--- title: Taylor Swift: Tom Hiddleston Says Romance Is Not a Stunt description: Tom Hiddleston received his first Emmy nomination Thursday, but many were still focused on his budding romance with Taylor Swift. canonical: https://time.com/4407101/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-not-publicity-stunt/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-14T22:11:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:25.822Z og:title: Tom Hiddleston Wants to Put Those Taylor Swift Rumors to Rest og:description: "It's not a publicity stunt" og:url: https://time.com/4407101/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-not-publicity-stunt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dbb5e720fdeda4b/69889c06cd1bbab88c7017c6/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Tom Hiddleston And Taylor Swift Sighting In Broadbeach og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hiddleston Wants to Put Those Taylor Swift Rumors to Rest twitter:description: "It's not a publicity stunt" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dbb5e720fdeda4b/69889c06cd1bbab88c7017c6/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hiddleston Wants to Put Those Taylor Swift Rumors to Rest > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 14, 2016 10:11 PM UTC  Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift leave restaurant 'Gemelli Italian' in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift leave restaurant 'Gemelli Italian' in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Jerad Williams/Newspix/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 14, 2016 10:11 PM UTC [Tom Hiddleston](http://time.com/4371279/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-spotted/) received his first [Emmy nomination](http://time.com/4405991/emmy-nominations-2016/) Thursday for his role as Jonathan Pine on _The Night Manager_, but for many, the most interesting aspect of the 35-year-old actor’s life remained his [budding romance](http://time.com/4384106/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-photos-beach/) with [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4404620/taylor-swift-wrote-this-is-what-you-came-for-calvin-harris-rihanna/). In an interview with [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hiddleston-talks-emmy-nomination-911178) following the award nod, he was asked about the nature of his relationship with the _1989_ artist—which many have speculated has been [anything but genuine](http://motto.time.com/4393288/twitter-hiddelswift-theories/) since the pair were first spotted together in June. However, Hiddleston had some news for the skeptics out there. “Well, um. How best to put this?” he said. “That notion is—look, the truth is that Taylor Swift and I are together, and we’re very happy. Thanks for asking. That’s the truth. It’s not a publicity stunt.” So there you have it, folks, straight from the horse’s mouth. 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