Why Sydney Sweeney Isn’t Bothered By Rumors She Had An Affair With Glen Powell

Will Gluck, director of “Anyone But You,” talked to Variety about the online rumors of a fling between Sydney Sweeney and her co-star Glen Powell, and he noted how well Sweeney handled it. Gluck said, “[Sweeney] is brilliant at a lot of things, including how to deal with social media; she didn’t emotionally internalize it. It was crazy, but after a while it became normal.”

Sweeney told Variety that she and Powell were friends and co-workers with nothing romantic going on between them. She said, “we have so much fun together, and we respect each other so much; he’s such a hard worker, and I’m a hard worker.” Sweeney noted that the two of them even joked about the gossip surrounding them: “We talk all the time like, ‘That’s really funny.’” It’s good to hear she’s able to take it in stride!

One flirty incident between Sweeney and Powell that people thought signaled that the two were secretly more than friends happened at CinemaCon 2023 in Las Vegas. As they introduced the first clips of “Anyone But You,” Powell said they were just there because “We love seeing ourselves on the big screen.” To which Sweeney said to him, “Oh, please, ‘Top Gun,’” with Powell replying, “I love when she calls me that,” according to People. And that got some people talking — if they were that comfortable and even flirty with each other in public, maybe there was a little something happening in private.