--- title: Tom Hiddleston: Actor Says Everything He Does Is 'Authentic' description: Tom Hiddleston was at Comic-Con promoting Kong: Skull Island this weekend, but that didn't stop press from asking him about Taylor Swift. canonical: https://time.com/4421750/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-authentic/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-25T16:17:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:45.181Z og:title: Tom Hiddleston Says It's All About Being ‘Authentic’ og:description: "It doesn't matter what anyone else says about it" og:url: https://time.com/4421750/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-authentic/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861724385bbd8275/69889f110a4a2216449ca9a6/hiddleswift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hiddleswift og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hiddleston Says It's All About Being ‘Authentic’ twitter:description: "It doesn't matter what anyone else says about it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt861724385bbd8275/69889f110a4a2216449ca9a6/hiddleswift.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Taylor Swift's Significant Other Tom Hiddleston Says It's All About Being ‘Authentic’  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 25, 2016 4:17 PM UTC  Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, New South Wales. Actor Tom Hiddleston and singer Taylor Swift arrive at Sydney International Airport in Sydney, New South Wales.Cameron Richardson/Newspix/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 25, 2016 4:17 PM UTC [Tom Hiddleston](http://time.com/4394697/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-july-4th/) was at San Diego Comic-Con promoting his upcoming film [_Kong: Skull Island_](http://time.com/4420617/kong-skull-island-trailer-tom-hiddleston/)this weekend, but that didn’t stop the press from asking about his romance with [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/). The 35-year-old actor has found himself bombarded with questions about his love life since first being spotted [cozying up with the _1989_ artist](http://time.com/4371279/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-spotted/) in June — a focus that is new for him. After recently declaring that he and Tay are “[not a publicity stunt](http://time.com/4407101/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-relationship-not-publicity-stunt/),” Hiddleston discussed being in the public eye. “I don’t know, it comes down to being authentic,” he told [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/tom-hiddleston-taylor-swift-interview-comic-con). “Everything you do you have to make sure you truly believe in it, and as long as you know that, it doesn’t matter what anyone else says about it because the nature of being a public figure is that everyone will have an opinion about anything you do, and as long as you know why you’ve done something and you’ve committed to it with authenticity, then you’re okay.” So [Hiddleswift naysayers](http://motto.time.com/4393288/twitter-hiddelswift-theories/), are you convinced yet? 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