Why ‘Off Campus’ Stars Josh Heuston, Mika Abdalla Are Sparking Romance Rumors
Ella Bright is shipping this bout of wishful thinking off to the penalty box.
After all, the Off Campus actress shared her thoughts on some fans wanting her and costar Belmont Cameli to date, just like their onscreen characters theatre major Hannah Wells and hockey star Garrett Graham.
"It's very funny," Bright, 19, said on the July 3 episode of the In Your Dreams with Owen Thiele podcast. "The press tour, I thought people were like, 'Oh, I love that they're just promoting this as friends.' 'Cause that's what it was, of course."
However, she understands why viewers might make assumptions about her friendship with Cameli, 28—who is in a relationship with TV writer Raina Morris—since Hannah and Garrett's game-winning romance takes center ice in season one of the Prime Video series.
"I totally get it," the Crown alum explained. "But it is so weird. I'm like, 'No. That's literally my brother.' Also, he has a perfect, beautiful, amazing girlfriend who is my angel on earth."
She concluded, "I love him so much, but yeah, it's very funny."
As for whether Bright has her own MVP? She's more focused on enjoying the meteoric success of the hockey romance based on Elle Kennedy's five-book series of the same name.
"I'm single," she confirmed. "Not ready to mingle. I love being single."
"This kind of big change in life is just really nice—to just be doing it for myself and also just trying to sit with it," she reflected. "I'm already trying to make my way through it."
And when Bright is ready to drop the puck for a relationship, it likely won't be a costar.
"I don't think so," she said of the idea. "I don't know if I would date actors."
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However, she's not totally against the idea, adding, "Maybe if I meet the right person. Who knows?"
Bright isn't the only Off Campus star who's been embracing her single era.
In fact, Mika Abdalla—whose character Allie Hayes has the central romance in season two opposite Stephen Kalyn's hockey defenseman Dean Di Laurentis—confirmed that she and Jake Short ended their engagement in June.
"Due to recent interest in Mika's personal life," Abdalla's rep told Us Weekly, "it would feel remiss to not address that she and Jake are no longer together. They continue to support each other and remain on friendly terms, and kindly ask for privacy and respect."
But the Pitt actress doesn't appear to have the same playbook as Ella, since she has continued to fuel dating rumors with costar Josh Heuston after they stepped out together in Paris.
For a closer look at all the Off Campus stars' love lives, keep reading.
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Ella Bright
The New York-born, London-bred actress, who plays studious songwriter Hannah in Off Campus, appears to be single right now. But as a star of one of the buzziest shows on TV, she's ready for whatever happens next.
"None of this was in my plan at all,” Bright told Vanity Fair of her series' viral success. “It flipped my life upside down in the best way I could have ever dreamed about. Things are coming true for me that…I never thought could happen.”
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Belmont Cameli
As BMOC hockey player Graham, Cameli has to prove to Hannah that he's all-star relationship material.
But in real life, the Illinois native has been teamed up with TV writer Raina Morris since at least March 2025, when Cameli subtly included her mid-photo carousel on Instagram.
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Mika Abdalla
Abdalla—who as Hannah's BFF Allie melted the heart of Stephen Kalyn's Dean—was previously engaged IRL to her Sex Appeal costar Jake Short, however their breakup was confirmed in June 2026.
“Due to recent interest in Mika’s personal life,” Abdalla’s rep told Us Weekly, “it would feel remiss to not address that her and Jake are no longer together. They continue to support each other and remain on friendly terms, and kindly ask for privacy and respect.”
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Stephen Kalyn
While Dean has had commitment issues, Kalyn's fiancée Victoria Lovatsis has been by his side since 2012.
In March 2024, Lovatsis flashed a diamond ring on her Instagram Stories—and it was on her finger at the Off Campus premiere in May, an event that Kalyn may have never even been at if not for her.
"My fiancée read the books a long time ago, and her favorite character was Dean,” the actor told Elite Daily. “So when they announced this show, she told me I had to audition. She said, ‘There’s no other option: You have to be Dean.’”
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Antonio Cipriano
Garrett's thoughtful best friend John Logan is not one of the many campus lotharios. Nor is the Broadway alum who plays him, Cipriano having been in a relationship with actress Justine Verheul since 2023.
She marked "one year loving my favorite person in the world" in August 2024, and for the Cipriano's 25th birthday in May 2025, she wrote, "Happiest of birthdays to my life partner, travel buddy, and best friend. Celebrating you is so easy. so amazed by you everyday."
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Jalen Thomas Brooks
This John Tucker is sweet and sensitive, and—not unlike Brooks' unaffectedly cool nurse Mateo on The Pitt—is ready for a romantic plotline down the road, when the Off Campus series gets to the Briar forward's love life.
And the same goes for Brooks, who appears to be romantically unattached IRL for now.
"I love a good slow burn," the L.A. native told The Hollywood Reporter "and the things that are set up for Tucker, of him becoming this gentle giant, I think fans are going to love."
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Josh Heuston
The Australian actor won't be in season two of Off Campus, as Hannah realized that her crush Justin was not the guy for her.
But maybe Justin is just taking a gap year, since, as series creator Louisa Levy told TV Guide, "We never got a chance to meet Stella, who is the person he ends up with in the book. So maybe we’ll find a way to fold him into a future season.”
Heuston doesn’t appear to be coupled up off-camera, either, though he's looking forward to that chapter.
“At some point, I definitely just want the kids and the white picket fence and that sort of lifestyle,” Heuston told Esquire Australia in 2025. “But that feels quite far off right now. Who knows, though? In this life, I’ve found that things can change quickly.”
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