Tom Hiddleston has a new girlfriend and his dragonflies are freaking out

Shhh! Take a deep breath. 1…2…3… exhale. Tom Hiddleston has a new girlfriend. Don’t cry! Don’t freak out, Dragonflies! Your Dragonfly King has found himself a mate, and it’s fine. Apparently, Tom debuted his new girlfriend at Wimbledon last week, where he sat with his lady Jane Arthy. You can see a photo of her here. Jane is an attractive woman, a Londoner and she does something with music. Her Twitter says, “hello friend…..i do stuff with music. London”. So, there you go. He’s dating an attractive British woman with a Twitter account. He was also photographed on Sunday night (I guess?) with yet another woman. OH NOES. You can see the photos here.

The Hiddleston-devoted websites and Tumblrs went crazy after Elle UK editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy tweeted: “I sat next to actor Tom Hiddleston and his girlfriend Jane #wimbledonfinal. He’s a very funny man.” Tom confirmed that he was at Wimbledon on Sunday on his Twitter, writing: “London last night. On the way home from Wimbledon. Best day ever.” And of course, “Andy Murray. You astound me.” Is it weird that I can actually hear him saying that? “Andy Murray, you astound me!” Ah, well.

What else is there to say? Tommy got a girlfriend and it’s not the end of the world. I’m not judging those ladies who are currently acting like it’s the end of the world, though. If Benedict Cumberbatch had some kind of record exec girlfriend, I would be throwing a hissy fit right now too. While I like Tom and I think he’s handsome, I’m not all up on his junk, you know? I’d rather get some Cumberbatch and Fassbender action. Or at the very least, I would prefer to see Tom with Tilda Swinton.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. allons-y alonso says:

    meh…..

    You’d think he wouldn’t tell a journalist of all people he was with a gf. Especially after what the tumblrs said about the last one. Hiddles, I love ya’ boy, but will you ever learn?

    • T.fanty says:

      I think he’s learning quite well. From the Fameho School of Celebrity. But he finally got his face in the Mail after being ignored throughout Cannes, so huzzah for him!

      • allons-y alonso says:

        Lols!!! I think Hiddles should apply some cold water to that BURN!!!!!

        Does that mean Kate Bosworth is the principal of said school? She is after all a seasoned pro.

        Ah, T.Fanty your comments, as always, are thoughtfully on the money and hilarious!

      • Sixer says:

        Don’t post on-the-money-funny comments, T.Fanty! Or I’ll be incited into more Hiddles spite – and that’s as sad as the tumblr stalking, innit?

        I think I shall go and read in the garden. I’m only pretending to work today as it is. Again. I suck.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        “The Fameho school of Celebrity”

        Dammit Fanty! You gotta stop saying things that makes me spit out my coffee, lol!

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        He knows how to get his face out there. Remember the Chastain rumors that hit during a particularly dry period? I am convinced that came from Luke. Of course he talked to the journalist.

      • j.eyre says:

        And here we thought it was CHemboy he was sidling up to when all the while he was studying under Remora.

      • Anna says:

        Allons-y: Bosworth is simply a prof. Remora is the emeritus. KimKar is the president.

    • Miss M says:

      His girlfriend is pretty (and too pretty to him) and has a real job. Way to go TommyannE!

    • .amanda says:

      I think he likes the attention a wee bit too much.

  2. Feebee says:

    Thank god he has a girlfriend. Lovely. She could have passed for Andy’s girlfriend Kim Sears with the shades on. And what’s with all the blue suits at Wimbledon (Bradley Cooper and Gerrid Butler were both in different shades, a nod to Scotland?)

    I hope his devotees don’t go all batshit crazy. It’s so unbecoming 🙂

  3. olivia says:

    i love him, but i’m not mad because he has a girlfriend, he is happy i am happy

    • V4Real says:

      I’m not mad or jealous at all; good for him. Like I stood a chance anyways. To be honest my lust for Tom started to fade some time ago. I think his twitter among other things turned me off.

      I still love him as Loki but I perfer the man with the big hammer that fell from the sky.

  4. TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

    How to make an Arthtini:

    1 part jameson
    1 part bitters
    2 parts Tumblr Tears

    Garnish with a sour grape or six. Enjoy with a big ass bowl of popcorn.

    • j.eyre says:

      This sounds delicious – I’ll have three with a side of cat-o-nine-tails, please.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        Hey, Mrs. Eyre! Funny you should mention cat’o’nine tails – I found some of those while running around NOLA with friends that past weekend and thought of you (and the rest of the Manor guests)(but mostly you). I should have asked if you needed another for your stash – I know your second and third string cat-o-nines are starting to feel their age and use.

      • j.eyre says:

        Oh you are such a doll! I am terribly flustered that my invitation to join you in NOLA must have been misplaced by that catty Grace Poole.

        Yes, The Closet needs a bit of refreshing but there is no rush until CHemboy gets back from China. I have the Poms picking up a few things here or there on their travels.

        Tell me love, what ever did you pick up for yourself in NOLA? And does he have a brother?

      • T.fanty says:

        Aren’t tumblr tears the same as bitters? Only when one pours them, one is required to say “I love him and so am glad to see him happy” through clenched teeth.

      • j.eyre says:

        The Arthtini is both shaken with feels and stirred with emotions and promptly garnished with an exploded ovary.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        Mrs. Eyre – you mean, do THEY have brothers? Yes, yes they do.

        The box from the Hustler Superstore is in the parlor. The hedgehogs are currently sniffing it out. The box from the *real* sex store is still in my trunk. I figured I’d let you sneak that one up to your chambers to keep the guests from fighting over it.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        @Fanty – no, Tumblr tears have an astringent saltiness, much like what you get when you slip olive juice into your martini. Or the juice from pickled onions. But saying “Im so happy for him” through gritted teeth is still the same.

      • Anna says:

        Is it weird that I kind of dont mind? For reals. It surprised me. Maybe I dont care bc I know that really Hiddles is still holding the torch for his one and only Thor.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @ j.eyre,

        Miss Jane! Are you all right? I’m terribly worried that one or both of your ovaries may explode with all this Tomfoolery about.

        Thank heavens you have a back-up Hammer God locked in the accessory closet.

      • j.eyre says:

        @EsCon – Tom foolery – what a clever girl you are!

        I am fine, darling. TommyannE is really more of a pet now and this takes him off my hands a bit – always nice to have some more needlepoint time. Plus, now I have this fabulous cocktail to keep warm at night.

        And yes, my lust for CHemboy still knows no bounds so all is groovy at Thornfield, don’t you worry your pretty little, habited head.

    • LilyRose says:

      But what does one do with the “even”? I can’t.

  5. Linda L. says:

    This guy lost me at the “people think Eton is full of braying toffs” comment. We think that b/c it is true, you moron. He’s a handsome face and not a terrible actor. This pandering to everyone and everything to get attention is childish and irritating. Still want that horse? Oh, no, of course not. You are not selling War Horse any more. Will talk all day about Loki being the greatest thing in the world- until he’s up for an award (that he didn’t get)for THC- then it’s The Bard who he loves. He’d show up at the opening of an email if he thought it would get him media coverage. Also, his not-well-masked elitism has always been bubbling just under the surface. I know it was dividing, but I was irritated at his LBTL involvement and him tweeting EVERY DAY about how hungry he was. What, your old nanny wasn’t called to take care of you? You’ve never been wanting in the entirety of your life. That’s great, by the way. Just please stop acting like the normal, nice boy next door, who understands the peasants. Your constant pandering to others is grating and condescending.

    And girlfriend? He has never gazed into anyone’s eyes as he does Chris Hemsworth’s. Have you seen the way he looks at that guy? L-O-V-E. He may be banging every gorgeous female in posh North London- but his gold-lined heart belongs to Thor.

    • Anna says:

      I am seconding you on every Hems-related observation. SO HARD.

    • Side-Eye says:

      But damn, Linda, you went HARD, lol. But yeah, ever since my Cavillust returned, Tom has been knocked off my list, and all these observations, only solidify it. He’s really no where near the actor Benendict Cumberbatch is anyway and is way too thirsty for my tastes.(But I am still holding out hope that one day him and Chris will get together and prance off into the sunset.)

    • EscapedConvent says:

      “Braying toffs” you say? Fantastic! I love it & I can’t wait to use it in a sentence.

  6. Mac says:

    The girl Tom is with in the link from Daily Main is Lauren Pulver. She was in Sherlock and was once rumoured to be dating Cumberbatch. Lucky thing.

    • Lindy79 says:

      She shot down the Cumberbatch rumour almost immediately. I had thought she was dating Raza Jaffrey.

      • MissMary says:

        Yep, Lara Pulver is with Raza Joffrey. She was super fast in bashing the BC rumor–she and Joffrey both were openly mocking it on Twitter.

      • Lindy79 says:

        I had a lot of respect for her about that to be honest, she could have used it to get her name out there.
        *ahem…Alice Eve*

    • Izzy says:

      WOW. I did not recognize Lara Pulver from those pics! She needs to back away from the spray tanner, pronto. She’s… orange. It ages her a good ten years.

  7. Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

    Arthitini! 🙂 I am glad he is getting laid.

    I think this is a big deal only to the most teeny-bopperish of his fans, the ones who believe him to be a cloistered celibate living in a monkish flat reading Shakespeare and poetry all day.

    And I just love how he debutes the girlfriend, then unfollows her on Twitter right after following her the moment the Tumblr crowd kicks into action– proving once and for all that he does indeed stalk his stalkers.

    • Sixer says:

      I said my piece on Hiddles yesterday in the hijacked part of Cumby’s thread. And, I’ll try not to be a meany b!tch in this thread. I’ve gone off Hiddles big style and I’ll leave it at that.

      But I just gotta say that I did watch all this unfold in real-time, thanks to a Wimbledon tweet obsession, from the first posting of the hand-holdy photo onwards. And Hiddles was DEFINITELY stalking tumblr. He was around tweeting, and tumblr was going crazy and the ladypal was still being followed. Then a tumblr stalker worked out who it was and within moments, Hiddles had unfollowed her. Couldn’t have been any other reason than the tumblr post.

      Symbiotic stalking. Huh.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        He was stalking tumblr while at an event that was in a way a “debut”? He is totally the type who keeps his phone on the table during dates. 😉

        As I said yesterday, good luck to the lady. She’ll need to handle his fans AND him. Maybe we should refer her over to Mrs. Eyre so she can get some help/advice/booze/well-needed-manor-time.

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        Good god, that is even worse if he did this while he was on his date! Someone pointed out the timing and… Whoa! This all happened while he was there?

      • Nalgene says:

        God! This is why I cant stand this try-hard. As someone else notes above, he would attend the opening of an email if he thought it would give him publicity. This guy stalks his own stans then trolls them, the guy is nuts.

      • Sixer says:

        No, no! Not DURING the Wimbledon final! I was still feverishly reading Wimbledon tweets the next morning. I’m still reading Andy Murray tweets. I lurve tennis muchly! The hand-holdy photo of Hiddles came out yesterday morning. I saw it almost straightaway (because it was with Wimbledon tweets). I saw the Hiddles involvement and watched Twitter and tumblr over the morning, with my popcorn and my schadenfreude. I think Hiddles saw the photo come out and then was monitoring the reactions to it. Then, when one particularly detective-y stalker tumblr girl called the right ladypal, he saw it as quickly as I did and rushed off to unfollow.

      • j.eyre says:

        Miss Eyre is here and the only advice I can give any of my stallions in the Thornfield stable is “make sure Miss Eyre is pleased.”

        Ssshhh – don’t tell anyone but I care little about little TommyannE personal life or how he handles it. This chick looks lovely but if she wants to play at Thornfield, she is going to need to bring cakes. Until that time, TommyannE best keep his mouth shut unless he’s saying “Thank you ma’am, may I have some more”

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        @sixer: Many have theorized about how closely he watches fans and gossip blogs such as are. He posted a Whitney self pity tweet around the time of the MTV awards because *everyone* ridiculed him, but THIS perfectly confirms everything.

      • deborah says:

        He is looking for attention, always has and always will. I agree with the other posters on this thread that he has self image issues, I think this is due to a past where he was told he was unattractive, to an incident or incidents that scarred his face, to the fact that he will never have a body or career of a typical Hollywood hunk. And with his “good guy/oh I don’t really have a gf, you still have a chance, she’s just a mirage” image he’s trying to push, those stupid girls give him everything he wants, without question. It’s like he’s a leader of a religious sect, drink the kool aid kids, it’s good for you, et al. :/

        I am a fan, but his foolishness is wearing me down. The thing with uincef when he went on that “starvation diet” rubbed me all the wrong ways because he really has no inkling what it’s like to be poor. He was making these meals in his expensive converted farmhouse in a tony part of London and I doubt it even once occurred to him how hypocritical it looked. Then he turns around and shows up to these smart parties in 2,000 GBP suits, and then to Cannes, and now Wimbledon with a record company exec gf to match. If the rumors are true, new gf sounds as famewhorey as he is, they complete each other. Yay.

