Sweeney's relationship also crumbled after her sizzling moments with Powell took the internet by storm, with her and Davino breaking up in March after nearly seven years together.
This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.
Originally published as Glen Powell's 'shattered' ex blasts actor, Sydney Sweeney over romance 'PR scheme'
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