Us Weekly: Tom Hardy isnt really married to Charlotte Riley, he just says he is
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.
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