Garfield and Stone met in 2011 on the set of “The Amazing Spider-Man.” They played onscreen couple Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy and a real-life romance soon developed. Though the pair often hit the red carpet together and showed sweet PDA on the streets of NYC, they were private about their relationship in interviews. Stone told the Wall Street Journal in 2015, “I understand the interest in it completely, because I’ve had it, too. But it’s so special to me that it never feels good to talk about, so I just continually don’t talk about it.”
In April 2015, news broke that Garfield and Stone had decided to take a break from seeing each other, and later that October, fans learned they had split for good.
Despite the end of their romance, the pair have remained friends. During 2017 award season, both Stone and Garfield garnered industry praise for their work in “La La Land” and “Hacksaw Ridge,” respectively. They were photographed having a friendly chat during the AFI Awards luncheon in January 2017, and Garfield was front row for Stone’s award-winning nights at the Golden Globes and Oscars that year.
In January 2022, Garfield gave a glimpse into their friendship when discussing his appearance in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” “Emma kept on texting me. She was like, ‘Are you in this new Spider-Man film?” he told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, per Harper’s Bazaar. “And I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.'”
He never spilled. “And then she saw it and she was like, ‘You’re a jerk,'” Garfield added.