Joe Alwyn is reportedly casually dating Sarah Pidgeon after several lowkey dates in NYC. The relationship moved into public view this month with sightings in Brooklyn, giving the private pairing a clearer timeline than most off-the-record romance reports.
A source said the two were introduced around awards season this year and have been going on lowkey dates in NYC for a few months now trying to keep things under the radar. The same source said they are casually dating and are really into each other.
Brooklyn sightings
Earlier this month, Alwyn and Pidgeon were spotted on an outing in Brooklyn, then seen days later on a PDA-filled date in the same area. In one photo obtained by Page Six, they cuddled up together and kissed while enjoying drinks, which moved the story from soft speculation to an outing with visible stakes.
Pidgeon has not been in any public relationships, while Alwyn dated Taylor Swift from 2016 to 2023. That history explains why this pairing drew fast attention: it is a new public relationship for him, and it arrives after a long, fully committed relationship that lasted over six and a half years.
The Sunday Times comments
One year later, Alwyn addressed the split in comments to The Sunday Times and said, "That is a hard thing to navigate. What is unusual and abnormal in this situation is that, one week later, it’s suddenly in the public domain and the outside world is able to weigh in." He also said, "I’m sure you can appreciate, given the level of noise and scrutiny about my past relationship, why I wouldn’t want to just open the door to things like that right now."
He added, "I try and live in reality and away from the kind of online noise of Twitter — or wherever else it comes from — and try and just stay in the moment." That makes the Brooklyn photos matter in a practical way: they show how quickly a private relationship becomes public once there is a documented outing.
Joe Alwyn and Sarah Pidgeon
The source describes both as very intellectual, private and laid-back people, and says, "Both Sarah and Joe are very intellectual, private and laid-back people, so it feels like a really compatible match." The best read now is simple: the romance is early, guarded, and already visible enough to be tracked through repeated sightings rather than formal declarations.
