Hollywood is filled with high-profile romances, but plenty of celebs keep their relationships underwraps for years or even decades.
Here are 17 celeb couples who didn’t confirm they dated until years later:
For context, when Chappell Roan was still performing under the name Kayleigh Rose, both Troye and Connor tweeted about her music. Screenshots of their old tweets and a picture of the two meeting Chappell resurfaced and went viral during her 2024 Coachella set.
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In her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, Britney Spears revealed she had a short fling with Colin Farrell in 2003, following her breakup with Justin Timberlake.
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On a 2013 episode of The Talk, Sharon Osbourne shared that she had a brief fling with Jay Leno in 1978, before she started dating Ozzy Osbourne. She said that, after watching Jay perform at a club where her friend worked, she and her friend prank called him. He liked her voice, so she kept calling him.
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In his 2023 memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page revealed that he dated costar Kate Mara while filming 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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During a 2023 appearance on the Hey Dude… The 90s Called! podcast, Melissa Joan Hart shared that she “had a little thing” with Ryan Reynolds who played her love interest in the 1996 movie Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Previously, in 2014, she told Beyond Candid with Giuliana that the two kissed on the last day of shooting.
Then, in 2023, Michael told Rolling Stone, “Well, we were driving through Vegas, and we almost just spontaneously took a detour and got married.”
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Costars Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Hutcherson briefly dated while filming Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in late 2010. However, they didn’t publicly acknowledge their relationship until a (low-key awkward) joint interview on Australia’s Today in 2012.
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During a 2013 appearance on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, Barry Williams confirmed decadeslong speculation that he dated Maureen McCormick, who played his sister on The Brady Bunch.
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On Oprah: Where Are They Now?, Barry Williams also revealed that he kissed Florence Henderson, who played his mother on The Brady Bunch.
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In 2018, Carrie Ann Inaba told The Talk that she dated John Stamos in the early ’90s. She said, “We did date. When I was a Fly Girl [on In Living Color], the dreamiest thing happened. Somebody was like, ‘Somebody wants to meet you across the room.’ The room parted, and on the other side of the room was John Stamos.”
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In 2017, Nicole Kidman casually revealed she was previously engaged to Lenny Kravitz, her Big Little Lies costar Zoë Kravitz’s dad. She told Net-A-Porter, “Well, I knew Zoë because I was engaged to her father.”
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In 2009, Lucas Till told Atlanta’s Star 94FM that he had a two-month relationship with his costar Miley Cyrus while filming Hannah Montana: The Movie the year prior.
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During his 2014 one-person stage show Lovesick, Justin Guarini reportedly confirmed speculation that he dated his fellow American Idol Season 1 contestant Kelly Clarkson, specifying their relationship began on the set of their 2003 movie From Justin to Kelly.
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On 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s 2020 track “Mr. Right Now,” Drake, who’s featured, rapped, “I used to date SZA back in ’08.” On Twitter, SZA clarified, “So It was actually 2009 lol.”
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And finally, in 2016, Carrie Fisher told People that she and her costar Harrison Ford had a three-month affair on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in 1976.