Brooks Nader is positioning herself as a carefree, independent woman who's simply enjoying the single life. Her PR team wants us to believe she's not defined by any man and is focused entirely on her career — specifically her forthcoming Baywatch series.
Insiders are raising eyebrows at this sudden reversal. Multiple sources confirmed Nader and Egerton spent a weekend together in late March, appeared 'infatuated' with each other, and even traveled internationally together to Australia. That's a lot of chemistry for two people who were 'never' dating.
Brooks Nader told TMZ on June 24: 'I'm just single, having fun, always.' The pair was first romantically linked on March 27 when spotted watching Project Hail Mary. They were photographed holding hands and kissing on March 29 in Santa Monica.
The timeline of their PDA-packed outings tells a very different story than Nader's denial — months of hand-holding, international travel, and family dinners don't exactly scream 'just friends.' Call me skeptical, but something doesn't add up here.
Well, this is awkward. Brooks Nader just torched the Taron Egerton romance narrative entirely, claiming she and the Rocketman star were "never" actually dating despite months of very public hand-holding and that suspicious Australia trip. The 29-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model sat down with TMZ on Wednesday while filming her forthcoming Baywatch series and made one thing crystal clear: there's no romance here, folks.
"I'm just single, having fun, always," Nader said flatly. When pressed further, she doubled down: "I'm just going on fun dates, but not with anyone right now." She even joked that she's too busy working to date anyone — a classic deflection when you don't want to answer the real question. But here's where things get interesting.
The timeline of their sightings tells a completely different story than Nader's current spin. On March 27, an insider told Page Six that Nader and Egerton were spotted watching Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling at a theater in Los Angeles. Sources described the duo as appearing "infatuated" with each other and acting as if they'd known one another for some time.
The very next day — March 28 — they were photographed grabbing drinks together at Shutters on the Beach hotel in Santa Monica, California. That's a pretty intimate setting for two people who were supposedly never an item. The romantic evidence kept piling up from there.
On March 29, Nader and Egerton spent what appeared to be a full weekend together, with paparazzi capturing them holding hands and kissing in public. That same night, they dined at the celebrity hotspot Giorgio Baldi — though notably kept their distance as they left the Santa Monica restaurant. Then came April: the rumored couple traveled overseas together, getting cozy off the coast of Australia for what looked very much like a romantic getaway.
By May and June, they were having dinner with Nader's family at Craig's in West Hollywood, California, with her parents Holland and Breaux and sisters Mary Holland and Sarah Jane all in attendance. Egerton was there too — which is an odd guest list if you're just "going on fun dates." For context, this isn't Nader's first rodeo with public relationship drama. Her previous romance was with Dancing With the Stars partner Gleb Savchenko, which ran from September 2024 to April 2025 before ending messily in the tabloids.
She was also married to businessman Billy Haire from 2019 to 2025 — that divorce just finalized earlier this year. Egerton, 36, last dated actress Chloe Bennet back in 2024. So both of them are freshly single and presumably looking to keep their love lives private — which might explain why Nader is now walking back the romance rumors entirely.
Whether you believe her version of events or not, one thing's for certain: these two couldn't have done much more to fuel dating speculation if they tried. Months of consistent sightings, international travel, meeting the family — that's a pretty comprehensive relationship audition, even if Nader now insists it was all just "fun dates" with "no one right now." The receipts are undeniable. The question is whether she's rewriting history for privacy's sake or if there's something else going on behind closed doors that we don't know about yet.
