Leo Woodall breaks his silence over girlfriend Meghann Fahy, calling their relationship âa safe spaceâ
TV's most in-demand trans-Atlantic couple have appeared keen to keep their partnership as private as possible
Leo Woodall and Meghann Fahy have been notoriously private about their relationship over the years; and now, the One Day actor has opened up about their romance
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They're one of TV's golden couples right now â and it looks as if Leo Woodall and Meghann Fahy are still going strong. The White Lotus co-stars, who have been dating for just over two years, have never spoken about their relationship before (although they have posted a fair few sweet couple selfies on Instagram). Now, however, Woodall has finally broken his silence on the matter, to emphasise just how important it is to him to keep his personal life under wraps.
âTo me, thatâs the only way,â he said in a candid interview with ELLE magazine. âYou see public relationships all the time slapped all over social media, and I can't imagine that's any fun.â He added that he and Fahy were âgood at keeping [their relationship] as private as we canâ and explained that a partnership âshould be a safe space, and so I think letting people into it is completely counterproductiveâ.
Woodall and Fahy, who have been dating since 2022, hug at the HBO & Max Post Emmys Reception in Hollywood in January 2024
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Woodall and Fahy first sparked romance rumours in September 2022, when Woodall shared polaroid snaps of himself and Fahy from their time on the set of White Lotus in Sicily. âThatâs amoreâ, Woodall captioned his social media post, which included one photograph of him leaning over and putting his finger in Fahyâs mouth. In another, Fahy rested her head on his shoulder. âI love you! I love these! I love you!â Fahy wrote in the comments section, while Woodall replied: âLove you right backâ. Months of speculation about a potential romance followed, but the pair didn't confirm their relationship until November 2023, when they were spotted kissing in New York.
The couple often post sweet selfies on Instagram, that document their travels from the Maldives to Vienna
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Fahy officially announced that she was dating Woodall in February 2024, by posting a charming picture on Instagram of the duo walking around Boston. Leo quipped âWho is he?!â under the photo â a comment that fans went wild for, of course. Since then, the couple have been relatively open about their relationship, frequently posting loved-up shots on Instagram â such as of a getaway to Vienna, and throwbacks to their time together on White Lotus.
The couple kicked 2025 off with a romantic mini-break to the Maldives, which Fahy documented on Instagram via a series of sweet photographs of the pair having fun in the sun. The carousel â captioned âJust cutting for the last day Larry David says you can say happy new year!!â â included several swimsuit selfies of Fahy, pictures of her relaxing on a boat, and a shot of the actors' shadows, silhouetted on the sandy beach as they kissed. In a move which delighted fans, who have long been desperate to catch a glimpse of the duo together, the actress tagged her beau in the post. They appeared to be staying at the One&Only Reethi Rah resort, which occupies its own island and boasts 12 beaches, a dive centre and a private butler for every villa. No wonder it's a hotspot of choice for celebrities, from David Beckham and Tom Cruise, to Milla Jovovich and Idris Elba.
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Woodall and Fahy are both at the top of their game career-wise, with Fahy winning plaudits for her star turn in The Perfect Couple and Woodall reaching new levels of fame following his role as dashing Dexter Mayhew in the new remake of One Day. This Valentine's Day, he will return to the screen as Bridget Jones' younger love interest in Mad About The Boy. But Woodall is far from the first Hollywood star in his family â in fact, he's a descendant of famed American actress Maxine Elliott, who was also known as âLittle Jessieâ or Jessie Dermott. Immensely popular, Elliot managed her own theatre, experimented with silent films in the 1910s, and was rumoured to have conducted scandalous dalliances with King Edward VII and financier J.P. Morgan.
Leo Woodall is well aware of his famous connection, and has made reference to his acting pedigree in interviews. âI have a great, great, great, great grandmother named Maxine Elliott and she had her own theatre off-Broadway in New York,â Woodall told W Magazine last year. It seems only a matter of time before both Woodall and Fahy's careers hit the true big time â and after all, success is always best when it's sharedâ¦