Andrew Garfield Questions If On-Set Romances Can Actually Work

Andrew Garfield has some thoughts on dating in Hollywood after years of high-profile relationships.

The actor, 41, appeared on Amelia Dimoldenberg’s viral Chicken Shop Date interview series on Friday, October 18, during which he questioned the host whether she thinks she could actually find “the one” for her on the show.

“Yeah. Do you not?” she replied, adding, “But isn’t it just like meeting someone at work, except I’ve made [my work] into a date?”

Dimoldenberg, 30, turned the tables on Garfield by bringing up his workplace, a.k.a. the entertainment industry. “Yeah, exactly. And how many of those relationships work out?” he asked.

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Dimoldenberg urged Garfield to tell her the answer, to which he responded, “I mean, it’s, like, flash in the pan stuff, usually.”

Throughout his career, Garfield has been romantically connected to several famous faces, from actresses such as Shannon Woodward, Susie Abromeit and Aisling Bea, to singer Rita Ora and model Alyssa Miller. One of his most prominent public relationships was with Emma Stone, whom he met playing love interests in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man.

Us Weekly confirmed the costars were officially dating in 2011, and the pair went on to star in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The following year, Garfield and Stone, 35, briefly reunited after taking a break from their romance before calling it quits for good in October 2015.

Despite going their separate ways, the two have remained friends and have spoken highly of each other in public. “We care about each other so much, and that’s a given, that’s kind of this unconditional thing,” Garfield told Vanity Fair in January 2017. “There’s so much love between us and so much respect [. . .] I’m her biggest fan as an artist. So for me, it’s been bliss to be able to watch her success and watch her bloom into the actress that she is.”

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In January 2022, Garfield revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that Stone kept questioning him about whether he would appear in the Tom Holland Spider-Man film No Way Home, which he denied. After she saw the 2021 film, Garfield said his ex jokingly called him a “jerk.”

Garfield’s Chicken Shop Date interview comes less than one week after his ex-girlfriend Dr. Kate Tomas revealed via Instagram that they had broken up “months ago.” During the interview, he and Dimoldenberg played into romance speculation after fans have gushed about their chemistry on red carpets over the past few years.

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“I think that there’s something going on,” she asked the Oscar nominee, who replied with a question of his own. “Do you actually think that, or is this for the [cameras]? If this wasn’t here, do you think we’d actually go on a date? Do you think this is f—ed up, the fact that we could have actually gone on a date at some point? Maybe,” he stated. “Take out all the practicalities and the logic. I actually believe, maybe, we could have without all of this.”

Later in their conversation, Garfield said he thinks the two of them would “have a really nice time” hanging out together off-camera. “I think we’d just enjoy each other’s company.” Dimoldenberg, however, shut things down by declaring, “I think we should be friends.”

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After expressing regret for friend-zoning Garfield, the host admitted that she doesn’t know what she’s looking for when it comes to a relationship. Garfield wrapped up the discussion by making a proposition.

“I feel like this is, like, should be a practice round,” he stated. “I feel we should do it again, actually, and better. This should just be, like, a rehearsal.”