Sydney Sweeney is finally speaking with unusual candor about a part of her life she has long tried to keep guarded: romance. After postponing her wedding in February 2025 following a three-year engagement to Jonathan Davino, the Euphoria star made it clear in an interview with The Times, published on May 31, that she had entered a very different chapter. She said she was single and “loving it,” a statement that immediately reframed months of speculation surrounding her private life.

That sense of release is striking, especially because Sweeney has never hidden how uncomfortable she is with intense public attention on her relationships. Back in February 2022, she told Cosmopolitan, “I don’t date people in the spotlight. I don’t date actors or musicians or anyone in entertainment because I can just be normal Syd that way and it’s easiest.” It was a rare glimpse into the logic behind her dating choices, one rooted less in glamour than in a desire for something stable, ordinary, and emotionally safe.

She also spoke openly then about the kind of connection she truly wants. “I look for a best friend. I need to be able to be with someone who I can literally hang out with 24/7 and never get sick of and we laugh every single day.” That ideal sounded simple, but the years that followed would show just how complicated it can be to build that kind of relationship while living inside a career moving at full speed.

For years, that person appeared to be Jonathan Davino. Sweeney’s former fiancé, a restaurateur and producer, was first publicly linked to her in 2018, when the two were photographed together at an Emmys after-party at the NoMad hotel in Los Angeles. Just one month later, he appeared again by her side as her official plus-one at a Kate Spade dinner at Spring Place. Their relationship stayed relatively low-profile, but by November 2022, news broke that they were engaged after Page Six reported on photographs of Sweeney wearing a large diamond ring.

Even after the engagement became public, there was never a sense that the couple were rushing toward the altar. In 2024, when asked by Entertainment Tonight how wedding planning was going, Sweeney answered with complete honesty: “I am so busy working! I’m a workaholic and I love it, I love it.” She also spoke warmly about building projects with her partner, saying, “I think it’s incredible being able to work with people who you wanna be in business with,” before adding, “It’s amazing having someone who cheers you on and someone who fully just supports what you do.”

Yet beneath that supportive image, the relationship was beginning to show strain. In February 2025, TMZ reported that Sweeney and Davino had decided to postpone their wedding after three years of engagement. The ceremony had reportedly been scheduled for May 2025, though the exact reason for the delay was never publicly confirmed. Sources close to the couple suggested their packed schedules may have played a role, but the rumors quickly grew darker.

Page Six later cited a source claiming the relationship was faltering. “Sydney and Jonathan have been having major issues but are not fully split,” the insider said. “Things are not great right now, but they aren’t throwing in the towel yet. They are working on their relationship but have called off the wedding for now.” The same source added, “Sydney is really focused on her career. Jonathan wishes they were able to spend more quality time together.”

By March 31, 2025, the breakup appeared to be final. A source told People that the couple had split, painting a picture of a woman choosing ambition over emotional compromise. “She’s exactly where she wants to be,” the source said of Sweeney’s career. “Most people would feel overwhelmed by her working schedule this year, but not Syd. She’s all about working right now and very excited about all her projects.” The source went further, saying, “What did make her overwhelmed though was her relationship and her wedding. She didn’t feel right about it,” and explained that she was “in the middle of this magical career that she could only dream of a few years ago,” so “This is what she wants to focus on right now.”

The final explanation was even more revealing. “She’s not ready to settle down,” the source concluded. “They only lasted for this long because it was hard for her to break it off. They didn’t split because there is no love. They split because she just wants to focus on her career right now.”

Even before that breakup was fully absorbed by the public, Sweeney’s name had already become entangled in another wave of speculation. During the press tour for Anyone But You, fans began obsessing over the chemistry between her and co-star Glen Powell. The rumors intensified around the same time Powell split from his longtime girlfriend, Gigi Paris, leading many to wonder whether their off-screen bond had crossed a line. But sources moved quickly to shut that narrative down. In April 2023, insiders told People and Entertainment Tonight that Powell and Paris had broken up weeks earlier, before the online drama exploded. One source told ET, “Glen Powell and his (now ex) girlfriend Gigi Paris broke up in early April. The breakup was amicable,” while another source insisted to People that “It wasn’t about infidelity.” The same explanation framed the chemistry between Sweeney and Powell as exactly what audiences were supposed to see: “They’re filming a movie that’s a romantic comedy!” and “They’re friends that met on set. They’re costars.”

But Sweeney’s romantic story did not stop there. By September 2025, reports claimed she was “casually hooking up” with music executive Scooter Braun. A source told People, “Everything is casual. She is living her life and working hard.” At the same time, Page Six cited another insider who claimed Braun was “obsessed” with the actress after getting to know her at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding.

That casual phase did not seem to stay casual for long. In December 2025, sources told People that the two had become much more serious. “Scooter and Sydney are going strong and things between them are great,” the source said. “They’re in a committed relationship and things are serious.”

Since then, the relationship has only become more visible. The pair were reportedly seen holding hands and kissing at the Euphoria Season 3 premiere in April 2026, and they appeared to hard-launch their romance on social media soon after. On April 15, Sweeney posted a photo of herself and Braun to her Instagram Story with a white heart. Braun reposted it with the caption, “Lucky bastard.”

Still, even this new chapter appears far from frictionless. Reports have claimed Braun has struggled with the “incredibly disrespectful” direct messages Sweeney receives from other men, particularly professional athletes. One source told the Irish Star in April 2026 that Sweeney allegedly ignores the messages and blocks the senders, but the attention has nevertheless added strain to the relationship. Another source, speaking previously to The Sun, suggested there is also tension around Sweeney’s fiercely independent nature: “Sydney has always been fiercely independent. She values time alone — whether that’s travelling by herself, going out with girlfriends, or just switching off. Scooter prefers togetherness, and he’s still adjusting to that.”

For someone who once insisted on protecting her love life from public consumption, Sydney Sweeney’s romantic journey has become impossible to separate from the glare around her. But through engagements, rumors, breakups, and a new relationship unfolding in plain sight, one thing has become unmistakably clear: she may invite the world to watch, but she is still determined to live on her own terms.