Here's a celebrity relationship you didn't necessarily see coming. In 2013, romance rumors began surfacing about Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes, the ex-wife of his "Collateral" co-star Tom Cruise, after they had been seen dancing together at a charity function in the Hamptons. The "Django Unchained" star initially told ET (via the Mirror) that there was nothing going on between them saying, "It's quite hilarious because we simply danced at a charity event along with a lot of other people." However, the rumors persisted for years — and the couple continued to keep schtum regarding their relationship status.

In a 2016 episode of the "Allegedly" podcast, Foxx's "Real Housewives of Atlanta" pal Claudia Jordan let slip that yes, the pair were officially an item. However, she quickly backtracked her statements, telling ET that she'd never seen the two together. "I don't have the knowledge of this [relationship] being fact," she said. "I misspoke." But they didn't keep things entirely on the down-low. In 2017, they were snapped at Foxx's 50th birthday bash, sat next to each other at a pre-Grammys party, and were spotted holding hands on a Malibu beach.

In 2019, they finally posed for an official photo together at the Met Gala in New York (above). Sadly, just a few months later, Hollywood's most secretive couple was said to have broken up due to irreconcilable differences, long-distance difficulties, or work interference, depending on which tabloid you read. But could there have been another juicier explanation?

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