Tom Hardy was in NYC all last week, doing some promotion for Locke, I would imagine. I’m including some assorted photos from the week. As I said, Tom is looking especially small these days. In the press for Locke, several journalists noted how small he is in real life too – he’s not even 5’10” and… I don’t know, he’s maybe 155 pounds here. That’s really small for a dude who bulked up big-time to play Bane.
Anyway, while Tom was promoting Locke, he kept referring to his long-time girlfriend/fiancée Charlotte Riley as his “wife”. At first it was just the Esquire reporter saying it, then it was the Wall Street Journal, and then the “wife” word came out of Tom’s own mouth. So, did Charlotte and Tom really get married and no one knew about the wedding?
Rest easy, ladies. Tom Hardy isn’t married just yet. The Dark Knight Rises actor is still engaged — and not yet wed — to his longtime love Charlotte Riley, despite referring to her as his “wife” in several recent interviews, a source confirms to Us Weekly.
The British star, 36, perplexed reporters when he spoke about his “wife” Riley, 32, at the Cinema Society Screening on Tuesday, April 22. The heartthrob was on hand to promote his new film Locke.
“Well my wife is an actor as well so she sort of gets it,” he told Us of their relationship. “Apart from that, I’m a pain in the ass really. You know what I mean? Like any other boyfriend.” He laughed: “Isn’t that part of being in a relationship?”
Hardy and Riley, whom he calls “pure” and “very kind,” met on set of the British TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights in 2009. They got engaged one year later. (The actor shares son Louis, 6, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, and was previously married to Sarah Ward from 1999 to 2004.)
I do wonder… my guess is that Tom and Charlotte have been together for so long, they just feel married and Tom just started calling her his wife without all of the paperwork. He seems like the kind of dude who wouldn’t want to refer to her as his “partner” or whatever. That’s his WIFE. Except not technically. As for Tom being a “pain in the ass” – he’s said similar stuff before, talking about how needy he is and how he likes for his girlfriends to spend all of their time with him, etc. Needy bloke.
Tom also spoke to Page Six about his preparations to play Elton John in Rocketman. Tom said: “When I play a real person, I like to have bits of them…Since I can’t take physical body parts and sever those, I try and grab as much ‘kit’ off them as possible…Then you can sell it on eBay.” So, did Tom go through Elton’s closet for old clothes?!?!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Oh, THANK GOD!
Just kidding.
” I try and grab as much ‘kit’ off them as possible…”
He’s talking about me again.
Of course he’s not married to her, he’s married to me.
He looks so edible in those last couple photos…..that baseball cap makes me wanna take him to a Sox game and get frisky with him in the bleacher seats.
I’ll even buy him a couple of those $9 beers because he’s special like that.
@TOK-I see we share a common lust in dear Tom. Another woman with exceptional taste!! I do wonder though..he looks a bit off. Very tired or something. I hope he is doing well. So brilliant, and gorgeous and crazy…love him.
He’s just tired–he’s a hard worker.
He just needs a back rub and a hot toddy from Kitten and he’ll be back to perk in no time.
Calm down, Kitten…this is good news. You’re in!!
*sneakily planning counter strategy while bolstering Kitten’s dreams*
Yes, well good luck getting to him while he’s chained to my bedpost.
I find that odd.
I find you odd.
Why is it odd? Please expound.
*grabs popcorn erm mimosas*
Get me a mimosa, mimi. Depending on how GoodNames answers this question, a proper drink-tossing may be required.
You know what I find odd,he’s wearing a camouflage hat yet I can still see him. Man, it is not a good day when your beer goggles keep coming up empty. I’m having issues..
Oh ladies, GoodNames like her
mimosas too. Bring her one (or 100) as well.
Who is this marie person and what is she trying to say about My Tommy?
I can’t stop staring at his crotch..I think it’s just an effect of the zipper but still, the imagination runs wild with what could be down there….
It’s odd. The end.
Kitten,
I *do* think he puts magnets in his zippers. Clearly the reason eyes are drawn to it. It’s simple physics. 😉
@Kiddo: You are misinformed.
Amazingly.
Wait, no. Amazingly misinformed.
P.S. Make it stop!
You know what? I don’t even care. I would love his unit no matter what the size or shape simply because it belongs to him.
I just love him that much.
How do y’all get italics????
LadySlippers, did it work?
Go back and find where Eve commented and there’s a link. I’ll see if I can find it for you..
Edit: http://www.w3schools.com/TAGs/tag_em.asp if this doesn’t work it’s over on the post about Chris Martin, Eve showed how to do it.
