Overview

• Accepting the Deauville Talent Award on Sept. 5 in France, Anderson said she does not and will never participate in publicity stunts and called them a “death sentence.”
• She told the audience she is “authentically driven,” keeps her romantic life private, and insisted “there are no silly games being played” and that she is sincere.
• Her remarks followed a late‑August TMZ report alleging the pair’s flirty press‑tour moments for The Naked Gun were orchestrated by publicity teams and the studio.
• Multiple outlets cited insiders who pushed back on the ‘fauxmance’ claim, describing the connection as genuine, though accounts differ on whether it is romantic.
• Dating speculation intensified during the July press tour ahead of the film’s Aug. 1 release, with Neeson previously noting a “lovely budding chemistry” between the co‑stars.