Overview

• Powell told GQ he has “nothing but love” for Paris and said she is welcome to her “own narrative” about their breakup.
• He recalled Cruise advising him to “turn the volume down” on tabloid attention and to trust his own judgment.
• Powell and Sydney Sweeney previously acknowledged they leaned into off-screen romance speculation to market Anyone But You.
• The actors later told The New York Times there was no real-life romance, and the film went on to earn about $220 million worldwide.
• Paris said on the Too Much podcast that she felt “fed to the dogs” by how the situation was handled, while reports differ on whether the breakup occurred in April 2023 or April 2024.