THE MARVELS star Zawe Ashton has set the record straight amid rumours she’s secretly married long-time love Tom Hiddleston.
The famous couple have largely kept their relationship out of the public eye, going public for the first time in 2021 after a rumoured two years of dating.
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It’s known the pair got engaged in 2022, the same year they welcomed their first child together – and it was confirmed earlier this year they were expecting their second.
When the announcement noted Tom as Zawe’s “husband”, rumours started circulating that they had secretly tied the knot.
This week, Zawe joined longtime pal Miquita Oliver on her Miss Me? podcast, clearing up the speculation – and revealing even family members had believed it, sending her upsetting messages in the process after “not being invited”.
She told Miquita: “We’ve been engaged for a long time. There are … I think there have been publications that have named us husband and wife already.”
“Those text messages were very … there’s some toxic paragraphs that were thrown my way!,” she added.
“Like ‘uh, okay, no invite? Whatever.” It’s like, no, no, no. It didn’t happen! We didn’t do it in secret. We haven’t eloped.”
Despite the pair not making it official, Zawe did note that the pair do call each other husband and wife, which may have been where the confusion came from.
She added: “It’s just a semantics thing. I think at some point you’re like ‘girlfriend, boyfriend’ … with a kid and another one on the way? Does that feel right?”
Zawe – who first shot to fame on Channel 4 sitcom Fresh Meat in the early 2000s – added that for some reason it “p***ed off married couples” that they call each other husband and wife without actually getting married.
Tom and Zawe have been running in similar social circles throughout their career, and were first photographed at a friendly event in 2018 celebrating the career of Harold Pinter.
Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton discuss their roles in hit Harold Pinter play Betrayal
Shortly after, the pair were cast alongside each other in a play by the same famed playwright, Betrayal, portraying husband and wife Robert and Emma.
After a West End run in 2019, the show was transferred to Broadway, with the pair reprising their roles – during that time, it was noted they had got close.
They finally went public with their first official outing as a couple at the Tony Awards in 2021.
Since then, Zawe joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Marvels’ villain Dar-Benn.
Tom famously plays Loki within the same film world, though their characters have never crossed on screen.
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