Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel Romance Speculation Shut Down by Insider
Recent speculation among fans suggesting a romantic connection between Angelina Jolie and her Couture co-star Louis Garrel has been firmly dismissed by a reliable source. The 50-year-old Oscar-winning actress and the 42-year-old French actor collaborated on Alice Winocour's fashion drama, filming in Paris from November 2024 to February 2025. During production, they performed an intimate love scene, sparking rumours that were further fuelled by sightings of the pair enjoying dinner dates together.
Source Confirms Purely Platonic Relationship
On Monday, an insider speaking to TMZ clarified the situation, stating that Jolie and Garrel have "only broken bread as friends" and share "mutual friends," but she remains single. This statement directly counters the swirling gossip about a potential romance between the two stars. The source emphasised that their interactions have been strictly friendly, with no romantic involvement whatsoever.
Garrel's Personal Life and Family Details
Louis Garrel, a two-time César Award winner, has faced his own personal rumours. Reports emerged last summer suggesting he might have separated from his second wife, Laetitia Casta, after a decade of marriage. However, no divorce documents have been filed to confirm this. Garrel and Casta, the 47-year-old former Victoria's Secret model, are set to celebrate their son Azel's fifth birthday on March 17. Additionally, Garrel shares a passion for adoption with Jolie; he and his ex-girlfriend Valeria Bruni Tedeschi adopted their 17-year-old daughter Oumy Bruni Garrel from Senegal in 2009, though they parted ways three years later.
Jolie's Family Dynamics and Legal Battles
Angelina Jolie, famously known for adopting three of her six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt, continues to navigate complex family and legal matters. Notably, her 24-year-old son Maddox Jolie has dropped Pitt's surname in the credits of Couture, where he is listed as assistant director. This move follows a reported physical altercation between Maddox and Pitt aboard a private jet in 2016, though Pitt has since become sober. Among Jolie and Pitt's children, only their 16-year-old son Knox retains the "Jolie-Pitt" surname, while others like Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, and Vivienne have dropped it.
Jolie and Pitt's relationship, which began on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith in 2004 and led to Pitt's divorce from Jennifer Aniston in 2005, was legally formalised from 2014 to 2016. However, they are now entrenched in a prolonged legal dispute over their 1,200-acre winery, Château Miraval in Correns, France, valued at approximately $164 million. In January, a judge ordered Jolie to disclose 22 private conversations with financial advisers and PR consultants to Pitt's legal team, a decision she is appealing ahead of a trial scheduled for 2027. The conflict stems from Jolie selling her stake in the winery to the Stoli Group without Pitt's approval in 2021, prompting lawsuits from both sides.
Couture Film Performance and Jolie's Health Connection
The film Couture, which lacks a release date in the US and UK, has generated modest box office returns, earning $458,845 globally. It holds a 62 percent critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 21 reviews. The movie, a breast cancer drama formerly titled Stitches, resonates personally with Jolie, who underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013 due to a defective BRCA1 gene, followed by a preventive salpingo-oophorectomy in 2015.
Jolie's Past Romance Rumours and Future Projects
This is not the first time Jolie has been subject to romance rumours. In 2024, speculation linked her to British rapper Akala and composer Justin Levine, and in 2021, to Canadian singer The Weeknd. Looking ahead, Jolie has several films in the pipeline, including Marc Forster's comedy Anxious People, Eva Sørhaug's gangster thriller Sunny, and Doug Liman's spy thriller The Initiative.
Despite the dinner dates and on-screen chemistry, the source's confirmation underscores that life does not always imitate art for Angelina Jolie, who remains focused on her career, family, and legal matters rather than a new romance with Louis Garrel.
