Hayley Atwell Breaks Silence On Tom Cruise Dating Rumors During ‘Mission: Impossible’ Interview

Hayley Atwell, 41, yet addressed the rumors that she’s dating Tom Cruise, 61. After the 2 actors were romantically linked erstwhile they were filming Mission: Impossible 7 in 2020, Hayley acceptable the grounds consecutive astir their narration successful a July 8 interrogation with The Independent. Hayley confirmed they aren’t dating and said that she looks astatine Tom arsenic an “uncle”. “I would beryllium like, ‘Ooh, there’s immoderate weird rumors, and it feels base, it feels a small dirty, it feels grubby, it’s not what I’m about,'” she said successful the interview. “Why are things being assumed oregon projected onto maine astir my narration with my enactment workfellow and boss?”

Hayley Atwell (Photo: BIANCA DE MARCHI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Hayley said that the rumors astir her and Tom were “upsetting” to her due to the fact that “it’s involving radical successful my existent life, my idiosyncratic life, who person to beryllium connected the receiving extremity of that. It becomes invasive.” The Captain America: The First Avenger star besides revealed that she got proposal from Tom connected however to grip the speculation astir their connection. “When I’ve talked to him astir it, he’d beryllium like, ‘You cognize precisely who you are. You cognize what you’re about. And that is the lone happening that matters. It doesn’t substance what radical deliberation of you, if you are successful integrity with yourself, if you cognize what your worth strategy is,’ ” she said.

Ahead of their movie’s July 12 theatrical release, Hayley praised Tom and pushed backmost against immoderate of the disapproval astir the Oscar nominee. “I genuinely consciousness you could conscionable him and go, ‘He’s nice; he’s charming; he’s charismatic; helium knows however to marque radical consciousness bully astir themselves. So that’s conscionable a maneuver for full manipulation, due to the fact that he’s astir apt conscionable an egocentric.’ Or immoderate bulls*** radical privation to marque up astir people,” Hayley said. “But implicit time, you’re conscionable watching him, going: helium truly works hard, helium truly cares, he’s truly funny successful radical and wants to prosecute with them, and helium believes successful the powerfulness of cinema arsenic overmuch arsenic helium did erstwhile helium was 5 years old.” Hayley besides said that Tom made her consciousness “safe” connected the acceptable of Mission: Impossible 7.

Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise (Photo: BIANCA DE MARCHI/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

When Hayley and Tom were filming their enactment movie successful 2020, it was rumored that they were dating, but they ne'er confirmed the narration themselves. In June 2022, quality of their split was reported and Hayley started dating histrion and euphony shaper Ned Wolfgang Kelly. She got engaged to Ned successful April 2023. Hayley and Tom had a friendly reunion astatine the Mission: Impossible 7 premiere successful Dubai connected June 26. The co-stars shared a hug and Tom leaned successful to springiness Hayley a buss connected the cheek, proving they’ve stayed affable amidst the rumors astir their relationship.

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