        Ridiculous.

        I think he still has serious self image and self esteem issues. His silly fans gloss over this and they call us mean because we call him out, but how can something so obvious be ignored?

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        @Deborah

        I don’t use Twitter (I can’t see much point to it personally and I think its use by celebrities can foster this kind of hero worship stuff that you talk about.) That said, I’m not sure I can quite see the Hiddleston-as-cult-leader angle(!). Maybe that is what is happening though and since I don’t go on Twitter I’m turning a blind eye to it?

        And more allusions to self esteem issues. Hmmm. Is that because he comes across as needy and attention-seeking on Twitter? I guess I’ve probably been drinking the Hiddleston kool aid or something because he comes across more generally as fairly impressive and accomplished to me. If there is any pandering/fan baiting/look-at-me behaviour going on I’m probably daft enough to overlook it!

        I will say though that there is *something* about him that I thought I saw somehow in his performance as Henry V. Some sort of vulnerability, hesitancy, or insecurity beneath the surface. Of course he was acting, but nevertheless it just felt like that feeling was there *underneath* the performance. It’s hard to explain or pinpoint why I had that reaction – and it’s probably a lot of nonsense.

      • MissThing says:

        @Deborah. Agree with you 100%.

    • Lindy79 says:

      If it’s true, it’s so juvenile. He’s entitled to a personal life and if they don’t like it, why does he care so long as he’s happy? I’d have serious reservations about someone who keeps such a close eye on what his fans are saying about him. Didn’t some of them stalk some female friend of his on twitter ages ago? I remember reading about it on here and I just thought, “ok enough is enough, tell them to back the F off, it’s bang out of line”…but he didn’t.

      • evie says:

        He’s afraid to disappoint his fans and losing all love he receives daily. What an idiot! His fall will be hilarious!

  8. Lindy79 says:

    Does anyone else think the girl in the Nobo photos looks like an orange Lara Pulver, maybe not the first one but the others it definitely looks like her.

    He’s SO aware of the cameras though, Its very offputting.

    • Christina says:

      Yes, the woman in the Nobo photos is Lara Pulver! I can’t believe the Daily Mail didn’t recognize her.

      • Lindy79 says:

        Why is she so…orange?? She looks like someone who tanned and forgot to shower.

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        What is it about spray tans in Britain? Im seeing this all over the place. It’s becoming a nation of oompa loompahs!

    • Lindy79 says:

      Also…a flash tends to wash you out so imagine how orange she is in real life

      Sweet Jebus

  9. jen says:

    Anyone who gets upset when an actor they like gets a girlfriend is PATHETIC.

  10. Tiffany27 says:

    I stopped liking Hiddles quite some time ago. He’s real thirsty for that fame and I can’t.

    • Lindy79 says:

      I think that’s why I’m so much more drawn to Cumberbatch. They’re of similar ages and are both starting to become noticed, although Cumber’s body of work is imho vastly superior and I think he has a better standing in the industry, but you just couldn’t see him carrying on like this. Any man who goes out in a fishermans hat and cut off jeans doesn’t give two shits. He enjoys his fans and appreciates them (or seems to from what I have heard/read) but he’s not shy about telling them when they need to back off, both online and in person. he also hates autograph touts which I love.

      • Tulip says:

        @ Lindy79. I agree with what you say. I think Cumberbatch is just as driven for fame and success as Hiddleston, but he has boundaries and knows you can’t please everyone. Tom needs a better PR person to instruct him.

      • Lindy79 says:

        I don’t think Hiddleston could cope with the looks bashing that BC gets to be honest, it would crush his little soul.

      • Side-Eye says:

        This exactly. I was getting tired of Tom anyway, just based on his annoying ass fans that worship him as this perfect deity, but he’s started to come off as really fake at times. And Benedict is a much better actor regardless, and I don’t feel as if needs to do all this attention whoring to get noticed because his work speaks for him. I think Tom Hardy shits on all over these two, but Hiddleston will be lucky if he could even touch the variety and talent that Ben has.

  11. Ag says:

    who are these women upset over an actor having a girlfriend? and are they all 11 years old?

  12. Londongal says:

    It is indeed silly. I love him and think we should marry eventually but he *is* allowed a personal life!:-} I think it’s just a shame when the women your fake boyfriends pick are disappointing aesthetically or otherwise and us girls do have pretty sensitive antannae generally don’t we? I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from the upset of ‘Bosworth and Skaarsgard’ so at least it isn’t that bad!

  13. Chrissy says:

    I was up in lust for Tom last year but now, with this overt coverage and his irritating abuse of tricolons, exclamation marks, and adjectives, the love has really cooled. So, surprisingly or maybe not, this one dragonfly didn’t freak out. If he comes back with something big that isn’t Loki, maybe then, I’ll become a 13 year old tween.

    • Maria_Spain says:

      +1
      agreed on everything, plus…i watched mOS for a 2º time (3D this time :p ) and im becoming a Cavillooney 😀

  14. Linda L. says:

    TH is posing for women’s magazines (Glamour), trying his best in a tux to (perhaps) sell the idea of Bond to anyone who will listen.

    Meanwhile, Benedict Cumberbatch is… WORKING!

    Actually, I like that. TH- you’re still pretty. Keep smiling for all those cameras. Ben- keep on acting. You’re amazing onscreen.

  15. Miss M says:

    “Don’t freak out, Dragonflies!”

    Are dragonflies = Hiddlestoners?! I didn’t know that.

    I know longer am a dragonfly, Cumber collective…

    • T.Fanty says:

      I don’t think so. Hiddlestoners are inverterate maniacs, characterized by their imagined personal connection with their subject (although maybe not so imaginary, after this discussion). I always assumed that we dragonflies are perfidious and volatile, characterized by our sage wisdom and penchant for fly-swatters in intimate scenarios.

      If I were TommyAnne, I know which group *I’d* be listening to.

      • Sixer says:

        Well, I like the dragonflies on here. I think they are perfect. If it were a joint enterprise, I’d join in with any guy in any (wonderfully hilarious) scenario they chose. Even Hiddles, who is out of my good graces entirely. (But it would be better if it was one of the dragonflies’ other men).

        Hiddlestoners, on the other hand…

      • Miss M says:

        T.Fanty: Thank you for clarifying so beautifully. I am back to be a dragonfly! 🙂

      • T.Fanty says:

        @Sixer,

        I’m sure I speak on behalf of Miss Jane when I say that you are welcome in the Thornfield drawing room whenever you deign to drop by. Just so you know, it’s BYOH (bring your own hedgehog).

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Fanty & all ladies above,

        Please stop. Please stop making me laugh. I was reading the comments with my coffee & started choking.

        Just until I catch my breath…..

      • j.eyre says:

        You Cumber Collective play a little fast and loose with those Thornfield invitations.

        Fortunately, I am a pushover so of course Sixer would be welcome at any time. Do NOT bring a damn hedgehog – they are terrible guests and the Collective conveniently “forgets” to clean up after them. The Poms keep having Fluff-Ins in protest – my nerves can’t take it.

        However, Thornfield is a TommyannE-friendly household so perhaps you would be best served by BYOBaG – Bring Your Own Binding and Gag (actually, you don’t need to – I have plenty and a whole drawer just for the stuff that fits Tommy best)

      • Sixer says:

        Ladies! I thank you. And I will come, sans furze-pig, I promise. Especially if Hiddles is gagged. However, Thornfield lends itself so well to biddable boys and my current pash is Idris, what with Luther being on TV, right now, this side of the pond. How would we manage him? I don’t see him as any fun if we render him biddable. What say you?

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @j.eyre,

        Miss Jane, if you will let me bring my own hedgehog next time I visit, I promise there will be no troublesome mess to clean up. Tiggywinkle’s better half, Mrs. Tiggywinkle, will keep them all on best behavior. And she will tidy up before we leave, because that’s what Mrs. T does.

      • j.eyre says:

        @Sixer, Idris is allowed at Thornfield in any carnation he chooses to appear as. Remember the house rules, The Mistress gets to lick anyone she fancies.

        @ EsCon – No! well, okay.

        @Fanty – You, young lady, are still in trouble for that “BudgetBatch” comment below. Don’t I have to deal with TommyannE’s crying enough?!? He’s positively inconsolable now and with CHemboy out of the country, who am I supposed to do now? Since you are so up on Cumby today, I guess you won’t mind me trotting into Toby’s suite, will you, hmmm? Remora is in the yard circling his window – be a love and throw her a steak, would you? Raw, no seasoning.

      • T.Fanty says:

        @ Miss Eyre,

        I’d like to object, and am tying (typo and it stays) most strenuously, but the darn blue scarf is (ahem) strategically placed to hinder my ability to disengage myself from the four poster and throw myself defensively in front of Toby’s door. I am, in fact, typing this with my little toe.

        @ sixer:If you have Idris and don’t know what to do with him, then you don’t deserve him. Send him to my quarters.

      • Eve says:

        Toby’s wife doesn’t like when her husband is passed around without her consent.

        Yes, I know who Toby is — I already told you that speaking in code won’t help you escape my shanking (I will ALWAYS find you).

      • T.Fanty says:

        Ummm, calm down, Shanky. We’re talking about The Original Hot Posh Ginge:

        http://www.rsc.org.uk/images/content/Productions-2009/ham_2004_toby_stephens_243x317.jpg

      • Eve says:

        Fanty politely explained to me that the Toby you guys are talking about is actually Toby Stephens. Thought you were talking about the “almost named Toby” Benedict Cumberbatch.

        I’m terribly sorry now (and embarrassed). You all can beat me with Cumberbatch’s scarf.

      • T.Fanty says:

        I’d love to beat you with the scarf, but I’m currently tied to Cumby’s bedpost with it.

      • j.eyre says:

        I’ll beat you – give me a minute. Wait – how do you want it? Oh gawd, I am so excited… I have been waiting for this.

        Stand still!

      • Eve says:

        T.Fanty:

        Well, since you’re already there with my husband, you can ask him to untie you and help you beat me up with his scarf, too.

        You know what? You all can line up like in that scene from “Airplane” and beat me up using (SOFT, I say SOFT) scarfs.

        J. Eyre:

        It’s up to you. Hurry up.

      • Miss M says:

        @Eve: CUmby is not with T.Fanty. He left Thornfield in a hurry to meet up with Aniston behind your back…

      • T.Fanty says:

        PPPFFFFFFTTTTT *sprays wine across the room*

  16. Elodie says:

    The best part is the tumblr people writing *essays* to express their “happiness” he has a girlfriend (READ : Bitter Bitches) LOLOLOLOL!!!

  17. MissMary says:

    Someone on DataLounge posted that they work for Arthy and Arthy and Hiddles have been hitting it for some time now and Arthy talks about it “often” at work… If that’s the case, way to be classy *eye roll*.

    I do love Hiddles when he’s acting but I’m starting to get the “aging beauty queen” vibe off of him–he knows it’s rare for an actor to really hit big time in his thirties (Daniel Craig and a few others being the exception) and he’s grasping for fame, it seems. Maybe I’m wrong but yeah. It kind of smacks of carefully calculated to me–bring her out to Wimbledon, make sure they’re caught on camera being loved up…

  18. Leila says:

    I never understood why this guy gets/continues to get all this attention he does. I can understand why Cumberbatch, Fassbender &Hardy get alot of attention because they are actually ACTORS who have a diverse body of work and continue to get parts in Hollywood unlike Hiddleston. So the man can do impressions . who cares. He is known as an actor but hasn’t really gotten any major roles that would have Hollywood take him seriously.

    Im sure hes a nice dude but I just do not get why he gets all this attention for someone who hasn’t even got that much of a body of impressive work as other actors.

    • MissMary says:

      He’s done some impressive work and I understand he’s fantastic on stage but his body of work is fairly sparse, comparatively. Whether that’s due to choice or circumstance, who knows right now, but it’s definitely not helping his image, esp when he shows up to the opening of an envelope.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        He needs to do more stage. I do fear the Donmar will be overrun by fangirls for Corolianus, which will detract from the work and hamper any future endeavours.

    • Bet says:

      He just tries to copy Cumberbatch. He only did impressions when he saw Benedict was getting pr about his great ones.

  19. Ab says:

    @Lindy79 I totally agree about hiddles. Cumberbatch gets bullied for his looks but he’s getting parts. I dont think hiddles would be able to get bullied like that and be ok with it. While I think it does hurt cumberbatch feelings to be called an “alien” and “horsefaced”he handles it well imo and goes along with it making fun of himself.

