Jonathan Bailey made hearts beat faster as the handsome bachelor Anthony Bridgerton in Netflix’s popular historical drama Bridgertonbut who is he dating in real life?

The Oxfordshire-born actor was a regular on both stage and screen in his native England, including in TV series such as the ITV crime drama Broadkerk and the Channel 4 comedy Crashingand in stage shows such as the West End revival of Companywhich won him a Laurence Olivier Award in 2019, before gaining worldwide fame as the leading man of Bridgerton‘s second season in 2022.

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Since then he has had a packed schedule: the openly gay actor played the leading role opposite him Matt Bomer in the Showtime adaptation of Fellow travelers in 2023, he won the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for his performance. Bailey can currently be seen on the big screen as Fiyero in the first part of the diptych Bad film and he will play the next leading role Rebirth of the Jurassic Worldin theaters in July 2025.

But what about his personal life? Here’s everything we know about Jonathan Bailey’s current relationship status and dating history.

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Who is Jonathan Bailey dating now?

For those who are in love with the Bad actor, unfortunately, he was taken. Bailey confirmed his relationship status in an interview with the Oriental standardcalled his partner a “nice man,” though he declined to name the person. About the romance, the actor said: “It’s not secret, but it’s private… Having a private life is completely crucial for me. I don’t know if I would be as confident in speaking out about other things if I felt like my whole life was up for grabs.

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Who else is Jonathan Bailey dating?

It was rumored that the 36-year-old Brit was in a relationship with a fellow actor James Ellis from 2019 to 2022. Although neither has ever publicly confirmed the romance, the BridgertoN star attended the 2019 Olivier Awards with Ellis and shared a celebratory hug with the man as he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Company.

Other than that, Bailey has been pretty private when it comes to his, well, private life. Although he is proudly gay, the artist has previously described the fears he felt about revealing his sexuality when he first broke out in Hollywood. In an interview with GQhe recalled hearing the following advice secondhand from an actor: “At the time, he was told, ‘There are two things we don’t want to know: whether you’re an alcoholic or a homosexual,'” Bailey said. said.

“All it takes is for one of those people in that position of power to say that, and it will sink in,” he continued. “So yeah, of course I thought that. Of course I thought that to be happy I had to be straight.”

Luckily, he eventually got past those fears and decided to live his life truthfully, Hollywood be damned. “I reached a point where I was like, ‘F**k this.’ I would much rather hold my boyfriend’s hand in public or put my own face picture on Tinder and not worry about it so much than get a role,” Bailey told the outlet.

Have Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer ever dated?

Jonathan Bailey and costar Matt Bomer showed off their glowing chemistry together on Showtime’s Fellow travelers, but that steamy, dreamy connection was all for the sake of the TV. They’re just good friends. Bomer, who was married to his publicist husband Simon Hallsince 2011 and with whom he shares three children PEOPLE magazine that he and his film partner “bonded for life” after filming. Fellow travelers (and the copious love scenes) together. “It’s a very sacred friendship for me,” he said. “I love Jonathan.”

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