After playing controversial love interests on The Bear, Jeremy Allen White and Molly Gordon sparked romance rumors off screen as well.
Viewers originally fell in love with White’s performance as Carmy when The Bear premiered in 2022. On the time, White was married to Addison Timlin, with whom he shares two daughters. Timlin filed for divorce in May 2023 after greater than three years of marriage and has since moved on with director Cooper Raiff.
White, for his part, was linked to model Ashley Moore and singer Rosalía before he was spotted packing on the PDA with Gordon. While the pair have preferred to not publicly address their romance often, they’ve gushed about their experience collaborating on The Bear despite some fans being vocal about their dislike for Carmy and Claire (Gordon) together.
“I’d been craving something like this as an actor for a extremely very long time. I never thought that I might get to be included in something like The Bear and to work opposite Jeremy, who I believe is among the best actors of our generation,” Gordon told Shondaland in July 2023. “That they’d allow this loser to affix him and everybody else who’s so sensible on that show … literally, I might’ve played a dishrag. So, the undeniable fact that they allowed me to take a look at Jeremy is … I’m perpetually grateful.”
The outlet noted that Gordon laughed when the interviewer mentioned she got to make out with White. Keep scrolling to relive White and Gordon’s romance:
June 2023
White and Gordon met for the primary time while filming season 2 of The Bear.
“I believe Molly does such an incredible job. She’s so disarming and funny and charming. I believe it didn’t allow Carmy to accumulate his regular partitions,” White told Variety on the time. “She knocked them down with ease and allowed Carmy to feel cared for, which will need to have just been so welcomed because I don’t know the last time Carmy would have allowed himself to be cared for.”
Gordon’s character was introduced as a love interest for Carmy, which became a divisive narrative alternative for critics who questioned whether Claire was fully explored as her own person. Others, meanwhile, argued that Carmy must have been paired off with Sydney, who’s played by Gordon’s real-life best friend Ayo Edebiri.
July 2023
“Our first day of shooting together was the refrigerator scene. The primary time I met him, I felt that excitement of meeting an actor that you just admire, but I also felt like I had known him for therefore long,” Gordon told Glamour. “He’s such a generous, available person, whereas you have got to drag so many other actors out of their shells. He was like, ‘I’m on this with you.’ I immediately felt like there was something really good there, and I felt protected in that dynamic. I suppose Chris [Storer, The Bear’s creator] knew.”
Gordon was thrilled at the prospect to share the screen with White, adding, “I didn’t know anything in regards to the role after I signed on. Once they sent me the scripts and I began reading, I couldn’t imagine they’d put me in the identical room as Jeremy Allen White. My slob self? How dare they? I used to be very nervous because he’s such a superb actor, and I desired to live as much as his talent. But I trusted that Chris knew we might have a pleasant flow.”
February 2024
White and Gordon posed for photos together after The Bear won big on the SAG Awards.
May 2024
Jeremy Allen White, Molly Gordon. Getty Images (2)
Gordon was asked about White’s viral Calvin Klein ad, to which she told Elle, “I mean, I went to a yoga class several weeks ago and I’m still drained from that. I believe what he was in a position to pull off is incredible. He needs to be celebrated for that.”
June 2024
After Carmy and Claire’s relationship crashed and burned in season 2, they didn’t properly interact in season 3. Gordon, nonetheless, broke down her emotional scene with White within the season 2 finale, telling Elle UK, “On that show, I just wish to match the extent of acting that is going on. Jeremy sets such a high bar. I even have to make sure that the moment lands in essentially the most honest way it may possibly.”
In a separate interview with L’Officiel USA, Gordon called White “so curious and loving and sort.”
Jeremy Allen White’s dating life has seen some ups and downs since he split from wife Addison Timlin in 2023. While the duo met while filming 2008’s Afterschool, it took a number of years before anything romantic between them developed. Timlin first hinted at her and White’s relationship, revealing that things took “a tough right turn […]
September 2024
Jeremy Allen White, Molly Gordon. Getty Images(2)
Initially, White and Gordon were spotted outside of set stepping into the identical automobile. Days later there have been photos posted of the duo sharing a kiss. White wrapped his hand around Gordon’s and so they embraced before she got in the driving force’s seat of her automobile.
November 2024
Jeremy Allen White, Molly Gordon. Getty Images (2)
Gordon and White were photographed out in Recent York City through the weekend before Thanksgiving. They didn’t show any PDA but remained close on the evening walk.
June 2025
Gordon broke her silence regarding fan reactions over the kissing photos, telling Vanity Fair, “With the web, I just think — I even see it in myself as a fan of things — we’re only a more judgmental society.”
The actress went on to debate her experience being a romantic lead. “I’m at all times ‘the friend,’” she said. “I’ve never played the romantic person. I used to be like, ‘Whoa, that is going to be a special experience.’”
Gordon noted that White’s role “is a personality that individuals feel so protective over, and it’s been type of controversial to bring a romantic element into the show. That’s been at times annoying, fascinating and interesting — simply to be a component of something that individuals have opinions on.”
June 2025
After addressing fan backlash to Carmy and Claire’s romance, Gordon reprised her role in season 4. Carmy reconnected with Claire and so they were possibly on the road to a relationship again after he quit working at The Bear. The finale sparked speculation that it was the conclusion to the series nevertheless it stays to be seen whether there will probably be more episodes with White and Gordon.
At the top of the month, Gordon also shared several photos of herself on the set of The Bear with White. In her Instagram carousel, she included a snap of White with an arm wrapped round her as she clasped her hand excessive.