  20. Bet says:

    I detest Hiddleston. He’s so fake. Loves himself. He makes my skin crawl the way he sucks up to all the people who can get him on in the industry.

    I still wonder if his people released that fake Chastain romance story. He didnt deny it in the press. It was left to Chastain to have to release info about her real boyfriend to squash it. So Hiddleston is no gentleman.

  21. Helsbels says:

    Benedict Cumberbatch is far too trusting as Martin Freeman has said in interviews. He THINKS he’s friends with Hiddleston but I’m concerned he will discuss potential projects he’s interested in applying for with Hiddleston who will then try and nab the role himself.

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      Goop 2.0, for sure. Yeah, I thought he was hot in Thor, but dang, he’s killing what little lady boner I had in the first place with this crap. Who obsessively tweets like that? I’ve had a facebook page for over a year and I’ve probably made under twenty posts. I only go on it to talk to my friend.

      Hiddleston better not try and shade Cumberbatch. I think Miss Jane would go after him on principle, as well as all of us, on principle.

      Dang it, where is Ralph Fiennes? We need some more of him on CB.

      • MissThing says:

        I dunno, I am a major extrovert and we tend to spew alot of crap out there that many deem unnecessary. So I understand that part of him.

      • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

        @MissThing

        I see. I’m a lot more introverted, I don’t like/see a point in putting all of that on social media sites. Gary Oldman and Ralph Fiennes should be glad, because my tumblr/twitter would’ve been EPIC-they’d be getting restraining orders on me.

  22. rinz says:

    This is just a facade to hide whatever is going on with CHemboy. I support those two, entirely, just sorry there is a need to resort to these sort of things to keep crazy fans (between other things) at bay.

    Any gossip/news on that department? I haven’t heard much since CHemboy went to HK.

    • j.eyre says:

      You may be on to something, rinz. Perhaps all of his Machiavellian tactics are for CHemboy’s benefit and this poor girl is just a pawn. Oh how delicious – I wonder if it is working. I could just see CHemboy, standing atop Victoria’s Peak with clenched fists, falling to his knees and releasing a Thor-like “NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO” in the rain (provided by LucasArts) and dropping his head as a single tear escapes his eye. I just got shivers.

      Now tell me, your interest in CHemboy – do I need to keep my eye on you do you support share plans?

  23. amanda says:

    Im with yall why does he get all this attention. He’s not even that goodlooking ugh

  24. I Choose Me says:

    I still want to put him in stirrups and ride him like a horse but I can’t be mad he’s getting some action. The level of snark this post has brought out is muy entertaining though. 😀

  25. Dani says:

    I liked him for a while after I saw his acting and now he’s just seriously starting to rub me the wrong way. He’s almost as much as a fameho as Kim Kardashian. So classy to stalk your stalkers then unfollow said girlfriend. He’s so obsessed with his image, he’s not going to have one soon. There’s pics of his gf allll over tumblr from her facebook (which is now deleted) and she seems like just as much of an attention seeker.

    • flower says:

      On another board someone who works for her says she just talks and talks at work about how she’s shagging him. Never shuts up about it, like it’s a badge of honor. New gf sounds thirsty, which is interesting seeing as much bang she’s getting from a guy that all these women and 14 year old girls want.

    • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

      Hiddles = Kardashian. That is it right there.

      Hiddledashian Cumberbudget.

  26. Esmerelda says:

    Sooo Hiddles has a ‘normal’ gf.
    Pity, I was hoping for smt more entertaining, like Hiddles meets Angelina at refugee camp, DRAMA, Brad runs back to Jen, triangle+tumblr apocalypse.
    But no, Hiddles declines to entertain us w/ his personal life 😀

  27. MissThing says:

    I will admit it. I am blazingly envious. But yes, Tom is being far too concerned with what his fans want BUT at the same time he has withdrawn from them significantly. At least we all know now why so much radio silence, he was too busy shagging the new girl.

    I can’t look at him right now but I will point out that it is not just 12yr olds who are feeling sad about this. There are many women closer to his age that seemed to think they had a shot (yeah right) and they are going to feel very betrayed if they figure out that his approachable guy schtick is a scam to maintain fans…

    I don’t think it’s all calculated on his part, I think he just genuinely is that needy and can’t help himself when it comes to trying to please ‘everyone’.

    That boy tasted real fame briefly, found it not to his liking and is trying hard now to impress some ephemeral group of people for some holy grail that exists only in his mind I think. cuz you know, he is a serious actOOR.

    He seems to like the fame, but only on his terms and without all the other crap you have to deal with. He wants the posh parties and free flowing champagne, the hot chicks to fuck etc… and the adoration of fans, but only when he feels like it. He loves the camera because he appears to have a terrible self image and this is the only way he knows to feel better about himself.

    His whole new ‘look’ while very attractive is also standard slick aloof celebrity fake charm style.

    The twitter thing confuses me though, why unfollow her once the cat is out f the bag. I don’t get it. That makes no sense because no one is going to care of he is following her or not if he actually fucking her… that is what they are going to care about.

    I am confused.

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      I agree with much of what you say. To me the whole Twitter business is a huge mistake; having thousands of followers must be flattering of course, but the ‘fan service’ aspect of it is foolish IMO.

      If I’m being completely honest I have to admit to being one of the silly suckers who’ve fallen for this guy hook, line and sinker, so I’m afraid the girlfriend news doesn’t exactly fill me with joy. (And yes, I’m not a 12 year old – I’m in my thirties – probably old enough to know better!) Is it all an act though? This super-charming, super-polite, accessible nice guy routine? I honestly don’t know.

      I will agree with you that he wants fame badly, and will possibly do anything to try and secure it. That doesn’t necessarily make him a bad person, although it may backfire in the end with all this Hiddlestoner/Loki’s Army stuff. Sure some of them (or us/me?) are a bit too overinvested in this chap, but I have to wonder whether Hiddleston himself is too invested in his fanbase – and its maintenance – in return. I also can’t see why he needs to follow someone on Twitter anyway if he’s actually going out with them IRL.

      I will say I’m not too sure about your comments on his poor self image though. I’ve seen more than one person allude to that and I very much wonder what the evidence for that would be. He’s great looking (IMO), talented and intelligent. He seems to have a lot going for him generally, certainly from where I’m standing.

      • MissThing says:

        Besides random commentaries on various sites (take it with a grain of salt) from people who claim to ‘know things’ as well as how he has spoken about himself and how he carries himself… he carries some serious self image issues. Supposedly this has been improved in the last year or so.

        Anyone who even has a touch of exposure to self image issues will recognize that he displays signs of it in spades. Mainly it would stem from awkward gangly younger years, relationships gone bad, being passed over for roles for not having the right ‘look’ as well as for the physical issues he has to deal with (scarring and TMJ). Add to that a cliche upbringing (complete with disapproving father) that would make a perfect Lifetime afternoon movie…

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        @MissThing
        Interesting. I have seen some of these ‘issues’ mentioned before: the facial scarring, the alleged TMJ. He does indeed seem to have some scarring and he sometimes makes odd movements with his jaw, but I’m not sure whether that’s indicative of anything being wrong as such. I don’t really know. How much are any of these things you’ve mentioned pure speculation?

        I think most people do have some insecurities or vulnerabilities – is Tom Hiddleston any different? He probably has had to work hard to get to where he is now and maybe had some struggles in the past so kudos to him if he’s been able to overcome any challenges he’s faced. I must confess though, I don’t ‘see the signs’ in his demeanour that you are referring to. What sort of signs are we talking about here?

      • Miss Melissa says:

        @MissThing:

        Scarring and TMJ? What did I miss here?

  28. Jo Darby says:

    Is that Scott Mills in the first photo?

  29. pleaseicu says:

    Hiddles, please, for the love of the acting gods, hurry back to the stage (or at least start those Coreolanus rehearsals any day now) and forget who a pap is and what Tumblr is for awhile. He’s borderline acting like a long lost Kardashian making pimp mama Kris proud.

    It’s a shame because he is talented. He’s especially magnificent and captivating onstage. And I adore his Loki. I even watched him in that craptastic melodramatic romance film he did with Rachel Weisz. If his non-Loki related offers are similar to the script from that cruddy film, I can see why he might be frustrated.

    So, as a fan of his acting, it does suck that he’s still probably not considered for those meaty and/or A-list roles. But, also as a fan of his acting, pandering to the paps and the overlyinvested on Tumblr won’t earn him consideration for those types of parts he clearly wants either.

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      Still very excited about seeing Coriolanus (somehow managed to get tickets!). I’m so hoping he will be brilliant in it. Maybe worried that he’ll be too brilliant and I’ll be going home and crying into my Guinness. lol

      • pleaseicu says:

        So jealous you got tickets. Enjoy, as much as a Shakespearean tragedy can be enjoyed. Enjoy his and Gattis’ performances anyway. Hiddles is captivating onstage. He just has this undeniable presence and comfortability onstage and command of whatever role he’s inhabiting that’s thrilling to watch. I hope he’s as brilliant as he’s previously been onstage.

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        It was a trial I can tell you. So glad I opted to book over the phone, I believe the online booking was something of a fiasco…

        I’ve never actually been to the Donmar before – apparently it’s tiny? I’m so looking forward to it. I only hope the place won’t be packed out with loopy Hiddlestoners wearing Loki costumes! 😉

      • Lindy79 says:

        Hopefully its not full of screaming fangirls…can’t imagine anything worse

  30. Algernon says:

    I get that this guy can be exhausting, but I don’t get the career criticisms at all. Since getting his break with Marvel he’s worked constantly. In between Marvel gigs he’s worked with Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Terence Davies, Jim Jarmusch, plus the Shakespeare project with the BBC, and that’s not counting the upcoming stuff like the Robert Capa project and the new Muppet movie and Thor 2. He’s worked non-stop since 2010 (when Thor filmed). And now he’s prepping to star in one of Shakespeare’s most demanding roles, at one of London’s most reputable theaters. What, exactly, is wrong with his career?

    His public relations have been, um, let’s say hit or miss, and are totally worth ragging on, but the people tearing down his career I don’t understand.

    • Sceptic says:

      Thank you! Was about to say the same thing. He’s already filmed one blockbuster being released this year, has had a movie shown in the most prestigious film festival in the world this year, made an British indie being released this year, currently filming another movie and will be doing a play in the one of the most reputable theater houses at the end of the year. He doesn’t have to have the same exact career pattern as Cumberbatch to be successful because they’re both British actors in their 30s. He’s working non-stop and that’s pretty decent.
      I just don’t get what’s so famewhore-y about showing up with his gf as his date to the Wimbledon finals. And how was he supposed to introduce her? As his “niece”?

      • Algernon says:

        It’s not so much going to Wimbledon with your girlfriend that strikes me as famewhorey, it’s tackling Samuel L. Jackson on stage at the MTVMAs in order to speechify and the embarrassing Twitter and the constant talking over other people. Did anyone else see that talk show incident last year during the Avengers pr tour when the host of the show had to tell him to shut up and let the others talk? *That* is the stuff that’s worth mocking him for.

      • BY says:

        @Algernon

        I haven’t seen this interview! Links please!!

  31. Katie says:

    I still love Tom, but I completely understand why some people are starting to dislike him. I for one refuse to associate myself with these “Hiddlestoner” zealots and try to ignore them at all costs. He has a girlfriend. Fantastic. Maybe she can tell him that his make up artists have recently made him look like an oompa loompa. Girlfriends can be honest like that. I just honestly feel very sorry for this lady. The crazies on tumblr have already forced her to take down her facebook. I don’t doubt she’s received some death threats mixed in with that swarm of hate. Tom better hope being out with her was worth the backlash, because most “normal” people aren’t up to that.

    • MissThing says:

      Gosh I really wanted the job. I would take on the the rabid fans AND the paps with aplomb, then give them the finger while taunting don’t you wish you were getting this 😉

      Too bad he didn’t pick me, I would have been perfect for the part of Tom’s new Girlfriend.

  32. Lindy79 says:

    The best thing he could do, just my opinion, is to politely say to his fans on twitter that his friends shouldn’t be treated this way. Granted its probably the minority but still…The problem is, he’s never dealt with this behaviour, it has happened before with his friend Sian and he did nothing which was pretty shitty to be honest, he actually encouraged it for a long time as did his publicist who I genuinely believe thinks he is famous too, you can just see that glint. A good publicist should rarely be seen, they’re ways there just not in your face. I can see why, he needed to gain a fan base, it’s just misguided. It’s awful that she’s now getting harrassed. What the hell is wrong with them?!

    • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

      I would have respected him if he just had the balls to speak up. I was at a Dresden Dolls concert once when things got out of hand in the mosh pit, and even Amanda Palmer knows how to step in and graciously say hey guys, lets not do that. You lose nothing. His silence when people treat his friends ungraciously speaks volumes.

      • LilyRose says:

        I agree. Though I am of the “ignore the crazies” mindset. But there is something about acknowledging a SO publicly (and directly to the fans, which exacerbates the false intimacy thing they may feel they have with him) that, I fear, would do more harm than good. Don’t know. I’m on the fence on the saying something vs not saying anything. He doesn’t really owe anyone an explanation, you know?

      • Jess says:

        Calling out fans for being dicks never goes down well on Twitter, because the people being dicks are the loony fans who’ll lose their minds when told off, no matter how politely it’s done.

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      Who and what happened to Sian? I googled, but all I came up with was a tumblr account. (surprise,surprise)

      • Lindy79 says:

        Friend of his called Sian Clifford, I think, she was spotted out with him a few times. Think they are friends since RADA. She got completely spammed with hate messages on twitter, and probably other methods but don’t know for sure. Some people defended her and she thanked them on there but it seemed totally ridiculous. She hasn’t tweeted since March.
        I know you can’t feed the crazies but if that was a mate of mine, I would be majorly pissed that they were treated in such a way and he would be more than entitled to say something through his PR as it was threatening and harrassment. He did seem to back off on the tweeting after that, unless it was UNICEF related (that’s a whole other issue for me, I know he was trying to do some good and he didn’t create the Live Below the Line campaign but his handling of it was…iffy to say the least especially when a few days after finishing it, he was tweeting about jetting off to the MTV movie awards in LA), so he probably did learn something from that but it got to that stage because he encouraged this direct interaction with his fans in a way I have never really seen with an actor before, and god knows there are enough of them on twitter etc..

      • flower says:

        She just seemed to disappear didn’t she?

        Tom’s best friend with FWB on the side much, and she made a point of tweeting what an amazing best friend he was and she actually expected the nutso fans not to come after her?

        What a learning lesson it must have been.

  33. Anonymous says:

    Tom should delete his Twitter. HA! Like he’d ever consider that.

    • oleaner says:

      Ha. He’d never give up twitter. He has a passion to teach us plebs about Shakespeare. He’s a regular Henry Higgins so he is. Lord Luv a duck.

    • Miss Melissa says:

      That would be bold and brave.

    • dasha says:

      He would never do that.

      I have noticed that since hooking up with the new girl, his tweet count about UNICEF has gone down considerably.

  34. Naughty says:

    Is hating on Hiddleston in fashion now? just like loving him was in fashion then. He went out with his gf, at Wimbledon stadium that sits like 15K, wasn’t even sitting at where all the celebrity sat. ONE photograph of him holding hands with the lady, ONE tweet from a journalist who happened to sit next to him and probably saw them holding hands and assumed that it’s his gf. It’s not like he held a press conference. You must be thinking he has arranged that journalist to sit next to him so she can witness his PDA? Can you guys not see your hate is as irrational as those who love him and express those irrational emotion on tumblr? So if he didn’t go to Wimbledon with a new gf, where do you think would be appropriate for him to one day show up with a gf? Remember when he got pap’d and people accuse him of setting that pap up himself? If he shows up a premier with this girl in his arm, what would you think? Appropriate or try hard? Should he hide her for the entire duration of their relationship? If he does hide his relationship, you will likely accuse him of daring not to offend his fandom, and despise him more. Hate, is as irrational as love. He still get your attention because you guys can’t seem to leave him alone as much as you keep saying you are soooo over him. And before you accuse me of the Hiddle himself, or his PR, or his fangirl, or whatever, I can assure you I’m none of them. I’m just really baffled at your reactions to a celebrity somewhere in the world who was seen with his gf.

    • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

      I don’t quite see where you coming from– nobody here is hating on his girlfriend. I think the consensus is that he cares way too much about his fandom, and about getting attention and pushing his brand. He has actively baited his crazier fans, and this leads to the hysteria you can see on Tumblr.

      I think there is also a consensus that his ego is out of proportion to his talent and achievement, and many of took note that he was indeed stalking Tumblr. He does a lot of ungracious or narcissistic things for someone who superficially is pretty nice, and it doesnt serve him well. You don’t have to agree, but this sounds to me like criticism, not hatred.

      Is it just me? Every time Hiddles comes up on CB we get an influx of never before seen usernames saying the same things. There is the “publicist” above, etc. Are you a fan girl from Tumblr? You can just be yourself here. I just find this interesting.

      • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

        *Passes over an Arthtini*

        (Thank you – concise, well-said, and polite all the way)

      • Eve says:

        “Is it just me? Every time Hiddles comes up on CB we get an influx of never before seen usernames saying the same things.”

        No, it’s not just you. I’ve noticed the same thing (although some of these new posters sound remarkably familiar).

      • Anonymouse says:

        I just want to ask, are we not all narcissists at heart and rejoice when attention is thrown at our ego? It would be miraculous for someone not to react at least in a small degree.
        This is neither to be seen as defense or accusation but to fault someone for liking the attention is naive and self glorifying in the assumption you would not do the same. You cannot expect a tickled ego to not react. The ego is the first to respond.

    • oleaner says:

      I’m baffled that he’d want to show up to Wimbledon and rush to get photos taken by photographers. No – not the ones in the stand – but the area where the press take pr shots for desperate publicity seeking z listers.

    • Miss Melissa says:

      I think you make good points here.

      Perhaps it was a defensive move to stop following her on twitter? Perhaps the hate started early and SHE brought it to his attention?

      He himself was stalked on Facebook and forced to delete his own profile last year. Maybe the Facebook crash by tumblr was all it took for him to try to protect her a bit by hiding the direct twitter link?

      All plausible.

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        Oh please, they knew they were being photographed and he knew where this would lead. The twitter unfollow just confirms how much he was stalking Tumblr– it happened the moment someone revealed who she was. THAT is why it is notable. It was an effort to manage perception.

    • flower says:

      Well it is a “gossip blog”, and his gf is a grown woman who is a boss at Warner music who I bet could stand up for herself.

      Nobody here is being mean to her.

    • T.Fanty says:

      Okay, so. Here’s the irritation. I don’t care who the man is shagging – this Jane person is very pretty girl, so good for him for getting some.

      The issue is that he’s at a decent place in his career, but he’s still youngish and has a bit of a way to go to prove himself. Although he’s doing great work with great people, he needs to give it time. He seems *so* hungry to be a “thing,” whether it’s A-list friend of the movie stars, or widely acknowledged as an internet hearthrob – people compare him to Cumberbatch, but Cumberbatch has five years on him, and I’ll bet a lot of those five years were spent doing a boatload of extremely crappy roles (*sideeye The Last Enemy and that abysmal boat movie*) before he really took off. He comes off as needy and as someone who takes himself WAY too seriously. His twitter was a bit lifestyle guru-ish, but instead of toning that down, and having a little fun with music (which I used to enjoy), he appears to have gone off in a huff. It just reeks of desperation, and that kind of Tom Cruise-ish mania to be liked. His career is doing fine, and he has a nice little (albeit slightly fervent) fan base, but there’s always this sense that he wants to be bigger and is trying to force it and make gossip happen. It’s the internet equivalent of the Cavil/Cuoco supermarket trips.

  35. Sixer says:

    Right. I’m definitely stopping with the schadenfreude now. It’s not good for me. BUT, but but but. One last fantabulous tumblr link:

    http://shaitana.tumblr.com/

    Oh my gollygosharoney.

    • Miss Melissa says:

      Wow.

    • LilyRose says:

      I was about to share this as well. So, yeah.

    • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

      Sheeeesh…. It’s polka time in Tumblr. But she is right about one thing: he reads that shit.

      • Eve says:

        Well, as much as I find open letters to idols pathetic, she’s right about all the things she mentions here:

        http://shaitana.tumblr.com/post/55030762985

        She highlighted the first one which makes me think the girl mocking her open letter may be that Wendy woman or the one who’s doing a “documentary” about British cinema?

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        @eve: the bewildering g thing about the Project Wendy crazy and her fake project t is that Hiddles has befriended her and agreed to be I yer viewed. He has no judgment. All he cares about is getting attention.

      • Eve says:

        @ C&C:

        I know. I agree with you.

    • Linda L. says:

      And that woman is a mother of four…

      Hurray for the human race…

    • LilyRose says:

      I’ve read her posts on the tom tag from time to time, and am always impressed by her super human observational skills. She went on and on a long time ago about his ailments; from a jaw thing, depression, dandruff, who knows.

      ETA: Nice dig at the documentary people. Keep Calm and Turnt On, Shaitana. Turnt on.

    • Side-Eye says:

      Holy mother of God…

      I actually follow this woman on tumblr, but she isn’t on my dash enough for me to be bothered by her more extreme posts–particularly in regards to Loki–but this is a more than a little creepy.

      • Shaitana says:

        I don’t know if I should feel complimented or offended right now. I never once mentioned dandruff. Sheesh. Everything I observe is from public photos, interviews and IMDB. Beyond that I do not probe. Also, I do not not mock the religion of others, I’d ask to be accorded the same courtesy. Thank you.

    • Esmeralda says:

      nvm. didnt scroll ddown

  36. flower says:

    Oh dear…yeah I see that the fans never change. Stalking the girl, making her life miserable, he should have kept her in the shadows.

    Someone on another board who works with her at Warner says she talks about shagging him all the time and is not such a bish now that she’s shagging him. Hey I know that if I was messing around with him, a smile would never leave my face.

    Being the player that I heard that he is, I give um two to three months tops and then break up.

    • Virgilia Coriolanus says:

      Why would someone brag about that? That’s the best way to get dumped. If it was me shagging him, and by him I mean, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Stephens (any one of them would work, depending on my mood)-I wouldn’t say a word. I wouldn’t even acknowledge to anyone at work that I was dating him. Even if we were photographed with my tongue down his throat.

    • bron says:

      A player with women or men? He always gives off a gay vibe to me.

      • flower says:

        A player when it comes to women, he is strictly into the womens from what I’ve heard.

  37. Caroline says:

    I don’t think the gf brought it to his attention. I actually watched it unfold. There was a person on tumblr who posted her twitter account and I am nosy so I took a look and he was following her. Just under 10 minutes I checked back and he unfollowered her. That’s kind of quick to me. Why would he unfollow her when it wouldn’t have made much difference in the drama really. He didn’t unfollow Sian when all that mess happened but it does bother me that he never makes any comments on this stuff. Seems like a crappy thing to do or maybe he just doesn’t like confrontation.

    • LilyRose says:

      I don’t see how it helps to comment on it. I guess he is trying to cover for her, so she won’t get harassed re the unfollowing. Though too late. But I would ignore the crazies IRL and on the internet, it’s smart to stay silent. Considering he tweets something inconsequential and the hordes of tweets he gets are insane. Imagine if he addressed his personal life in public… batshit insanity.

    • lc says:

      Oh, Tom and Luke totally couldn’t imagine what was coming, right? Cause fangirls are known for their warm feelings towards his women.
      And if she was so concerned about her privacy, why sit together at such a publicized event? You either want to put yourself out there or you don’t. I mean, look at the Pataky always grinning like a goblin next to her man, in spite of all the hatred she gets.

  38. bron says:

    If his pr guy (Luke?) spoke to the DM journalist about a fake Chastain romance does that mean Chastain must be livid with him now. Her people must have an idea where that story came from in a dry pr patch.

    I’m so pleased she’s working with Cumberbatch.

    • flower says:

      Yes Luke is his PR guy, still find it lame that Luke and his PR firm had to start a false rumor about Tom’s love life. Tom should have just said “no, it isn’t true, I am not dating Jessica”, but he instead said nothing. Spoke volumes.

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        Yes. That was odd. Why didn’t he just deny it? Unless of course it was indeed, as you say, floated by his PR people to get him more attention…

        I can’t say I’m impressed with the tale about The Hollow Crown BAFTA winners on Twitter either. Did he really not acknowledge Whishaw or Russell Beale’s wins at all? Why not I wonder? Too busy perhaps? Or didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that he hadn’t won anything himself? (He should have done IMO, but that’s another argument.)

  39. ichsi says:

    Nothing, NOTHING, not even a leaked porn video of him and said gf can convince me that he isn’t married to his male publicist. Sorry.

  40. solart says:

    Omg just wanted to say i love this blog never fails to cheer me up with some witty post on celeb gossip. You guys should be making the big bucks writing Hollywood scripts some of the comments here made me laugh out loud. Ah tom and Benedict and irdis are fantastic why cant they be mine lol! hey less being papped more movie action so i can drool at them in the darkness of my local cinema ;-D

  41. Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

    Interesting. Well the word on the various blogs from people who work with the girlfriend is that she is not very nice or kind to others. She’s ambitious, demanding, obsessed with status and celebrity, and has bragged all over her Facebook about having a famous boyfriend.

