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This A-list heartthrob has been seen \u2018flirting up a storm\u2019 with three gorgeous actresses in three weeks \u2013 but which one does he share a not-so-secret past with?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Fans are hoping for Joshua and Katie to rekindle their previous romance<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s been nearly three decades since we were last seriously swooning over Joey Potter and Pacey Witter\u2019s romance in Dawson\u2019s Creek\u00a0which, much to the delight of our tender teenage hearts, was also A Thing off screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In 1998, Katie Holmes, then just 19, confirmed that she and co-star Joshua Jackson had fallen for each other whilst filming, telling Rolling Stone Magazine, \u2018I’m just going to say that I met somebody last year, I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable. I feel so fortunate because he’s now one of my best friends. It’s weird, it’s almost like a Dawson-and-Joey type thing now.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, of course, the internet has gone completely wild after the pair, who split a year into their romance, reunited to collaborate on a brand new movie, Happy Hour, with snaps emerging of the duo looking very cosy together as they appear close on set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In recent pictures published last week, a usually straight-faced Katie, 46 – who tends to shy away from too much attention following her toxic high-profile divorce from Tom Cruise in 2012 – appears unable to help herself from breaking into a wide smile as she openly giggles with Joshua, 47, on set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In April, Joshua, who has been single since his split from Black Panther\u00a0actress Lupita Nyong\u2019o\u00a0 last year, did nothing to dampen rumours of a budding romance with Katie, saying on the podcast Dinner’s On Me,\u00a0 \u2018Katie and I are very close.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now an insider tells Closer that it\u2019s \u2018common knowledge\u2019 on the set of their new movie that Katie\u2019s feelings for Joshua go beyond friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Joshua was spotted with Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley<\/p>\n
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The source says, \u2018Katie\u2019s certainly very sweet on him and she\u2019s made that clear, anyone with eyes could see it. Joshua\u2019s been flirting on the set with her, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Katie\u00a0would say there\u2019s nothing between them other than friendship and they were never together but it\u2019s open knowledge in her circle that she likes him more than just a pal.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tellingly, Joshua has also revealed that while the pair professionally separated following the finale of Dawson\u2019s Creek\u00a0back in 2003, Katie later got back in touch following her shock divorce from Tom, 63, who is now dating actress Ana De Armas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And after her split from Jamie Foxx in 2019 after six years together, and now with her teenage daughter Suri, 19, in tow, the source says spending time with Joshua has reminded Katie of their unique bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The insider tells us, \u2018Having a long history with Joshua and such a strong connection on every level does make him very attractive. He was also great with Suri when she came to the set. He\u2019s a dad himself now [to five year old Juno Rose] which is also a big plus for\u00a0Katie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018This ticks a lot of boxes for Katie but ultimately it comes down to whether Joshua is actually at a place in his life where he can offer her a real commitment after all this time.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, fans will have been devastated to learn that there may be trouble in paradise already after Joshua was spotted enjoying dates in NYC with two different women in August alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just last week he raised eyebrows after enjoying a coffee date with Eric Dane\u2019s ex Priya Jain, 27 \u2013 just a week after being spotted with Bridgerton\u00a0actress Simone Ashley, AKA Mrs Anthony Bridgerton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And the source says that for Katie\u2019s pals, Joshua\u2019s \u2018dates\u2019 have set off \u2018alarm bells\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u2018It\u2019s looking very much like he wants his cake and to eat it, too,\u2019 the source says.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018His coffee date with Priya set off alarm bells because everyone assumed Joshua and\u00a0Katie\u00a0were headed toward a romantic reunion.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
They add, \u2018He has a reputation as a good time guy and there\u2019s a reason for that. He tends to be a serial monogamist, Jodie [Turner-Smith] was his longest relationship ever and that really wasn\u2019t long considering he\u2019s well into middle age.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018That doesn\u2019t mean he couldn\u2019t change his ways for\u00a0Katie, but the signs don\u2019t exactly point that way, not with him taking Priya and Simone out, and so publicly, too.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Katie has already endured her share of heartbreak after going through one of the most famous celebrity divorces of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following almost six years of marriage to Tom \u2013 the movie star she had dreamt of marrying \u2013 she was reportedly forced to flee to a \u2018gateway\u2019 apartment in New York and use a burner phone so she couldn\u2019t be traced when she decided to \u2018escape\u2019 their marriage with their young daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is now widely believed that Katie had feared the influence that Tom\u2019s religion of scientology had, and would have, on their daughter\u2019s life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Joshua dated a string of high profile actresses including Rosario Dawson and Diane Kruger before marrying actress Jodie Turner Smith, with whom he shares daughter Juno, in 2019. In 2023, fans noticed the pair had \u2018unfollowed\u2019 each other on Instagram and they confirmed their divorce filing that October.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But despite Joshua\u2019s dating history, the source says their shared past is a huge bonus for Katie, who they say may struggle to see the recent snaps of Joshua\u2019s dates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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‘Player’ Joshua with ex-wife Jodie and actress Florence Pugh<\/p>\n
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The source says, \u2018Truth is, she doesn\u2019t date much because she has a hard time meeting men she\u2019s into, she gets plenty of offers [for dates] but turns down 99 percent of them because she\u2019s extremely picky and doesn\u2019t trust easily.<\/p>\n
\u2018So Joshua running off with other women will be hard for her to take so soon after they reconnected. Friends say it\u2019s a sign he\u2019s not such a knight in shining armour after all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Joshua is known to be a bit of a womaniser and the last thing\u00a0Katie\u00a0needs is to hook up with another bad boy. It\u2019s going to be sad for her to realise it may not be the happy ever after ending she clearly believes it should be.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, after having been single since her split from musician Bobby Wooten III after eight months in 2022, the source says Katie is finding the connection she shares with Joshua \u2018intoxicating\u2019 and still hasn\u2019t ruled out a blossoming romance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019s in a really tough situation because she has so much fun with him to the point that it can be a little intoxicating,\u2019 the insider says.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s so handsome and charming and they\u2019ve been spending so much time together, it\u2019s only natural she\u2019d develop feelings. And flirty as they are and as much time as they\u2019re spending together, they haven\u2019t made any promises to each other so\u00a0Katie\u00a0is insisting Joshua is totally within his rights to date other women.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s easy to stomach. In so many ways Joshua could be her perfect happy ending. Getting back together with essentially her first love would be such a cute way to close the long strange story that has been her romantic life.’<\/p>\n
But the source says her pals are still warning Katie not to get too swept up in the moment and take things slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They add, \u2018Her friends aren\u2019t telling\u00a0Katie\u00a0not to spend time with Joshua or enjoy herself, she deserves to have fun. They just want her to keep her eyes open and her expectations realistic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018He\u2019s always been a player and probably isn\u2019t going to change his spots.\u2019<\/p>\n
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