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The three-month romance between the "Thor" actor and U.S. pop
star Swift became a celebrity media obsession last year,
cataloged in paparazzi shots on beaches and at restaurants.
Many viewed it with suspicion, questioning whether it was a
publicity stunt intended to benefit the public images of both
Hiddleston, 36, and Swift, 27. It ended in September without
explanation.
“Taylor is an amazing woman,” Hiddleston told GQ magazine in an
interview for the March issue that was released on Wednesday.
“She’s generous and kind and lovely, and we had the best time.
Of course it was real,” he said.
Hiddleston said he was taken aback by the attention given to the
skimpy white "I (heart) T.S." tank top he was photographed
wearing while kissing Swift in the ocean at her annual July 4
beach party.
The actor said he had hurt his back playing a game and wanted to
protect the graze from the sun.
"One of her friends said, ’I’ve got this.’ And we all laughed
about it. It was a joke.
"I was surprised. I was just surprised that it got so much
attention. The tank top became an emblem of this thing," he told
GQ.
Neither Swift nor Hiddleston have said why they broke up, but
Hiddleston suggested he had struggled with the media attention.
"A relationship always takes work. A relationship in the
limelight takes work. And it’s not just the limelight. It’s
everything else," he said.
The GQ interview was published ahead of Hiddleston's big budget
action movie "Kong: Skull Island," which is due to rollout
worldwide on March 8.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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