    If Hiddles is fishing for a trophy wife, he may have met his match. If this is true, it says a lot about who he really is and what he really cares about.

    • flower says:

      Well from what I’ve noticed about him, he seems to love the spotlight on himself and really nobody else. Anybody on his arm better take a back seat to the Hiddle effect or else. His new gf is starting to sound as phony as a $3 bill.

      Anyone taking bets on how long this famewhoring pairing will last?

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      Uh-huh. Is there any substance to any of this though? Or is it coming from jealous/upset fangirls who would have a vested interest in trashing his new girlfriend?

      I’m not here to defend Hiddleston or his new girlfriend either, since I don’t know them IRL. I am rather keen on Tom (or rather my *perception* of him – which might be an important distinction!), but given the circumstances I’m genuinely just interested to know whether what you say has any truth to it.

      • vadamee says:

        See it all started on Datalounge where someone said they worked for her and that she was a alot nicer since they started “shagging” in May, and that she talks about him alot. It sounds to bitter and petty to be coming from a grown adult, especially since they expressed their annoyanace at how Jane always talks about him. I mean I’d take these claims with a grain of salt, they all suspiciously came out once the entire Hiddlestoner population found out about her. Either this person really hates their boss that much or this is a fangirl who wants to draw as much hate towards Jane for stealing “her man” as much as she does. Of course, I’m not talking about Crumpets & Crotchshots here, but this is my take on all the gossip around Jane. Crumpets & Crotchshots, can you send on any links to these blogs or posts?

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        @vadamee

        Nah, I’m not buying it. Sounds like a lot of nonsense to me.

        The trouble with internet gossip is that anyone can claim they have an ‘inside scoop’ on something, when in actual fact all they’ve done is made up some random crap to get a rise out of people. This is probably a case of that.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        This. I checked out the datalounge thread. There is no way that post is from an employee, it’s from a tumblr fangirl.

        Wouldn’t it suck to be trashed publicly by phony stories from phony employees?

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        I got this from Datalou ge, but yeah, who knows what is real? Also somewhere else someone who saw her Facebook posts before they were taken down reported copious bragging. But Gain, who knows

        Gossip is gossip and pr is pr. I think folks on both sides are overly attached to controlling perceptions– this includes both Hiddles and the bitter Hiddlestoners.

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        Okay, went back to that thread to check, and it appears that the post I saw from someone claiming to be a Warner employee was removed. I don’t know what it means, but someone complained.

    • Anonymousy says:

      C&C:
      That thread on datalounge that i think you’re referring to is still open with the anon warner employee’s comment the 10th reply down: http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/ajax.html?t=12882432#page:showThread,12882432
      Unless there’s a different thread on there that you’re referring to instead?
      For what it’s worth, the whole gf being not so nice to others, status obsessed, copious bragging on FB etc thing sounds legit to me. That’s just me though. But then again, i wouldn’t have bothered to post that kind of info on datalounge in the first place.

      • vadamee says:

        “Ambitious, demanding, obsessed with status”, she’s a woman and she’s a record executive, essentially the Head of Warner Music, when you have that kind of career those are characteristics you kinda need in order to do a good job. She’s someone’s boss, she needs to make damands and she’s responsible for a lot of artists. She’s DEALS with celebrities, I’ve seen her promoting Muse on her twitter and they’re fucking huge. So what, she’s essentially a bitch for doing her job? Either these rumours are true and her staff are jealous or they’re coming from fangirls who want to fuel a fire of hate around her. Also, from what I’ve seen on tumblr, it’s kinda funny how the fans that are believing this gossip are the ones with pictures of Tom plastered all over their blogs. And more realistically, the last place a grown adult would be is on a blog site or thread of their boss’s boyfriend, given they’re not a fan of course. Although they all seem to downplay it with “oh, I don’t care, his choice but she seems like a bitch”. The plot thickens.

      • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

        This was actually one reason why that post sounded legit to me: One does not rise in the music industry by being “nice,” but by being a “bitch” and being “status and celebrity obsessed.” This sounded real to me. Btw, the post I saw, which was more detailed, seems to have been removed from that thread.

        Sexist? Yes, now that I think of it (and my bad for not being on this sooner) it is: a man who is aggressive and status obsessed is never criticized for it or called a Wisteria Sister. Hiddles is probably aggressive and status obsessed in equal measure, but his Hiddlestoners do not seem to have an issue with that. If he does in fact like dominant women, aggressive and status obsessed might suit him very well.

    • Anonymousy says:

      The Warner music group website lists her as head of radio promotions. Record executive and head of Warner music she ain’t. *shrugs*
      But yes, the plot indeed thickens.

    • LilyRose says:

      One of my first jobs was as an intern in a pr firm dedicated to promoting music acts, mostly indie but some mainstream acts as well. The music industry is horribly unkind to women, no matter where/what/who you are, and my then boss had to deal with some sexist shit constantly, both from media and from record executives. I hope this lady is a bitch. Bitches get things done. I hope she doesn’t suffer fools gladly and takes bull shit from no one. It reeks of misogyny all this talk about her not being nice- I bet she gets shit on much more than she dishes it- now, if you told me she thinks puppies are the worst… bitch and I will have some wurds.

      • Anonymous says:

        Exactly. People would bitch even if she was a complete pushover. They complained about Sian because she was “too plain”, about Susannah because she was “using Tom” just because she was another actress. Even if Jane has all these characteristics, I admire her for it. God knows you need a “take no shit” attitude when dealing with Tom’s fans, remember that article where Tom says he finds women who don’t care what other people think sexy? Seems like she’s the right choice. In this society if you’re a woman and you show any kind of determination or ambition you’re a bitch, but if you’re a man it’d be something to admire.
        A little off topic, but there’s one thing I saw on Tumblr that kinda made me smile. That someone’s cousin was at the Wimbledon final, when he was getting a drink he bumped into a woman, who then apologised profusely (sound familiar?) to him and made conversation on the way back to the seats, turns out she was sitting next to Tom who greeted her when she came back. Now it could’ve been Lorraine from Elle but the possibility that it’s Jane would be kinda funny if they had that attribute in common. Doesn’t sound “not very kind to others” to me.

      • Anonymous says:

        @C&C Where was the other thread? Would you be able to send on the link?

      • LilyRose says:

        This isn’t even about Hiddles and his ladyfriend. I don’t know their life, I’m a fan and like silly gossip ‘cuz it’s silly. Live and let live, etc, etc…

        However, I’m tired of the implication that somehow niceness is the default setting for women, and the minute you stray from that, very subjective, setting you are a bitch. Some of the most badass women I ever worked for were demanding, and had no tolerance for bull shit. But get them away from the office and it was another story altogether; these women were self-deprecrating with a wicked sense of humor. One had an obscene amount of shoes and one special pair of killer black pumps she wore to meet with the more challenging clients, so they would have to look up to her. But I digress.

  42. vadamee says:

    @tubular_trekkie
    Exactly! I mean that comment appeared on Datalounge AFTER Jane’s facebook link was made public and after JustJared wrote an article about them. Her twitter was also doing the rounds aswell which gives away some information about her job and how she travels alot with bands. Someone in the comments on JustJared said they have a relative who lives near Tom and they’ve been together since so that’s where they got the “shagging since May” from. The amount of times I’ve been tempted to anonymously post some lavish story about him just to see if people are REALLY that gullible enough to believe it is…kinda shameful haha! But yeah, I dunno…I acknowledge these stories and of course there’s always a POSSIBILITY in some cases, but in other cases it’s laughable how many people would buy into the gossip.

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      @vadamee

      Indeed. And the comments on JustJared may be equally unreliable. The relative story and the ‘fact’ they’ve been together since May. Could they be true? Very possibly. Are they true? I’ve no idea and there’s really no way of verifying it one way or the other.

      In this age of social media though, I don’t know why Hiddleston has bothered to unfollow his new girlfriend on Twitter. Why bother? His entire fanbase knows about it now anyway and it’s not as if he’s tried to keep all of his friendships and interactions strictly private from what I can see. Maybe I don’t understand Twitter usage, but if you are happy to publically broadcast fairly innocuous conversations with friends and colleagues online, follow people and so forth, where’s the harm in having your SO on your friends list? It’s not like either of them are going to tweet to the world the plans for their next date or anything. Weird.

      • vadamee says:

        I think what happened there is he learned from the Sian incident. There was a good possibility they weren’t even going out but she was swarmed with hate messages on Twitter and now she doesn’t even use it anymore. God only knows what happened there. So I think what happened there is once the news got out, he thought that by unfollowing Jane asap that no one would find her and send her any hate, that there wont be a repeat of what happened with Sian. Of course that was a futile attempt but still. There’s a good possibility this is a new relationship and maybe he didn’t want to jeopardize that. Again, this is speculation, but putting yourself into the shoes of someone not so well known going out with a famous person, the relationship being fairly new; how overwhelmed would you feel being swarmed with messages, alot of them quite malicious? No one can speak for her but really I just think it was in Tom’s best interests so that neither of them would be hounded. Regardless of how much she supposedly talks about him at work. I mean Lorraine from Elle who first broke the news ended up tweeting this: https://twitter.com/LorraineELLE/status/354272924636680193

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        @vadamee

        Maybe you’re right. It was well intentioned perhaps. Trouble is the crackpots already know who she is, so it’s not going to stop the inappropriate or hateful messages.

        And I still reckon Hiddleston would be better off not being on Twitter, he shouldn’t have to monitor his followers’ reactions to things in any way whatsoever. Just delete the whole shooting match and ignore them. He can still be nice to fans in person, respond to (polite and non-creepy) fanmail and sign autographs. But just leave it at that. I think I would in his shoes.

      • Miss Melissa says:

        @tubular_trekkie

        I agree on all fronts.

  43. hels says:

    Is Hiddleston the guy who used his twitter to direct people to a site where they could buy his autographs?

  44. lc says:

    Well, this whole thing just cost me my recent fascination with Loki. Reading at least a hundred phony “I’m so happy” and “congratulations” for the new couple just made me realize how stupid the whole fandom experience is. It used to give me good vibes, now it is just painful to watch. The magic is gone. My ovaries are cold. Going back to my trusty Askars and Cumby.

  45. vadamee says:

    My bad! Heh, even I’m guilty for believing what I read.
    Either way, she’s head of something, someone’s boss. You gotta be tough in that kinda job to get the work done.

  46. Caroline says:

    She is just head of promotions not a record exec. But I believe she was a fan of Hiddles and just happened to be lucky enough to get his attention. I noticed she followed some Hiddles fan type twitters when i checked on her stuff when the news broke. I don’t know if she is anymore but don’t tell me he doesn’t screw his fans. I mean not the crazy ass fans but the more mature ones. I wouldn’t put it past him. He likes to be adored and have his ego stroked.

    • LilyRose says:

      “He likes to be adored and have his ego stroked.”

      Among other things.

      *David Caruso glasses*

      YEAH!

      See what I did there?!

    • Samilynn says:

      If she was a fan of Hiddles before she met him , then what the “insider” said makes sense (That she was very excited to meet his agent)

  47. Miss Melissa says:

    All I can think of is this: remember this post by the hot fan in Hungary?

    http://instagram.com/p/ZLrCwHv0nk/

    “at first i couldnt believe he is Tom. but he was very friendly, asked us where should he go partying and..yes. like a tourist:) others absolutely didnt recognize him :)”

    Go partying? You know he tapped that. You know she showed him around. And that was in May. People just need to relax. And no, I don’t think he’s above shagging a fan.

    Besides, he loves music, so maybe there are mutual benefits to the relationship.

    • Crumpets & Crotchshots says:

      Awwwwwww they do look cute together. And man, he does like busty ladies, doesn’t he?

      • Vadamee says:

        Just out of curiosity, can you send on the link of the thread that had that “more detailed description” of Jane’s antics on Facebook? I know you said it’s been removed but the only threads I can find related to this are datalounge, lipstickalley and here.

  48. Marie says:

    It appears that the circle jerk between Tom and his fans has reached new heights. Now this film project that supposedly wasn’t about him, even though they use him to sell their film at every turn, was only funded because of his fans, and made him the inspiration for the need for a full-length film…sorry, that’s a terrible run-on sentence. Anyway, it’s now a FEMINIST PROJECT. Avidly supported by him. W-O-W.
    http://thereelbritain.tumblr.com/post/55208814710/the-reel-britain

    Can you even imagine Benedict Cumberbatch’s PR superstar (or Ben himself) allowing this to go on? Using him to ensure that his fanbase is milked for dosh so a tiny handful of American fangirls can take fab holidays to London and make a cute little film to highlight the terrible troubles facing the British film industry when they are neither filmmakers nor British.