Well. I see how it is. Thank you, LadySlippers. A mimosa would be in order about now, both as a refresher and as ammunition should I fail to explain myself adequately.
Ahem. I find it odd that he refers to his girlfriend as his wife. She’s not his wife. She’s his girlfriend. But he calls her his wife. I find that odd.
Should I get a raincoat?
No no Dahling. Just get your mimosa and one of your fab pool boys. Hopefully they’ll be too distracted by their bulges to think anything. At all.
This mimosa is too delicious to waste in a fit of rage so you’re safe for now.
Maybe he feels like he has to say that as a way to legitimize his relationship in accordance with society’s expectations…?
They essentially have a common law marriage-they just don’t have the certificate. Maybe he just wants everyone to know that she’s on the same level as a wife would be, they just haven’t gone through the formalities involved..? Maybe “girlfriend” sounds too trivial…?
All this talk about his relationship is making me need another mimosa..let’s go back to talking about he and I, shall we?
My bf calls me his wife all the time (we were engaged at one point but it’s been so long I can’t even remember if we are still getting married). I call Viggo my husband so that’s how that all works.
P.S. Hardy looks like a drowned puppy. Peace & rhizomes!
I think it’s cute and he is even cuter on my eyes for saying that (although I already found him quite pleasing to the eyes before). Signing a marriage paper is over-rated and a lot of people find awkward to call “girlfriend/boyfriend” to someone with whom they have a long-term relationship.
Yes, wet baby animals are adorable just like my Hardy….
You know what is odd, he refers to her as his wife yet refers to himself as a boyfriend. Now I would like someone to tell me what his arm tattoos are.
And mimi, I’m getting to that point. I’ve been engaged for so long people have quit asking when the date is.
I would like to add that by “odd” I meant “perfect.”
Oh, pool boy…
Why must you ladies analyze everything he says?
Why can’t you all just sit back and enjoy the man meat?
I was going to invite all of you to the Sox game with us but I’ve changed my mind. You can watch the game on my old broken tube TV with rabbit ears made out of foil…
…and no mimosas, just Keystone Light.
@Blue Marie- I wasn’t sure which arm tattoo you were referring to, so here’s a little rundown of his tats. Although he’s added even more since then.
http://tomhardyspinky.tumblr.com/post/4184456801/tattoos-on-tom-hardy-1-2-meanings-of-tom
Well Marty, I think I love you.. thanks!!
You know OKitt, Keystone is still better than The Beast (Milwaukee’s Best) so I feel special.
Just think?! Pffft. Just kidding! You’re welcome!
Kitten,
SOOO don’t care what he calls his significant other. I’m WAY more concerned with the ever important question — can he f•ck? Everything else is trivial. (BTW, this is true for any man coming anywhere near my lady parts)
No beer for me. Bluck! I’ll stick to the mimosas…for now.
I think I need a Xanax after the threatening/ name calling/ unit discussions/ party invitation withdrawal/ beer substitution for mimosas/ other abuses and you name it. Going to lie down. Next time, I’ll keep my opinion to myself.
Hey get back here!!!!!!!!
I’m not done yelling at you…….
LaLaLaLa
I can’t hear you..
*whispers*
GoodNames,
Keep her preoccupied as she didn’t notice my all important question.
😜
He’s branded her name and face on his body, I’d call her my wife too.
I see a “Wino Forever” situation in his future …
O.K. But why hasn’t we married her? They have been engaged for 4 years. It takes one hour for a wedding ceremony whereas his tattoos of her face and name probably took anywhere from 8-24 hours. I say put a ring on it or don’t but you shouldn’t have the privilege of calling her your wife while dragging your feet about marrying her. I see a Johnny Deep-Vanessa P. type separation in this couple’s future. He will never marry her and they will eventually break up like most couples.
But how do we know he’s “dragging his feet”?
Maybe it’s a mutually agree-upon situation by both parties involved. It does happen, you know…not every woman is dying for a ring.
Myself?
I couldn’t care less about marriage or the formalities involved.
@TOK- Well to be fair, Charlotte did give an interview early last year where she said they were “desperate” to get married and still they haven’t. So I can understand people wondering about it.
Although it said in that Esquire interview they were moving into a new house soon, so obviously whatever their situation is, it is working well for them.
An hour? How about 10 mins with a judge…
He is such a sexy man. 🙂
Hmm…that first picture of him is doing something to me. I don’t even know what it is since the rest of the pictures aren’t doing anything for me, and he hasn’t done anything for me in quite sometime. *le sigh* More Swedish Vikings please! 😀
Hmm. Hot but I wish he’d stop putting crap in his hair. It just looks terrible.