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The Off-Screen Romance Of ‘Tell Me Lies’ Stars Jackson White & Grace Van Patten

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One of the pitfalls of being chronically online is that the internet has a new collective boyfriend every time a hot, emerging actor enters the cultural zeitgeist. Our latest object of affection? Tell Me Lies’ Jackson White.

And with the first episodes of the series’ hotly-anticipated second season finally here, our minds are once again firmly planted on White and his on-screen counterpart, the devilish Stephen.

Equally psychotic as he is handsome, White’s character is the embodiment of an indie sleaze f**kboy: stoic, sociopathic and secretive This trifecta, of course, makes for a great villain. Like a train wreck you can’t look away from, watching White gaslight and manipulate throughout the ten-episode season one made him a character we love to hate.

Of course, the steamy sex scenes between him and his co-star Grace Van Patten (who portrays Lucy) doesn’t hurt the fact he’s the latest softboi to steal our hearts.

However, as it turns out the on-screen romance between White and Van Patten is not just a work of fiction.

Jackson and Grace packed on the PDA at the 2024 US Open Tennis Championships. Image: Getty

While rumours have been bubbling about a real-life relationship between the two for some time, while promoting Tell Me Lies season two, the actors have finally confirmed that their on-screen chemistry is more than just great acting. And while we’re sad that this may mean our chances of dating White are inevitably crushed, we’ll allow it since it means Lucy and Stephen are together IRL. And as anyone who watches the show knows, that fate is very unrealistic in the Tell Me Lies universe

Intrigued? Below, everything you need to know about Jackson White and his on-screen/off-screen romance with Grace Van Patten.

When Did Jackson White And Grace Van Patten Start Dating?

Given how intoxicating White and Van Patten’s on-screen romance is in the show, it wasn’t long before Tell Me Lies fans started speculating that the pair were dating in real life.

Then, in late 2022, White confirmed on the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that life was indeed imitating art. “All I’m saying is that I’m obsessed with her [Van Patten} because she’s f—king amazing,” White revealed to host Amanda Hirsch.

“Our lives are built in together, we have so much to do together,” White continued. “I hope it happens,” he added, referring to rumours of their romance. “I have a huge crush on her.”

Dreams destroyed.

Van Patten returned the favour less than a month later, when she shared a very suggestive Instagram post (touching tongues, in fact) with her new boyfriend, along with the cheeky caption, “…just in the lick of time.”

The Instagram post in question. Image: @gracevanpatten

The pair were then spotted attending the Ralph Lauren SS23 show in Southern California together, however the real sucker punch came when they made their red carpet debut at the 2022 CFDA Awards in New York.

Jackson, in typical Stephen fashion, then posted a very cryptic photo of himself and GVP in the photo booth, covering the third frame with a f**kboy approved emoji—the hands over face with a peaking eye.

What was the emoji covering? We’ll let your imaginations run wild.

Source: @jacksonwhite.

Are Grace Van Patten And Jackson White Still Dating?

Although the series took an extended break in 2022, ahead of the release of series two, Van Patten confirmed that her romance with Jackson is definitely alive and well.

Speaking to People, the actress said it was “trippy” to work opposite White on the show “because we are together in real life and he knows me better than anyone.”

White shared a similar sentiment, adding, “It was super weird. It was hard. It was like, we put these people away for a while, [so] taking them back out was a little hard, but really fun,” he recalled. “We knew exactly how to do it.”

The pair were also quick to shut down the suggestion of any similarities between their real-life relationship and the (highly) problematic dynamic between Stephen and Lucy, with Van Patten saying, “We’re wildly different, thank goodness.”

She added, “I love Stephen and Lucy’s dynamic. Each scene is so loaded and so tense.”

Image: Getty

Who Is Jackson White?

White was raised by a family of entertainers; his mum Katey Segal is his co-star (and on-screen mum) in Tell Me Lies. His dad is Steppenwolf drummer Jack White.

“I always wanted to act and audition,” he told Tell Me Lies director Robin Wright, for an interview published in Interview Magazine. “And she didn’t let me do anything until I was 18, I wasn’t allowed to get an agent or audition or anything. And then I finally started doing it when I was in college.”

The Los Angeles native also revealed to the publication that he is a drummer and also writes music.

“This is all trippy because I really still just feel like a drummer. That’s what I was training in from when I was a kid. And then I started picking up instruments and writing songs and I went to school for music, and that’s really what I was going to do, and then the switch happened when I was probably 19 or 20, when I did my first movie,” he explained.

White didn’t reveal his relationship status to Interview, he did confirm he’s a Pisces and that he has ADD.

Not that we needed any more convincing that we’d happily date White (if he gave us a chance), he also revealed to Hirsch that he loves reality shows.

We wonder if Jackson and Grace watched Love Island on their first date? We love that for them… we swear.

When Does Tell Me Lies Season 2 Premiere?

The wait is finally over: the first two episodes of Tell Me Lies season two are now streaming via Disney Plus, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday.

In the meantime, season one is also available to binge via Disney Plus. Sign up and start streaming here.

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