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      Seriously? Is this for real?

      I know Hiddleston tries to play the Mister Nice Guy card at every opportunity, but this is just absurd. Surely he doesn’t support a project that is clearly designed to enable a few rabid fans to visit Britain, presumably with the ultimate aim of meeting him? C’mon now! Isn’t it about time he distanced himself from these shenanigans?

    • Shaitana says:

      And you guys all said “I” was crazy… PFT. I wipe my hands of the man at this point.

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        He’s still a good actor though.
        Even if you don’t care for the PR/fan hoopla that goes on, you can still be a fan of his acting.
        Coriolanus FTW I say!

    • dasha says:

      Wow those fan girls will try anything to get his attention.

  49. DahliaDee says:

    Personally, I suspect he unfollowed her for different reasons.
    The future will tell.

    I have one comment though, the Elle UK editor didn’t sit next to HIM and his girlfriend, but next to the lady and him (notice the dress worn by the woman next to Miss Jane Arthy and the one in the Elle staff article):

    http://www.elleuk.com/style/what-elle-wears/from-the-editors-to-the-interns-see-what-the-elle-team-wears-to-work-wednesday-9th-july-2013
    http://photos.laineygossip.com/articles/hiddleston-redmayne-08jul13-03.jpg

    Before you ask, I didn’t have a clue about the entire business before reading about it here. Do I think he’s hot? Sure. Do I want to have his kittens? Eh… I’ll pass, thank you. I did do some investigating though (an exhausting 0.5 second search on Google), because I had my own suspicions about the Twitter unfollowing sitch. As for all the other stuff, who the hell knows. I mean, neither of us were flies on any of those walls, so who can really say exactly what went down and how?

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      It’s a possibility.

      I think for Twitter followers and maybe fans in general (I include myself in the latter group) it is all too easy to assume that Hiddleston is doing certain things on Twitter in response to media reports or the fan reactions to those reports. The tumblr crowd certainly seem to think so. But maybe he isn’t. The timings of the events may just be a coincidence.

      I still think the illusion of accessibility and interactivity that Twitter gives is a bad idea, especially for somebody with as passionate a fanbase as Hiddleston’s. It blurs the distinction between what’s public and private too much for my liking.

    • Caroline says:

      Yeah i have my own theories as to why he unfollowed her too. And then he shows up next day being photographed with Lara Pulver. I guess to try to kerp his fanbase confused. IMO I think he fanbase has cooled down in recent months though. I used to see all these posts about people making fanbooks and the like to send him and now it’s not so prevalent. That stuff with his new “girlfriend” cooled off pretty quick IMO compared to his past women who he has been seen with. But who knows, maybe when Thor 2 comes out it will pick back up.
      Also I really don’t believe he is gonna settle down anytime soon. I do think part of him does but also the part of him that wishes to shag every hot chick wins out in that retrospect. But only time will tell if he is serious bout this girl or not. I could be completely off base. *shrugs*

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        Why would he want to keep his fanbase confused? Why would he care?
        That to me is the very definition of ‘fan baiting’ and I don’t see why he would indulge in it.

        If he wants to keep things private or keep people guessing about what he’s up to he could of course, you know, delete his Twitter or something 🙂 Or maybe not reveal certain things/follow certain people on it…

      • Samilynn says:

        I totally agree. Many fans are saying that they are not interested in him anymore, not in a bitter way but I think they are slowly starting to see him as a fake.

    • Miss Melissa says:

      Maybe it’s sleep deprivation, but I’m not catching your meaning on the significance of who sat next to whom?

      “I suspect he unfollowed her for different reasons.”

      Would love to hear your theories as to why. Just because I’m nosy.

  50. shinjitsu says:

    Well, what do you know, he is in Syndney hanging out with Jaimie Alexander&friends
    https://twitter.com/JaimieAlexander/status/355453274100477952

    that explains the backpack he had in that pic outside Nobu, he was leaving for Australia.

    • Vadamee says:

      That’s from 2 years ago when Thor came out and the premiere was in Sydney. Note the #THOR1 hashtag.

  51. DahliaDee says:

    I hate speculating, especially if it turns out I was wrong 😛
    Before you chew my head off, honestly speculating in general, in a public forum, sort of makes me uncomfortable. I know it sounds hypocritical, believe me. The importance of who sat next to whom has to do with things being more easily whispered from the next chair then two chairs accross.
    So that radio promoter is a fan. Maybe she bragged, maybe she got a little ahead of herself. Assumed too much and ran her mouth too readily to the journalist sitting next to her. Maybe the dude freaked out and unfollowed her. As for the hand holding? When I watch a sport I’m intensely invested in, and my compatriot is playing and winning? I could French the 90yo grandma sitting next to me. Doesn’t mean much beyond that.
    So, that’s my long winded theory. Could me a pile of rubbish. All I’m trying to point out is we really don’t know these people, and all the contempt here for an actor who’s never been involved in any scandal kind of gives me the creeps in much the same way the Tumblr loonies do (I fully admit to trolling tumblr, I must have masochistic tendencies). I love Benedict Cumberbatch, but he’s just as whiny and spiteful (Downtown Abbey and Elementary anyone?) and anyone can find faults with any other performer. That’s what we do. We apply likable or unlikable traits to people we don’t really know and whose lives outside the promotion tours we know nothing but what they choose to show us about.

    Oh, boy… I didn’t mean to turn this into a rant. My sincere apologies. And many thanks for letting me vent.

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      Interesting theory and you make some good points, I think.

      I guess we don’t actually *know* what’s going on, even on Twitter which is something of a goldfish bowl IMO. As I implied before people jump to conclusions based on their own perspective (I’m doing it too, we all are). But that’s kind of the point of this site: to discuss and speculate.
      I like TH enormously and I’m kind of interested in how the situation with his overly enthusiastic fans is going to pan out. The dynamic between the two seems to be balanced on a knife edge to me… We will all see I suppose if he manages to continue with his super-friendly accessible stance… or not.

    • LilyRose says:

      Yay! I agree with you so much. I’ve always felt this way about some of the conversations and vitriol spewed at certain celebrities (using the term lightly here) I can’t get worked up about Palthrow, Pataky (who is click bait at this point) or Cooper, Cumberbatch etc because all we know is pure surface. And though it is fun to think we know why this or that happened, ultimately we’ll never know.

      I’m new to fandoms. In my time when you liked a celebrity you watched all their movies in one sitting with a bucket of Tom & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey and called it a day. But I’ve noticed a weird expectation of acceptable behavior. As in, an actor’s (insert chosen celebrity here) behavior is a direct reflexion on the person who likes them. Like “Hiddleston is such a great, positive, gentle unicorn person” and “I don’t believe he would ever…” Which makes you look good for being their fan. I’m not sure if I’m the only one who perceives this thing. But if you spend any time (under the Cumberbatch or Hiddleston tag) on tumblr it’s apparent.

      There is no room for these people to do what people do, which is fuck up sometimes. So I give these people the benefit of the doubt, like the Hollow Crown tweet thing. Does he really owe the fans a public tweet to congratulate a colleague whose phone number he probably has, and therefore may or may not have already spoken to congratulate them directly? Why as a fan are you entitled to that shit? So what if he gave this or that person a shout out in the past, he still doesn’t owe it to his twitter followers a virtual high five with Simon Russell Beale.

      But I also think that a good chunk of commenters here are in on the joke. We all know it’s bullshit. Celebrity culture is weird on both sides. So yeah, hope you don’t mind me hitching my rant wagon to yours.

      Cheers 😉

      • DahliaDee says:

        LilyRose, thank you for the Hollow Crown acknowledgment on Twitter thing. I wanted to write about that, but my phone hates me. Agree with you absolutely 100%. Why would anyone let themselves be bullied into doing something just because people think it’s the right thing to do. I fully believe he might have congratulated them in person. It’s different than tweeting Chris Evans or Clark Gregg, who might be stateside when he’s in London, than Whishaw and Beale, whom he might well have had dinner with in celebration the night before. Once again, none of us were there to so freely speculate. And I don’t know about others here, but I would not take kindly to being pressured into doing something by people who have no clue about my personal relationships. And if it had been me, his nonresponse would have appeared positively sweet. Coz I’d come down on anyone trying to badger me in a similar fashion like a ton of bricks.

      • tubular_trekkie says:

        @DahliaDee

        I just found it odd. Not necessarily wrong or indicative of a snub (I don’t know his motivations), just strange.
        I don’t agree with people prompting or pressurising him to tweet about it if that’s what happened. Not at all.

        I found it surprising though if he didn’t acknowledge it in any way. He was very proud of ‘The Hollow Crown’ and his work on it (with good reason) so it seemed like he would be more than happy to mention it at every opportunity. Besides, I sort of thought that’s what Twitter is *for* – to comment on things that are important to you; to react to ‘news’ and so forth.

    • icerose says:

      At last someone who talks some sense. There seem to be so many sites with a predilection for criticism and theorising about actors who they really know nothing about.Being a fan seems to have become more about the competition between fan communities than rather than your respect for the accomplishments and a wish to discuss their films and performances.
      I actually saw Jane’s facebook and from what I could see it was mostly about music and meetings with friends etc-pretty ordinary and not one word re Tom. She may have had more personal conversations locked down and good on her if that was the case. Poor girl has gone from Warner executive to obsessive fan in one thread. It is the stuff satirical comedy evolves from.
      For the record BC and Tom are both excellent actors and both play the publicity/fan game as required. They will continue to build their careers taking on what ever roles come their way supported by the usual hype. Some fans will stay other will move on but that is just how it goes and the gossip and fabrications will come and go.

  52. Samilynn says:

    Personally I don’t see the problem with Hiddles having a gf. If she’s sincere about all this then it’s great.

    But if she was a Hiddles fan who set this up and according to the “wb insider” she said that she was very excited to meet his publicist (aka Luke) and that then she couldn’t stop talking (bragging) about her “famous boyfriend”, etc…

    Let’s just hope Hiddles (and Luke) didn’t fall (YET again) prey to an opportunist (Pataky style but with a wb boss title). And this time is worse because this is a relationship, not a fake project or a fake twitter account. If she does the Pataky thing, then it’s game over for him. Just imho.

    Also, I think it’s great that he stays off Twitter for a while, but he seems to have completely forgotten his fans and many of them (on Tumblr at least) are already saying they are no longer interested in him, not in a bitter way, but that he doesn’t seem very interesting anymore.

  53. Browniecakes says:

    His and the Loki fans will go bananas (again) when the worldwide THOR 2 promo tour starts. Maybe as soon as Comic Con in San Diego? We’ll see if gf is traveling too.

    • Samilynn says:

      Well “Warner mole” said she travels to the US a lot so I wouldn’t be surprised if she went with him.

  54. Linda L says:

    Reason #26 I do not care for this guy:

    “I’ve always thought of acting as playing notes and chords on a piano and every human being born with 88 keys. MOST PEOPLE JUST PLAY *ONE* SET OF CHORDS. But when you’re playing another character, you’re experimenting with your ability to play other notes on the piano.”

    Could you *possibly* be any more condescending? Obviously, you’ve never been: a parent, teacher, nurse, firefighter, store clerk, assistant- or, you know, anyone who has had to actually work a proper job for a living. So sorry we mere mortals do not have the inherited ability (in your snobby eyes) to “experiment” with life. We are too busy LIVING it- and enjoying it, just not in front of a barrage of cameras, though.

    I get that ppl think he is handsome and desperately want to shag the guy. But, c’mon. Would you spend a moment on a guy who says THAT to you? “Oh, you peasants amuse me- but I am sooooo much more than you all- because I act!”

    I respect your right to lust after him, but this does not give you pause? Ugh.

    *slinks off into corner, only playing my one chord…*

    • dasha says:

      I think the reason why his actions piss so many people off is his obvious detachment from the world when he makes a comment about the world. There was a tweet of his I once read where he said it wonderful to live in a world where you could make music, movies art and love with such freedom or some such thing. That tweet was when I realized how detached he is from the realities of the world because of his background and current situation as an actor.

      I mean I know that people are going to argue and say he did that unicef thing and got a taste of what it’s like to be poor. But that is not the same, poor people don’t take a holiday from being poor, they either stay poor or struggle to rise above the poverty.

      He is a nice guy, but I think he’s living on planet oblivious.

