Did former flames Kate Beckinsale and Matt Rife reunite romantically at a Golden Globes after-party? One insider says yes...but Kate's rep says looks can be deceiving.
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00:00Did former Flames Kate Beckinsale and Matt Rife reunite romantically at a Golden Globes
00:05afterparty? One insider says yes, but Kate's rep says looks can be deceiving. Known for
00:11his abs, his crowd work, and looking pleased with himself, the stand-up allegedly worked
00:17his magic on the actress at a Netflix soiree at Spago in Beverly Hills. But there's two
00:23sides to the story, so far.
00:26A source told Page Six that the May-December duo were spotted in the main dining room
00:31kissing and being affectionate with one another, and that Kate had her arms around Matt's neck,
00:36while his hands were around her waist.
00:38It's just a really special moment to get to know that I get to not only enjoy my night
00:42and my career, but that I get to make so many fond memories with so many people."
00:45But Kate's rep says,
00:46"'Don't make me laugh,' telling People magazine that it is incorrect that they were
00:51kissing and that they were just friendly exes having a fun time."
00:56That the two are even friendly these days is surprising, considering that after their
01:002017 split, Matt told fellow comic Pete Davidson, who was dating Kate at the time, to run, as
01:07part of a 2019 interview with TMZ, in which he also revealed that his relationship with
01:13the Underworld star was complicated, with a lot of ups and downs.
01:17I gave that advice because I was only speaking from personal experience, having been together
01:23and finding out that we weren't the most compatible match."
01:26It only took a couple of fun dates for Kate and Matt to find that out, according to another
01:31inside source, who told Us Weekly that their age-gap love simply fizzled out.
01:36So why did he tell Pete to run from Kate?
01:39It's a very good question."
01:41To Matt's credit, he had a frank answer at the ready when he was interviewed by Elle
01:46Magazine back in 2023.
01:47I told him to run because I was being a petty a----.
01:51I regret saying that."
01:52Matt later apologized to Pete and Kate for the run comment, but that wasn't the first
01:57time he publicly dissed her.
01:59In a now-deleted Instagram post, a 21-year-old Matt joked about Kate, then 43, posting,
02:05"'Age is just a number.
02:07Find someone you love and take their breath away, even if that means putting a kink in
02:11their oxygen tank cord.'"
02:13But a source revealed to People Magazine that Kate actually had no issue with her 22-year
02:18age gap, calling the comic an old soul who was amazing to her while they were together.
02:23Matt, now 29, appears to be on the market, as he and his long-term girlfriend Jessica
02:28Lord broke up last year.
02:30And Page Six notes that Kate has a habit of flirting, or at least appearing to flirt,
02:36with much younger men after the Golden Globes.
02:38In 2019, it was Pete Davidson, and in 2020, she was spotted leaving an after-party with
02:45Machine Gun Kelly.