Aidan Turner has confirmed he has split up with actress Sarah Greene – after nearly 5Â years of dating.
The pair, who met at the Gaiety School of Acting, have broken up, with Aidan remaining tight-lipped about the details.
In a new interview with the Telegraph the actor confirms he is now single, adding that he doesn’t like to talk about his private life.
“He is intensely private and when I ask him about his love life he visibly squirms – he is single, having recently broken up with a long-term girlfriend, the actress Sarah Greene,” the journalist writes.
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“But they are still good friends and he would rather not talk about it while the tape recorder is playing,” they add.
“I like to keep my private life private for my own head,” Aidan insisted.
“It’s important to me that people don’t know too much about me because I’m trying to play characters. Sometimes you see actors who are really good, but you have trouble separating that actor from the celebrity profile.
“I don’t want to be one of those guys. It helps that people don’t know a lot about me, I guess.”
The news comes just months after Tony Award nominee Sarah was forced to deny rumours she and Aidan were engaged.
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The Poldark star previously opened up about their long-distance relationship, with the pair constantly working in different parts of the world.
“It was tough. But we knew straight away that we were going to make it work,” Aidan said.
“And it was always worth it. That was a question we asked each other: Is it worth it all the time? And it always was, and it still very much is. If we got through that, we can get through anything.”