UncoveredAll the Costars Who Secretly Dated When the Cameras Stopped Rolling

Lea Michele and Cory Monteith

The two Glee stars were friends for years before things turned romantic. In early 2012, fans started speculating that they became a couple, but the actors kept it a secret until August of that year. Almost a year later, Cory and Lea made their final public appearance together as a couple before news broke that Cory died of a drug overdose in July 2013.

Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart

When they first started dating, Cole and Lili kept things pretty quiet, in fact, fans didn’t know if they were friends or something more for a while. Even after fans said they saw them kissing and holding hands at Comic Con in 2017, the actors didn’t reveal their relationship until May 2018 when they hit the Met Gala red carpet together. By now everyone knows that these two were a couple, especially after Cole confirmed that they pair had officially gone their separate ways earlier this year, in August 2020.

Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline

The two met and started dating while on the Outer Banks set in 2019 but didn’t go public until June 2020. News of their split broke in November 2021.

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder 

The Vampire Diaries costars were dating for a full year before confirming their relationship! They kicked off the relationship in 2010 and went public in 2011 before calling it quits in 2013.

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley

When they met and started dating in 2007, these two Gossip Girl stars worked hard to keep their relationship out of the public eye. After almost three years together, they went their separate ways in 2010.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

After the two met on the Green Lantern set, they became a couple, but keep things quiet until officially getting married in 2012. Now, Blake and Ryan are social media and couple goals with three kids!

Jacob Elordi and Zendaya

Rumors first started circulating that Jacob and Zendaya, who starred in Euphoria together, were more than friends after they jetted off to Athens to celebrate Zendaya’s birthday in August 2019. Although the two didn’t share any pictures from the vacation themselves, a few eagle-eyed fans noticed them both in the background of a tourist’s photo.

For the first few months of their relationship, they kept things under wraps. Us Weekly confirmed that they were “dating” in February 2020, but their romance was short-lived, as he has since moved on.

Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens

While they were together, Josh and Vanessa were a total secret! It wasn’t until their movie Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was released that the truth came out. When the pair was asked in a 2012 interview how long they were dating Josh revealed that they had actually dated and broke up a few months prior.

“We’re not [dating] … No. We were at one point, but she broke my heart,” he joked at the time. “I’m just kidding. That was a while ago, we’re just really good friends now.”

Cameron Monaghan and Peyton List

Peyton and Cameron kept their relationship under wraps while they were filming the movie Anthem of a Teenage Prophet. Although she didn’t mention Cameron’s name, Peyton revealed in October 2017 that she was “in a new relationship.” Rumors started swirling that it was the Shameless star.

Eventually they went public with their relationship until calling it quits in January 2019.

Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield

Both Emma and Andrew have since moved on from their whirlwind romance, but back when they first started dating, in 2011, things were a total secret. While attending Comic Con in 2011, the rumored couple didn’t share any details about their relationship status, but they did end up going public in April 2012 before calling it quits years later.

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner

After this iconic pair played a couple in the movie Valentine’s Day, rumors started swirling that there was something more going on between them. Eventually, Swift wrote the song 2010 hit “Back to December” about their apparent split. In 2016, Lautner confirmed the song was about him and their failed romance.

Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton

These two have been spotted packing on the PDA and taking each other to red carpet events for years, but they’ve kept the details of their relationship a secret since 2017. It wasn’t until February 2019 when Charlie opened up about his “partner” for the first time while chatting with V Man. A year later, he explained that they decided to stay quiet about their relationship in the beginning for a very specific reason: “We didn’t really know what the relationship was,” he told GQ at the time.

Ross Lynch and Jaz Sinclair

Speculation that these two were more than just costars started in April 2018 after an eyewitness spotted locking lips, according to Us Weekly. It wasn’t until two years later that they took their relationship to the next level and made it Instagram official!

Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick

After meeting on the set of Gossip Girl, these two became a couple and initially didn’t say anything until Vanessa spoke out about their relationship in 2009, according to Marie Claire.

Miley Cyrus and Lucas Till

The pair played love interests in The Hannah Montana Movie, but their relationship wasn’t just fictional. Lucas revealed in 2009 that while they were filming the fan-favorite flick he dated Miley for two months.

Bridgit Mendler and Shane Harper

After playing love interests on Good Luck Charlie, the pair took their relationship from the screen to real life. The couple kept their love out of the public eye for a while until Bridgit confirmed their relationship in 2012.

They were together for four years before Bridgit revealed that she was single in 2015.

Kimberly J. Brown and Daniel Kountz

Although they didn’t date on the set of Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge, Marnie and Kal took their relationship to the next level years later. It was a total secret until some eagle-eyed Halloweentown fans found their adorable photos together on social media in July 2018.