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    21 Celebrities People Saw In A Completely Different Light After Their Breakups

    I'll never see Jonah Hill the same way.

    A while back, we wrote about celeb divorces that made people see one or both of the celebs in an entirely new light, and the BuzzFeed Community piped in with their own opinions. Here are 21 more celeb breakups (including couples that weren't married) that totally changed people's perceptions of the celebs involved.

    We also included some responses from the original Reddit thread.

    1. Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift

    Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift
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    "Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift. Though I was a casual follower and not really interested, I was kinda 'too bad it didn't work' about it just 'cause it was six years long. But man, everything after that has completely made me see them both in a different light.

    ... It's like Taylor literally came back to her 1989 era — the same performative, very orchestrated, and very intentional 'I am again a victim, and my ex is an asshole' narrative. ... Though I didn't really follow Alwyn (I haven't seen him in anything), I found the way he stayed mum throughout everything Taylor's camp was [allegedly] throwing at him nonstop every day very refreshing. This whole thing actually made me take a deep dive into their relationship, and the guy truly meant and still means it when he says 'private.' Very, very rare in celebs. ... I really thought Taylor had matured quite a bit in her Folklore/Evermore era, but looks like that was an aesthetic.

    I really didn't know or care about Alwyn, but now I think he's quite a dignified celeb who knows the value of silence."

    —u/wanderlustbones


    Context: They broke up in 2023 after dating for six years. While neither spoke publicly about the split (the two were notably private about their relationship), a source stated "differences in their personalities" and "Taylor's level of fame" had led to the breakup. Fans speculated Taylor's song "Bejeweled" was about Joe, and "You're Losing Me" seemed more explicitly about him.