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SAG Awards 2025: Luke Newton Spills ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Updates & How Polin’s Love Continues
Luke Newton and Antonia Roumelioti would like their dearest readers to be nicer.
Indeed, the Bridgerton star and the professional dancer—who confirmed their romance in 2024—recently addressed the mounting online criticism she’s faced during their relationship.
“For the past three years,” Roumelioti wrote in a statement shared to Instagram Stories Sept. 5, “I have faced relentless scrutiny and countless false narratives about both myself and the people closest to me. Although speaking out may not change anything, I will no longer ignore this unacceptable behavior.”
Roumelioti, 25, went on to note that social media users “do not know” her or details about her “personal life beyond who my partner is.”
“Following someone’s life does not give you the right to spread lies, making cruel comments or tear another woman down,” she continued. “The level of hatred directed towards women online is deeply disturbing. Words have consequences and while I am fortunate to have the strength and support to cope with this, that does not make such behavior harmless.”
She added, “Treatment like this can have a devastating effect on someone’s mental health.”
Roumelioti concluded her note by sharing that she’s “proud of the woman” she is today.
“I will not allow strangers on the internet to define me or disturb my peace,” she wrote. “I genuinely hope that those who dedicate so much of their time to spreading negativity eventually find peace themselves.”
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Shortly after Roumelioti spoke out, Newton, 33, shared his own statement to encourage kindness online.
“A little reminder,” he wrote on Instagram Stories Sept. 5. “Be kind or simply click not interested. Don’t waste your time spreading hate. One day you’ll look back and wonder what it was all for.”
Although the couple—who went Instagram official in May 2025—have kept details of their romance relatively private, the Netflix star previously shared insight into his mindset after how quickly he rose to fame once Bridgerton was released.
“I was finding it really overwhelming,” he told WWD in 2024. “I had a moment in Australia where I was like, ‘Oh no, I’m getting in a good place with this and starting to really enjoy it and not feeling too overwhelmed by it all.’ Then it was the premiere and I was like, ‘Oh no, I’m not at all.’”
Keep reading for a closer look at the love lives of Bridgerton stars…
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Nicola Coughlan
While Nicola's Penelope Featherington found love with Luke Newton's Colin Bridgerton on season three, Nicola herself hard-launched her romance with Renegade Nell alum Jake Dunn in February 2025.
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Sam Phillips and Bessie Carter
Lord Debling and Prudence Dankworth (née Featherington) may not factor into each other's love lives on the show, but the actors made a real-life match for a time. However, the pair ultimately separated in April 2025.
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Phoebe Dynevor
Daphne Bridgerton swapped vows with Regé-Jean Page's Simon Basset, and now the Bridgerton alum plans to take her own stroll down the aisle.
Dynevor flashed her engagement ring from producer Cameron Fuller at the 2024 Met Gala.
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Regé-Jean Page
The erstwhile Duke of Hastings, Page having left the show after season one, keeps his personal cards close to his vest off-camera, but has looked awfully happy in copywriter Emily Brown's company since 2021.
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Jonathan Bailey
Like Anthony, 9th Viscount Bridgerton, the English actor prefers to stay mum on romantic affairs.
But he told The Standard in December 2023 that he was in a not-secret-but-private relationship with a "lovely man."
"Having a private life is, for me, completely critical," the Fellow Travelers star said. "I don't know if I would be able to be as confident to speak out on other things if I felt that my whole life was up for grabs."
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Simone Ashley
The Sex Education star, who fit the Vicountess bill for Anthony upon arrival from India, confirmed she was in a relationship with Tino Klein with a March 2023 Instagram post. But in February 2025, the actress shared she had entered her "single era" in an interview on BBC’s Woman Hour podcast, revealing the split occured one month prior.
She debuted her new romance with Soho Communications senior account executive Jay Jammal in August 2026.
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Luke Thompson
Benedict Bridgerton seemingly just wants to be free to do his thing, as an artist and in the bedroom. Though maybe he's developing some feelings...
And Thompson, who's not one to share what he's up in real life, was totally onboard with his character's journey, wherever it took him.
"It's lovely to explore," he told Deadline ahead of the season three finale, "but also putting down some roots and choosing something or someone also has huge value and excitement."
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Luke Newton
Newton dated actress Jade Louise Davies—her sister Amber Davies won Love Island U.K. in 2017 with then-boyfriend Kem Cetinay—for several years.
But he was snapped following Bridgerton's June 2024 midseason premiere in London hand-in-hand with dancer Antonia Roumelioti.
Of course, most fans are just disappointed that Colin Bridgerton and Penelope aren't together in real life.
"We think it’s really sweet," Coughlan told Extra of the off-camera shipping that goes on for them. "I think because we truly love each other."
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Charithra Chandran
The actress who plays Kate's sparkling sister Edwina Sharma may be single at the moment, but she sent hearts soaring with the release of her 2024 rom-com How to Date Billy Walsh, costarring her longtime friend Sebastian Croft.
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Claudia Jessie
It turns out the actress destined to play Eloise Bridgerton ended up falling for the non-actor she auditioned with, casting editor Cole Edwards.
"I got a job and a fella on the same day," Jessie told The Guardian in April 2024. "It was a great day for me, wasn't it?"
She also not shied away from sharing candid confessions about her sex life, despite the fact that her character Eloise has yet to have sex on the series.
“It’s funny though,’” Claudia joked with AP during a joint interview with Hannah Dodd and Luke Newton in 2026, “cause in real life I’m having more sex than both of them.”
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