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‘F1’ Director Reveals Why ‘Bridgerton's’ Simone Ashley Was Cut From Film
Simone Ashley has found her own diamond of the season.
The Bridgerton star debuted her romance with Soho Communications senior account executive Jay Jammal as the couple held hands during a walk through London on Aug. 23.
The duo kept it casual for the outing, with Ashley wearing a short yellow dress paired with a patterned bandana and white purse. Meanwhile, Jammal—who joined Soho Communications in 2023 and focuses on the luxury and hospitality sector, according to the company’s website—opted for blue jeans, a dark blue T-shirt and a baseball cap.
And proving their bond is paw-fect, Ashley and Jammal were also seen walking her dogs around Notting Hill on their date.
E! News has reached out to Ashley's reps for comment but has not heard back.
Prior to her burgeoning romance with Jammal, the Devil Wears Prada 2 actress dated Constantin “Tino” Klein from 2023 to 2025 after they’d first crossed paths at the Grand Prix in Monaco in 2022.
At the time of their split, Ashley had declared that she did not “wanna waste away” her single era.
"It's about self-growth, and I am looking for someone who is so confident in themselves and is really ready to have an open heart in the same way I do,” she explained to People in 2025. “And I think that's hard to find."
However, the 31-year-old noted she was "not in a rush" when it came to finding a new partner, adding, "I want to take my time to find the right person for me and to work on myself—to grow, and to focus on my work."
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"I've got such an incredible year ahead and I'm up to such exciting things," she said. "And I have the most amazing family and friends around me. So I'm working on my heart and on myself and on my confidence."
The breakup also came at an interesting time for Ashley, since she was in the midst of promoting her film Picture This when she confirmed the split.
“It’s kind of ironic I’m promoting a rom-com,” she said on an episode of BBC’s Woman Hour podcast at the time, “and as of January this year, I’ve been entering my single era.”
“I’m focusing on me and focusing on my work and my inner confidence,” Ashley shared. “It feels like a different chapter from when Bridgerton came out, where things were just so crazy.”
For more about the love lives of your favorite Bridgerton stars, keep reading.
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Nicola Coughlan
While Nicola's Penelope Featherington found love with Luke Newton's Colin Bridgerton on season three, Nicola herself hard-launched her romance with Renegade Nell alum Jake Dunn in February 2025.
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Sam Phillips and Bessie Carter
Lord Debling and Prudence Dankworth (née Featherington) may not factor into each other's love lives on the show, but the actors made a real-life match for a time. However, the pair ultimately separated in April 2025.
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Phoebe Dynevor
Daphne Bridgerton swapped vows with Regé-Jean Page's Simon Basset, and now the Bridgerton alum plans to take her own stroll down the aisle.
Dynevor flashed her engagement ring from producer Cameron Fuller at the 2024 Met Gala.
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Regé-Jean Page
The erstwhile Duke of Hastings, Page having left the show after season one, keeps his personal cards close to his vest off-camera, but has looked awfully happy in copywriter Emily Brown's company since 2021.
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Jonathan Bailey
Like Anthony, 9th Viscount Bridgerton, the English actor prefers to stay mum on romantic affairs.
But he told The Standard in December 2023 that he was in a not-secret-but-private relationship with a "lovely man."
"Having a private life is, for me, completely critical," the Fellow Travelers star said. "I don't know if I would be able to be as confident to speak out on other things if I felt that my whole life was up for grabs."
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Simone Ashley
The Sex Education star, who fit the Vicountess bill for Anthony upon arrival from India, confirmed she was in a relationship with Tino Klein with a March 2023 Instagram post. But in February 2025, the actress shared she had entered her "single era" in an interview on BBC’s Woman Hour podcast, revealing the split occured one month prior.
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Luke Thompson
Benedict Bridgerton seemingly just wants to be free to do his thing, as an artist and in the bedroom. Though maybe he's developing some feelings...
And Thompson, who's not one to share what he's up in real life, was totally onboard with his character's journey, wherever it took him.
"It's lovely to explore," he told Deadline ahead of the season three finale, "but also putting down some roots and choosing something or someone also has huge value and excitement."
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Luke Newton
Newton dated actress Jade Louise Davies—her sister Amber Davies won Love Island U.K. in 2017 with then-boyfriend Kem Cetinay—for several years.
But he was snapped following Bridgerton's June 2024 midseason premiere in London hand-in-hand with dancer Antonia Roumelioti.
Of course, most fans are just disappointed that Colin Bridgerton and Penelope aren't together in real life.
"We think it’s really sweet," Coughlan told Extra of the off-camera shipping that goes on for them. "I think because we truly love each other."
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Charithra Chandran
The actress who plays Kate's sparkling sister Edwina Sharma may be single at the moment, but she sent hearts soaring with the release of her 2024 rom-com How to Date Billy Walsh, costarring her longtime friend Sebastian Croft.
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Claudia Jessie
It turns out the actress destined to play Eloise Bridgerton ended up falling for the non-actor she auditioned with, casting editor Cole Edwards.
"I got a job and a fella on the same day," Jessie told The Guardian in April 2024. "It was a great day for me, wasn't it?"
She also not shied away from sharing candid confessions about her sex life, despite the fact that her character Eloise has yet to have sex on the series.
“It’s funny though,’” Claudia joked with AP during a joint interview with Hannah Dodd and Luke Newton in 2026, “cause in real life I’m having more sex than both of them.”
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