      • Linda L says:

        @dasha:
        YES. Well said. You hit the nail on the head.
        I read some of his “personal insights into life” tweets, and thought, what the hell? He is clearly someone from a certain, rarified economic bracket/lifestyle. I know you make out of life what you’re given, make the best of things- being positive, working hard, having good people around. That’s what we do. His attitude comes from not ever having the burden of finance. When you have to budget, the whole “life is peaches and cream all the time because money is not a problem” is not a reality. That’s HIS reality. And, good for him, coming from such a background. Lucky duck. But, please. Spare us the whole “wisdom of Solomon” routine regarding life. I find it insulting. And the fact that he gets worshipped for this attitude makes me rather ill, tbh. You can be all “I choose to be an optimist!” when you do not have to worry about paying your bills. I do not think him an ogre- just clueless.

        It’s not envy, just eye-rolling. Planet Oblivious, indeed.

      • anonymoose says:

        I have to disagree with both of you @Linda L and @dasha.
        I am a musician myself (and I say that in the most humble way possible) and I can tell you that you need to be detached from the crap in order to not crumble and give p. You can make music and make art and the possibilities are endless and beautiful and he is right,we have immense freedom now, but the moment you let the reality of life in too much, you are what we call screwed.
        Of course, he is not on my level,he’s made it big and can serenely live off his art until he’s old and dies, but as an artist of any sort, if you’re not somewhat detached, you will break.Because we all have to deal with life, but in order to create you need to deal with life in a different manner.
        And re that piano comment, I don’t see the problem “one set of keys” is your life,however you chose to spend it and the “other sets of keys” are the pretty much schizophrenic option of playing other people’s lives. What’s condescending about that? You get the chance to play someone else’s part

    • LilyRose says:

      Well to be fair, it’s a set. So you got, what, G Major, B Flat, A Minor? Ten, Twelve notes? You’re good.

      • Linda L says:

        @Lily Rose

        Ha, ha- thank you. I was feeling so inept, just being a regular person.

  55. dasha says:

    When I met Tom at the Iron man premiere in late April, that lady wasn’t with him. Umm, so fairly new romance eh? Well I hope the fans aren’t too hard on him, and her. The fans act like such crazy, obsessed pre-teens, it’s sad.

  56. Caroline says:

    Well from what I read from someone else who had actually met Tom at some industry parties in NY said that just a few months ago that they noticed Tom leave all loved up on a young woman that was definately not that Jane woman. The other woman was younger with long curly brown hair.

  57. Anonymous says:

    To the posters who talk about Tom not truly being able to connect with us plebes – imagine how much of a stretch it will (NOT) be for him to play Coriolanus: a man who despises the common people and, when they refuse to rally behind him for being all that is awesome – he turns on them.

    Not much acting required at the Donmar, methinks.

  58. Bolton says:

    I am so happy I found this blog. It’s been killing me not being able to comment on tumblr this week.

    I got into Avengers/Thor fandom last year and my tumblr feed is filled with it. Or rather, anytime TH goes to an opening or poses for a magazine, it’s filled with him because most of the people I follow who like Loki are obsessed with TH. And I’ll admit, at first, the guy intrigued me. He’s smart, can be funny, is good looking IMO (tho he’s a bit too thin lately…I keep hoping his fangirls will send him sandwiches instead of poetry).

    Thankfully, I took a look at his twitter before getting in too deep. Yikes.

    Now I enjoy the tumblr stuff because the relationship between TH and his fangirls fascinate me. It’s the reason why I sometimes get sucked into reality tv. It’s just…wow.

    And this latest with the GF?

    1) honestly, my tumblr feed was filled with nauseating happiness for the couple. Way overboard, way too much joy. “I hope he tweets hello darling to her!!!!” “I can’t wait for ginger babies!!!! Too soon????!!!!” Yes, dear, it’s not only too soon, it’s creepy as shit. Even creepier is how he seems to encourage this. Ick ick ick.

    2) The pic at Wimbledon seemed to be set up. I mean, as an official “hey, I’m dating someone now” announcement. The justjared thing wasn’t posted because of a random tweet. The gossip on jj included JA’s name and job, which kinda says it was placed. TH isn’t so big yet that a random tweet is going to cause a gossip website to spend an enormous amount of time sleuthing who he was with. The fact that *who* he was with was up so quickly at jj tells me that someone placed/leaked that info.

    3) who placed/leaked, I dunno. I’d guess it was Luke if the couple were an item, but the whole deleting of fb/unfollowing on twitter/pics taken the next night with another woman is odd. IF the couple are dating, their ‘coming out’ was *extremely* amateurish. Anyone connected to TH, no matter how serious or casual, should be told well ahead of time to lock down their social media crap asap. And he shouldn’t follow them, OR he should be prepared to keep following them after news breaks. But the ‘mystery woman’ who wasn’t a mystery the next night? That’s either TH distancing himself from the supposed GF OR it’s TH pandering to obsessed fangirls.

    Meanwhile, I sit back with figurative popcorn (I’m on a diet). I kinda hope more comes out soon, because there’s no good Thor2 spoilers lately and the next Avengers movie is still too far away.

    • TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

      Hi there! And welcome. Glad you found us. We’re a ton of (intelligent, snarky, dashingly gorgeous) fun around here. Have a beer – I promise it’s low carb and your diet won’t suffer for it. 🙂

      Its funny, you and I are a lot alike in how we’re viewing this – we found Tom the actor intriguing initially, but now he is just really entertaining for all of the wrong reasons. Good reality show analogy. Frankly, I hope he wises up because I still want to like the guy but he is making me go “aroo?” more often than not.

    • Miss Melissa says:

      Good points all.

      And the JJ comments brings to mind the fact that he gave them an exclusive interview a year or so ago where he referenced “my girlfriend” repeatedly (aka Susannah at that time.)

      I’m going with Luke on this. And yes, he is a lousy publicist. And yes, I firmly believe Luke was the one to leak the Jessica Chastain story too.

      Don’t forget, Jane is the head of radio promotions. Head of promotions, people. She knows how to play the game just fine.

    • Browniecakes says:

      Funny how different her tweets are from his. Jane doesn’t exactly quote Shakespeare: jane arthy ‏@janearthy 11 Jul #@foalsfoalsfoals will be kicking @zanelowe’s ass tonight on @BBCR1 from 8pm. #versus #victorywillbeours.”
      I wonder if his ‘song of the day’ was ever one of her bands. Promo people know what they are doing. Luke, who looks just barely old enough to drive, does not.

      • Bolton says:

        A quick peruse of TH’s twitter shows very little ‘songs of the day’ since before his unicef trip, so I don’t think she’s a musical influence.

        Honestly, looking at her twitter acct, I like JA’s taste in music much more than TH’s. The Dragonfly King likes a lot of instrumentals and whatnot. Her preferred genre (at least, that which she promotes for work) is way diff from his incessant mutterings on twitter about the mighty rio grand destroying all listeners and bon iver.

    • flower says:

      I was in the fandom when he went public with Susannah and when he got a twitter not so long after he didn’t follow her (I think Luke was actually was one of the first people he followed). The fans knew where her twitter was and also her FB and thought it was odd that he not only did not follow her, but he didn’t even comment when the fangirls were tearing her to shreds. Way to stand up for your woman Tom, really.

      He was dating someone not long after he broke up with Susannah and even posted a valentines day tweet to her, but her name was never made public. Also there were rumors last year during the summer that he was dating someone (mainly twitter sightings about him saying they saw him with his “gf”). Nobody ever found out who that girl was either, so she got off scot free lucky thing. And then of course, there’s Sian, but who knows wtf that was, ya know. Those silly girls on tumblr actually think he’s been chaste and single since he broke up with Susannah Fielding in 2011? LOLOLOL. Uh no.

      • gensou says:

        Did Susannah have another twitter account back then? Because her present one was opened around May 2012.

        And I thought they broke up at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012
        given what Tom answered in this article of Jan 2012.

        But you are in a relationship right now? “Well, erm, I dunno actually,” he says, shyly. “That’s kind of an awkward answer, isn’t it?”

        http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/soldier-of-fortune-tom-hiddleston-is-set-to-become-2012s-hottest-new-star-6284844.html

        Of course, as you said, for S.Valentine he was already dedicating a song to sb else on twitter. (I doubt he was still pining for her)

      • flower says:

        Yes she did, but she took it down a few months after she went public with him.

        >And I thought they broke up at the end of 2011/beginning of 2012
        given what Tom answered in this article of Jan 2012.

        There’s an article from I think the Daily Fail, where it says they broke up in Nov of 2011. The person who got the valentine’s day tweet was a totally different person.

    • Sixer says:

      Hello Bolton from me, too. I also like the reality TV show analogy. It makes me feel less icky about all the schadenfreude (and time) I’ve been throwing TH’s way lately!

  59. Vadamee says:

    I don’t know to be honest, but I just feel like everyone is reading too deep into this. Lets think realistically; seems to me Tom or Jane introduced themselves to Lorraine from Elle, either one of them introduced the other as their boyfriend/girlfriend. I mean that’s logical enough. It’s a different case with Susannah where it was the press presuming she was his wife…what I heard happened was one of the photographers asked if she was his wife, but then he kissed her, so they presumed that was a yes. I’m sure he has no problem having the relationship going public but to keep her career out of it (seeing as she’s not so much IN the public eye but rather behind the scenes), he unfollowed her so that the fans won’t harass her. As you can see she uses it for work mostly, to promote bands and their latest gigs/music videos and what not, so it wouldn’t really be fair to have it accessible to those who can find it through his Twitter. He probably didn’t think about that initially however, sure everyone makes mistakes. Or maybe he didn’t expect to be seen, or that he could just brush it off and ignore it as always when he’s seen with a woman. Between two grown adults social media plays very little part in a relationship if it’s not used for communication, so I doubt he did it out of spite or anything. With her facebook, god knows how many messages she got. You CAN make your profile completely inaccessible to people you don’t know; as in, they can’t look you up. More than likely that’s what she did. But c’mon…there’s people speculating on Datalounge that the relationship went sour after Wimbledon and she did it out of shame. This isn’t some drama or soap opera here, please. She probably just thought “well fuck this” and deleted it or made it inaccessible cause in fairness, why WOULD she keep it public if she knew it was out there for people to access? People make very silly mistakes, Jane probably didn’t realise her facebook would be an issue nor did Tom think about Twitter. These things happen. As for his dinner with Lara Pulver…they’re good friends. Is it SO scandalous that a man and a woman go out for dinner together platonically? I know LOADS of people who do it. It’s 2013. There were pictures snapped up of Andy Murray and his girlfriend and the paps caught wind of it, and took some pictures of Lara and Tom in the process. I just don’t really believe there’s anything scandalous behind it all.

    • Anon says:

      Jane’s twitter profile is still public/accessible and therefore open to anyone to see her tweets/tweet directly to her. Tom choosing to unfollow her to prevent “harassment” makes no difference whatsoever really, especially as something as simple as typing her name into the search box on Twitter brings up her profile first.
      I see that I share with quite a number of ladies on this board a few suspicions as to the authenticity of this relationship so I won’t continue to rehash them, however, I do say this next bit with the utmost sincerity, but if anyone actually believes this stuff about Tom and Jane being an actual couple, I have some swampland to sell you.

      • Vadamee says:

        Do continue. I mean I’m open to all possibilities here but that’s just my opinion. How do you not think they are a genuine couple?

      • dasha says:

        I would like to hear your observations as well, do you think she’s some kind of a PR set up or maybe just a FWB situation?

        I think if I had seen that gal at the premiere I would have remembered her, she’s clinging to his arm pretty tight in that photo while he has his fingers laced together.

      • DahliaDee says:

        dasha, also, looking at their body language (because apparently, everybody is a psychologist these days, so why the heck not?) she is leaning into him way more than he’s turned towards her.
        You’re welcome!
        *goes into a nice, quiet corner and hangs head in shame while muttering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-eWkKMBns*

  60. caroline says:

    I am not starting to believe this BS about him unfollowing her was just to keep the rabid fans at bay. It just doesn’t make sense. If he is serious about her why not just stand by his decision. I think it just really wasn’t that serious for him and it just freaked him out a bit. I mean really, any woman he is seen with is seen as a girlfriend by his fans. Can’t the poor man just have a casual date without all the hoopla.

    • DahliaDee says:

      caroline, I concur 100%.

      • flowerpotty says:

        I agree with you and caroline both. I don’t think there’s anything more going on here than a FWB sitch really. I also read about 30 mins ago on here a detailed comment by an anon where she discussed her opinions on the matter in response to Vademee and dasha. I agree with that anon too but that comment seems to have disappeared into the ether? Weird.

  61. Vadamee says:

    Okay I tried posting a comment there and I have no idea where it’s gone so w/e.
    @flowerpotty, could you please fill me in on what that anon said?

