Remember when Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift, also known as 'Hiddleswift', were a thing?
Okay, there were more important world events from 2016 but this is the one we're talking about now.
One of the, errr, more memorable moments of their relationship was when the pair were pictured out and about while Tom was wearing an 'I ♥ TS' vest.
Yep, it makes us cry with embarrassment too.
Well now, Hiddleston has opened up about the whole thing in a lengthy interview with GQ.
"The truth is," he said, "It was the Fourth of July and a public holiday and we were playing a game and I slipped and hurt my back.
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"And I wanted to protect the graze from the sun and said, 'Does anyone have a T-shirt?' And one of her friends said, 'I've got this.' And we all laughed about it. It was a joke."
So there you have it. It wasn't some viral marketing thing to promote their relationship, or even the two of them trolling the entire world. It was, as Hiddleston repeated: "A joke. Among friends."
He went on to say that he had "the best time" with Taylor, calling her "generous and kind and lovely... an amazing woman".
And asked straight if their romance was real, he replied: "Of course it was real."
As for the future, Hiddleston will be starring in both Kong: Skull Island and Thor: Ragnarok this year, with the latter seeing him reprise the role of Loki.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has kept pretty quiet - except for a massive duet with Zayn Malik for Fifty Shades Darker, that is.
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Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he's covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV and movies both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I'm a Fish.













