TAYLOR Swift's ex Joe Alwyn has broken his silence on their split and said the very public break-up was 'hard'. The 33-year-old British actor was in a relationship with the American superstar for six years before they split in April 2023 . While Taylor has since moved on to a new relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce, Joe has remained tight-lipped on whether he was dating anyone.
In an interview with The Sunday Times Style , Joe opened up about his split from Taylor for the first time. When asked if he had listened to her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department - which Taylor's fans believe was inspired by their split - he said: "In thinking on what I was going to say, I would think and hope that anyone and everyone can empathise..
. "This isn’t a direct answer to your question, but just thinking about what I want to talk about. “I would hope that anyone and everyone can empathise and understand the difficulties that come with the end of a long, loving, fully committed relationship of over six and a half years.
That is a hard thing to navigate." He continued: "What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in. “So you have something very real suddenly thrown into a very unreal space: tabloids, social media, press, where it is then dissected, speculated on, pulled out of shape beyond recognition.
"And the truth is, to that last point, there is always going to be a .