    • Browniecakes says:

      Agree with (maybe from Anon, now gone) ‘did we all think that TH has been celibate since Susannah?!’. If he poses with Jane at that email opening, then I’ll believe she is his gf. And I’ll believe that she is not the one who set-up the JJ post and awkward 1/2-of-us-are-holding-hands photo and Elle tweet where his name was misspelled.

    • flowerpotty says:

      @Vademee, dasha and anyone else interested 🙂
      The anon comment that I read said that they aren’t sure whether this is a PR stunt or not, but feels that this is just a FWB thing and nothing more. Mentioned the following:

      If Jane and Tom are a genuine couple and have actually been ‘dating’ since May as noted by some Warner music employees on various blogs, why have they not been seen together prior to Wimbledon? If they were eager to “come out” as a couple, there was the Much Ado About Nothing premiere in London and the Cannes film festival that Tom attended but didn’t take Jane to. Not to mention the Wimbledon match he attended before the final. Both events were in May. Anon also said that of course people do lead busy lives and maybe it was just them, but they felt like if Tom and Jane were a genuine couple, in love etc and under no obligation to have to hide a relationship from anyone let alone the Tumblr lunatics, surely they would have attended at least one event together? Especially the international premiere of a film your partner is top-billed in? I will add to that, that with Cannes, if Jane is the ‘ambitious’ and ‘status and celebrity obsessed’ person that her co-workers say she is (I personally suspect there is more than a grain of truth in those statements), you would think Cannes would be the perfect place for her to officially ‘stake her claim’ so to speak. In front of an international audience.

      Tom was also spotted in Soho, NY very recently. Anon mentioned that they had seen 2 fan pics with 2 separate women circulating the internet taken during this time and both women had commented that they were surprised to see him in NY. (I also saw those same 2 pics so can confirm this. I remember seeing these pics no earlier than June). Anon said that the timing of his being in NY then, matched up with the reports of a few people on various boards seeing him at an industry party in NY where he left all loved up with a woman who was definitely not Jane and whom he didn’t arrive to the party with. (Again, I also read the same thing about a month ago on threads on ONTD and Data Lounge and I think a few chickies on here also mentioned it). Anon again said that if Tom and Jane are indeed a genuine couple who are supposed to have been dating since May, surely this one-night stand thing in June wouldn’t be happening?

      Also with the actual photo from Wimbledon that people are basing/not basing this ‘relationship’ on, anon said that they felt the body language was ‘off’ for lack of a better word. You can clearly see Jane leaning into him and clutching his arm while Tom is staring off into the distance, not looking at her and twiddling his thumbs. Also in the other photo that was taken where both of them are watching the game, again you can see Jane leaning into Tom but not the other way round. Not that I (or I suspect anon) are trying to be armchair psychologists but it doesn’t really look like the body language of a couple who are equally into each other. There were two more photos from that day too of Tom and Matthew Goode and Tom by himself. In the picture of Tom and Matthew you can just see the top of Jane’s head in the background. Anon said that if Wimbledon was to be the official debut of them as a couple, surely there would be no issue to the two of them posing together for a photo? Tom’s happy to pose by himself and with others but not with the supposed gf. Even I too thought that was odd. Also what I thought was interesting that anon mentioned was that with the whole Tom/Sian Clifford thing, regardless of whether the two of them were just besties or bf/gf at the time, there are still photos of them together at the ATP tennis finals, Django Unchained premiere and press night of The Bodyguard. So why no photos of Tom and Jane together (apart from the two of them in the crowds at Wimbledon) if they are indeed a couple?

      If the comments from the Warner co-workers about Jane bragging about having a “famous boyfriend” and the non-stop talk about shagging Tom are true (and again, I suspect they are), it seems plausible to me (not trying to be an armchair psychologist here I promise!) that Jane prob built up a relationship in her head that wasn’t there, jumped the gun at Wimbledon and ran her mouth off to the editor at Elle. I don’t believe for a second that Tom unfollowed Jane on Twitter in an attempt to “protect” her from cray-crays. He’s not a stupid man – her profile is public, therefore any abuse that she got (and I’m not condoning any abuse that she may have got) was going to happen regardless of whether he followed her or not. Once her name was made public, it’s a pretty simple matter of searching for it on the various social media. I also happen to think that this is just a FWB situation and being classed as a couple seems to have made Tom uncomfortable. One would think that if they are indeed a genuine couple, there would be no issue to keeping her on his following list? I don’t think Tom is in any way, shape or form ready for a serious relationship, let alone ready to settle down with marriage and kids. He’s too focused purely on his career right now and good on him for being so. I remember reading a quote from him shortly after he split from Susannah where he said he’s “very driven right now and I really don’t have time for a proper girlfriend”. I think he’s happy just to have casual flings/FWB/one-night stands at the moment and in my honest opinion, I think that’s exactly what this Jane thing is too and so do a lot of people on other boards. He doesn’t appear to be serious about it at all but time will tell. YMMV.

      (Also, Tom was seen over the weekend at the Manchester International Festival – prob to see Ken Branagh in the latest production of Macbeth. There are 2 pics of him taken with 2 women that are volunteering there at the moment. As far as anyone is aware, Jane was not with him).

      • flowerpotty says:

        I feel I need to clarify: where I say that “If Jane and Tom are a genuine couple and have actually been ‘dating’ since May as noted by some Warner music employees on various blogs…”, I meant to add “and not just shagging” before the “as noted by some Warner music employees…” bit of that sentence. Sorry – I just realised that sentence didn’t quite make sense! 😛

      • gensou says:

        Not to mention that letting himself be papped at Nobu seemed very much like an indirect way of saying “I’m single and people shouldn’t make assumptions” because, who believes Jane was so busy not to be able to go with him at that party?

        About not wanting to settle down or being happy with casual flings/FWB/one-night stands, I dunno.

        I mean, few months back, answering fans questions on his facebook page,he put “have a family” as #1 in his bucket list. And in that FLAUNT interview, always a few months back, he talked about how Haneke’s movie Amour left a big impression on him, how after watching it every other kind of relationship seemed “flippant and disposable”.

        Ok, maybe he isn’t exactly looking for his soul mate right now, but maybe he isn’t as shallow as he might come off.
        We all date after all.

  62. Vadamee says:

    @flowerpotty Thanks very much! It’s a possibility, a very plausible point of view. I agree with gensou aswell…maybe except for the Lara Pulver thing because they are just friends and it was on a very ah..public night seeing as Andy Murray and his girlfriend were out aswell. I certainly doubt he has much to hide or show off (and Lara Pulver is publically dating Raza Jaffrey) so I wouldn’t read too much into his intentions there. To me it seems no different to that time he was snapped in Mayfair leaving Zachary Levi’s birthday party in September. He seems very very serious about his career, maybe too serious, sure he might want to have kids/a family SOMEDAY but he has yet to really establish his career…maybe gain some serious, recognisable big roles and that for now, a relationship might not take priority. And when you think about it, that’s fairly sensible. Look at all the celebrity relationships out there and that have failed under the stress of careers. So he has room to just casually date, have a few one night stands here and there…I get the impression he isn’t very picky about who he dates but also that he won’t settle down with just anyone. So until that time comes until he does meet some amazing woman or whatever, he’s just gonna enjoy his freedom and focus on his career. Given that it’s definite that whatever’s going on with him and Jane isn’t a brand new relationship.

    • flowerpotty says:

      Totally agree with you and Gensou both. I have no doubt Tom wants to settle down and have a family, I just don’t think that that time is coming up anytime soon. Again, he’s still very young at 32 so he has time and that his career is his number one priority right now is obvious. I don’t think he has the time to devote to a serious relationship and I think he’s being very sensible by not trying to establish his career further and have a serious relationship at the same time. I also agree with Gensou that his appearance at Nobu with friend Lara but noticeably without Jane does seem an indirect way of showing that there isn’t anything going on between him and Jane more than just a casual date thing because I also don’t buy that she was too busy to go to a big party being the ‘status and celebrity obsessed’ woman that her co-workers say she is. As I said before, I think that at this stage in his life, he seems happy to just casually date and have one-night stands instead because I also agree with you that he doesn’t seem particularly picky about the women he casually dates but he won’t be settling down with just anyone either when the time comes.

      • Anabela says:

        I also want to add that just because he hasn’t had a meaningful relationship in a while doesn’t mean he isn’t open to one. We all date, we all have sex in between relationships and sometimes we date people for a long time and things never really develop even though we like the other person. I do agree that building a solid career makes it harder to establish one, but I do think that if that relationship crept into his life he would not shy away from it. That’s just how it goes. It’s trial and error

  63. Anonymous says:

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with having one night stands or FWB/casual relationships. I don’t understand why people would think that he is so innocent that he doesn’t, or that it’s a bad thing if he does. A lot of people do it. As long as it’s safe, consensual and you’re not hurting anyone in the process it’s all good. Those kind of arrangements make sense if you lead a busy life like Tom or any other actor (BC has openly admitted to making the most of his strange sex symbol status and ladies throwing themselves at him). Sure some people live like that and never settle down but that doesn’t mean everyone who does has no intention of ever being in a long term relationship. Some people are picky, they haven’t found the right person and life gets in the way sometimes. Tom and BC have admitted to wanting kids someday (not together I should add for any creepy slash shippers of whatever the fuck it’s called) but you don’t see either of them tied down yet after just making their breakthrough. Might as well focus on making your way up before you retire for a bit and start a family with someone.

  64. flower says:

    To the person who said that the fans seemed to be getting tired of Tom and moving on. I think there is an actual basis of fact in that. His tag isn’t as full as it once was, and the fan fic about him has slowed down to a trickle. It is nothing like it was after the Avengers came out, I could hardly keep up with it. As for recent fandom events, I do think it started a while back, so I don’t think it’s 100% related to his recent “change” in relationship status.

    I think people are tired of his shenanigans, his arrogance and turned off by his grab for fame tactics.

    • lc says:

      There are also the recent fans like me. I jumped on the train late. I know I said he wasn’t doing it for me a while ago, but who am I kidding? The whole thing returned with a vengeance the same evening after I read some FrostIron slash. Sigh…

    • tubular_trekkie says:

      @flower
      Maybe it will all ramp up again when Thor 2 comes out?

      The trouble with this kind of fan adulation is that it can be very fickle; he’s hot with the tumblrites for five minutes and then suddenly he’s yesterday’s news. I don’t think you can launch a serious and long-lasting career off the back of such ‘interest’. I’m very much interested to see what he does next (and also to see how Coriolanus is going to be received).

      As for all the other speculations: I’m rather a silly-billy and if it sounds plausible that he might still be single I’m definitely buying it 🙂

  65. Mooses says:

    Right, so since it has all cooled down a bit, I will throw in my few cents about this.
    What I will say first is that his PR team is somewhat deficient in keeping up a good image and if the need for publicity presents itself, there surely have to be better ways than staging things this carelessly.
    For the rest, I have to be honest, I haven’t lost too much thought on it. Weather there is a girlfriend or not, my reaction will still be a shrug followed by “ok”.
    What I deeply enjoyed tho, was the freaking out that surrounded the whole thing. It was truly delicious and if efficiency of staging skills would be measured in fangirl panic attacks, this was a resounding success. But since it’s not, few other people outside the fan circles have taken notice. Quick tip for future staging attempts: if you get Lara Pulver on board, at least “leak” her name to the Dailymail, it would have raised interest levels a bit.
    I could share some tips on how Mr. Hiddleston could raise his popularity easy and even stray a bit from this mold he’s been put in without looking this awkward,but I will not, because I’m not getting paid for it. 🙂
    What I will say tho is that people seem to forget is…he is a man. Not a monk. Nor a hermit. So to assume he lives untouched by another human being is just funny. And another thing that seems to escape many is, looks or image or whatever vibe you get from someone, do not define your actual character nor does it define your habits and in this particular case, let’s call it “the nature or implementation of your needs for human interaction”.

  66. Butter-fly says:

    Well, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks Jane’s a FWB kinda thing. I started to doubt the seriousness of the “relationship” when he unfollowed her on twitter. I pointed it out on tumblr but the “hiddlestoners” gave me death shit for life, I had to change my account name. Those girls get too butthurt if one dares to speak of their “lovely golden-virginal boy”, seriously they need to get a grip on reality, this boy is not a unicorn. Whatever, someone on the web pointed out that maybe the Jane girl was the one who run her pretty posh mouth and told the Elle editor she was Tommyboy’s gf and that probably that was the reason he unfollowed her, whatever.

    And girls, I thanked you for opening my eyes. Now I’m most of you that he’s a shitty PR agency and publicist. He needs to do something about that and he needs to do it asap or he will go down down.

    Love this website!