While the exact beginnings of their low-profile relationship aren’t known, Edgar-Jones reportedly met fellow actor Tom Varey (who played Cley Cerwyn in HBO’s “Game of Thrones“) while filming their 2018 movie “Pond Life.” Edgar-Jones shared a rare snapshot of her boyfriend in an October 2019 Instagram post. Later, she opened up about the hilarious experience of having her partner watch her sex scenes in “Normal People” in a May 2020 episode of the “How to Fail” podcast with Elizabeth Day.
“My boyfriend, actually, he was amazing because what a tricky thing to watch,” she shared. “He loves the series, thank goodness, that’s something I’m very relieved about, but there was a moment in episode six where he was like, ‘This is a bit weird! Oh, this is weird!’ and we all had to acknowledge that it was a bit weird, and then it was fine!”
The Golden Globe-nominated actor also revealed the most romantic gesture Varey ever made for her during an August 2020 interview with Harper’s Bazaar. “It’s very random, but the most romantic thing anyone’s ever done for me would probably be when I moved into the apartment I stayed in Dublin when I did ‘Normal People,'” she confessed. “My boyfriend came and helped me move in, and when I went out for a costume fitting, he bought me a load of frozen food from Tesco. He filled the fridge with potato waffles and fish fingers, which does not seem that romantic, but genuinely that’s what I lived on for the whole four and a half months of filming. Every time I ate potato waffle, I thought of him, so yeah, probably that – and other things. That was really nice.”
The pair reportedly parted ways by the end of 2020. The Sun reported that Edgar-Jones, who had been self-isolating with Varey in London during COVID-19, moved out of their apartment following the split. “They got on really well during lockdown last year, but they’re both young and passionate about following their careers,” a source revealed to the outlet. “Daisy has been inundated with opportunities and feels she has to put them first, Tom’s also really dedicated to his acting and wants the best for both of them. They were sad they couldn’t make it work but are still close and there are no hard feelings.”
