Why Maisie Williams And Reuben Selby Broke Up After 5 Years
Maisie Williams and her boyfriend, Reuben Selby, have broken up after five years together.
The Game of Thrones star announced the split with a mirror selfie of her and her former fashion designer beau posted on her Instagram Story Thursday.
“The end of an era,” she wrote alongside a heartbreak emoji and the confirmation of their split. Twenty-five-year-old Williams explained that since she and Selby met five years ago, their “connection always extended deeply into our shared, and separate creative careers… and it will continue to do so.”
Speculation that the couple were on the rocks had been circulating, as they had recently posted photos from individual holidays and had been absent from each other's social media.
So, what really happened between the young couple?
9 Reuben Selby Says To Not 'Be Sad' For Him And Maisie Williams
The amicable breakup was confirmed when Reuben Selby reposted the announcement and added another Instagram story of the former pair at Paris Fashion Week in 2020.
He added, "Please don't be sad for us - just appreciate the fits."
“This decision is something we are so grateful for so as we can protect the magic, that we can’t help but emit, whenever we put our brains together,” Maisie Williams wrote in the initial report of the split. "P.s no further questions, please, we must protect our children (my dog)."
"They moved out of London to live together, but their romance struggled last year, and she called time on things," a source explained. "It has been really hard for her and that’s made worse by the fact he has moved on so quickly."
8 Has Reuben Selby Already Moved On From Maisie Williams?
Reuben Selby is rumored to have already moved on following his split from Maisie Williams and is now reportedly dating model Phoebe Torrance. They were spotted being openly affectionate at London Fashion Week.
"Reuben and Phoebe have clicked and are now a couple. It's a massive shock for all of their friends and families," sources have revealed to outlets. Torrance was previously linked to Brookyln Beckham before he married Nicola Peltz.
7 Who Is Reuben Selby?
Reuben Selby has a busy and thriving career in fashion. He is a founder of the modeling agency The Contact Agency, co-founder of creative agency Cortex Creatives and former communications director of his former partner's social media platform Daisie.
In an interview with Dazed in June 2018, Selby opened up about his career. "I take pictures myself as well, so I was always doing a similar thing and tried to find interesting subjects.
"I’ve gone down a bit more of a fashion route, because I’ve worked with designers casting for shows and for magazine editorials and my own editorials too. I’ve assisted a lot of fashion photographers, stylists, and casting directors – I just tried to get as much knowledge of the industry as possible."
6 When Did Maisie Williams And Reuben Selby Start Dating?
Maisie Williams and Reuben Selby have been inseparable since first going public with their romance in March 2019.
The pair first sparked romance rumours at the start of 2019, after they were spotted walking around New York City holding hands.
5 Maisie Williams And Reuben Selby Went To Co-Stars Wedding Together
Maisie Williams appeared to make the relationship official after Reuben Selby accompanied her to Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner's French wedding in June 2019. Williams was the Maid of Honor for her GoT costar when she married her popstar beau in France.
"White party for the bride and groom," Williams captioned the Instagram photo of her and Reuben Selby. Every guest wore white to the Friday night event held at Michelin-starred La Mirande in Avignon, Provence, while Jonas and Turner, who were officially married in Las Vegas in May after the Billboard Music Awards wore red.
"Maisie has been the most wonderful friend to me over the years," Sophie Turner said in an interview with Psychologies magazine. "We grew up together on 'Game of Thrones' and we have shared so many things and talked about everything."
4 Reuben Selby Designed Maisie Williams' Red Carpet Outfits
The British actress stepped out at the Emmy Awards in September 2019 in a custom-made dress that her then-boyfriend helped create.
“I asked Reuben [Selby] if he would design something with me in mind,” Maisie Williams told Elle. “[He knows] my height, my shape, my likes and insecurities. He must’ve drawn up around 30 sketches, but we picked our favorite ones.”
Williams hit the 2021 Met Gala red carpet in a dark look designed by Reuben Selby. "It was designed by Reuben Selby, who is my boyfriend, and it's inspired by The Matrix," she told E! News. "I have my coat and my Matrix nails. I've grown up on these American icons—women in film, these heroines. It shaped the woman that I became, and so it kind of made sense for me to honor those people tonight."
3 Maisie Williams Posted Her Love For Reuben Selby In Deleted NYE Post
Although the former couple rarely discussed their relationship, Maisie Williams did pay tribute to Reuben Selby in a since-deleted New Year’s Eve post in December 2019.
“This year was the best,” she wrote at the time. “I fell in love with a boy and I fell in love with myself. … 2020 will probably be filled with more days spent tending our pot plant children which sounds perfect to me.”
2 Maisie Williams And Reuben Selby Loved Co-Ordinating Outfits
The fashionable pair made quite a scene during red carpets, often coordinating their looks. In 2020, Maisie Williams and Reuben Selby decided to jointly dye their hair bright red.
They also twinned in trench coats during an appearance at the Dior SS21 show during Paris Fashion Week. Maisie and Reuben coordinated outfits at the Thom Browne Show in 2020, wearing striking blue plaid print.
1 How Maisie Williams And Reuben Selby Rejected Gender Norms
In a rare joint interview with Tatler, the couple discussed rejecting gender norms and labels in fashion, with Maisie Williams saying, "Reuben doesn't really see clothing as having any specific gender," before adding "It's just an image."
Reuben Selby added, "I've always felt fluid, but I don't think it would be right for me to label it as that because it's a difficult conversation. I don't really have any boundaries."
While discussing the idea of gender fluidity, Maisie Williams explained, “I identify as female, [but] I think that fluidity between your image can be celebrated freely... I like that I don’t need to label that, I guess, and can just express myself that way and still feel, and identify, as female.”
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