No, Zawe Ashton and Tom Hiddleston are not married. Yes, she still drops the H-word when referring to him as her partner.
The British “Marvels” actor cleared the air on speculation about their relationship status during a recent episode of the “Miss Me?” podcast, in which she shared that, despite having called him her husband in past interviews, they are not yet married.
“We’ve been engaged for a long time and there are, I think there have been publications that have named us husband and wife already,” she explained to the show’s co-host, Miquita Oliver.
Ahston added that the classification has prompted some tense confrontations with those close to the pair.
“There’s some toxic paragraphs that were thrown my way like, ‘OK, no invite, whatever.’ It’s like, ‘No, no, no, it didn’t happen. We didn’t do it in secret. We haven’t eloped,” she recalled.
Ashton went on to share that tying the knot feels little more than semantics to the 41-year-old actor.
The “Mr. Malcolm’s List” actor, who is currently expecting her second child with Hiddleston, noted that “at some point, like ‘girlfriend, boyfriend,’ with a kid, another one on the way” begs the question, “Does that feel right?”
“Engagement is really useful.’ Why is everyone like, ‘I’m getting engaged to get married?’” Ashton continued. “I’m like, No, be engaged… Work things out. Because that’s a big ‘yes,’ that opens up a whole new tapestry of like, understanding between you, between you and each other’s families, because you are saying yes to each other’s whole lives.”
“I’ve loved engagement,” she added.
Ashton and Hiddleston were publicly linked together in 2019 when they appeared alongside each other in a West End revival of Harold Pinter’s play “Betrayal,” which went on to appear in New York City.
During a June 2022 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Hiddleston shared that he had proposed to Ashton. That same month, Ashton confirmed that she and Hiddleston were expecting their first child together while attending the premiere for “Mr. Malcolm’s List,” in which she starred. Her baby bump was visible as she wore a tulle gown on the red carpet.
Ashton announced that she and Hiddleston were pregnant again with their second child together in an interview with Vogue. In that same article, the magazine referred to Hiddleston as Ashton’s husband — despite the two never publicly confirming that they had gotten married.
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