When we look at this handsome, talented and hardworking actor, who is literally everyone's
type, we can't help thinking: Is it legal for Superman and The Witcher Henry Cavill
to be single?
Even though the 37-year-old might not be dating anyone, his intense love adventures of the
past keep making headlines. When we say "adventures", we mean failed engagement, dating much younger
women, having a relationship with an alleged stalker and getting involved in a super brief
12-day romance that everyone kept talking about. So, we definitely have more than one
story to share about the British heartthrob.
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Hollywood catch is still single.
Before we switch to the modern days and the exciting dating life of The Witcher star,
we want to get a couple of decades back to Henry's childhood when he studied in a boarding
school.
Little Henry felt so lonely and homesick that he would call his mom every day, crying and
telling her how horrible the school was. Things got even worse when mates came up with a nickname
for the boy, which was… "Fat Cavill". It was an extremely hard and vulnerable period
in his life. But Henry didn't let it define the person he was and the person he wanted
to be. Instead, that situation made him more ambitious and anxious to prove himself and
overcome all those negative perceptions and insults.
Years passed by, Cavill lost some extra weight and then became that very guy whose incredible
physique makes women AND men faint! This transformation, however, didn't change his personality. With
the Man of Steel release, fans and media eagerly prepared the Sex Symbol tag to attach to Cavill.
But the British actor refused to accept it.
In his 2013 interview, Cavill said: "People shouldn't see me as a sex symbol.
I'm really just Henry. I'm just telling a story".
The story Cavill was NOT telling is the one of his personal life. But as soon as he got
unapologetically famous, his private life became public, too.
In 2011, Cavill proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Ellen Whitaker and she confessed
to being over the moon after he popped the question. But already the next year they ended
their engagement, with sources saying that both agreed their relationship wasn't working.
It would apparently become Cavill's first big disappointment in love.
His skyrocketing career could be partly to blame for it. In one of his interviews, Cavill
admitted it was hard for him to imagine someone who would want to share his lifestyle. He
also listed some qualities of his potentially perfect partner:
“It’s a tough lifestyle…So unless I meet someone who’s very, very young who
haven’t yet started trying a career like that, you can then go, ‘Okay I’m going
to travel with you and do some stuff, maybe I’ll write or whatever… I’m looking
for someone who’s my own age and will have a career. If they haven’t, then maybe I
should be worried. It’s easier said than done.”
It is not an accidental thing that Cavill spoke twice about a partner's age, because
it has been a point of special discussion in the media. After dating his old ex-girlfriend,
MMA fighter Gina Carano for several months and then splitting again, Cavill started seeing
Marisa Gonzalo, who was 10 years his junior. What is more, the two didn't appear to be
a good match. Cavill is an animal lover and avid animal rights activist, while Gonzalo
likes posting pictures of herself posing with animals she killed hunting.
Interestingly, some reports suggested that Gonzalo had planned every meeting with Cavill
right from the start, just to hook up with the Hollywood A-lister. She was said to have
been stalking The Immortals actor at the gym they both went to and where they eventually
met.
Anyway, once Cavill got wind of Gonzalo spilling on their affair to the press, he called it
quits on the relationship.
In 2016, 33-year-old Henry began a relationship with 19-year-old Tara King. And this is exactly
when his dating life started not only making headlines but also raising eyebrows.
Addressing their age gap and responding to speculations that dating younger women has
become his thing, Cavill told Elle magazine:
"People say age is just a number. It's actually a real and true sign of someone's maturity.
But in this case, she's fantastic."
It looks like it was not the age gap, at least not only the age gap that caused their split
the same year. Based on The Sun's source, it was Cavill's decision to end things with
the college freshman, which would make sense considering the inherent logistics of their
relationship to begin with. King was said to be devastated at the time of their breakup.
In recent years Cavill has been quite private about his love affairs. He has been linked
to several women, including Mission Impossible stuntwoman Lucy Cork and his personal trainer
Jillian Michaels, but the actor has never confirmed or denied any of these rumours.
In 2017, the Man of Steel wrote a touching post about the way past relationships affect
people:
"We've all been hurt, we've all got it wrong, trusted the wrong person, made the wrong bet,
turned the wrong way, made THAT mistake. What we've experienced is important, it defines
us. But what is more important, and often forgotten, is that we decide HOW it defines
us." He urged his followers not to let pain affect
their lives and hold them back from loving again.
It looks like this is what Henry is trying to do in his own life. But why can't he find
his perfect date, minding his wise attitude?
Here we have one more reason to believe that his immense popularity is a huge part of the
problem. Did you know that Cavill briefly dated Kaley Cuoco? By briefly we mean 12 days,
following which Kaley, who had previously been very private about her affairs, dished
to Cosmopolitan:
"I had no one following me until I met Superman. I've been in this business for 20 years, and
my whole life, I could go anywhere, do anything. There had not been one paparazzi photo of
me until like several months ago. The recognition was crazy."
She didn't claim, however, it was the reason for their split, but we kind of assumed it
could be.
In Cavill's case, there is probably something else that has become a stumbling block preventing
him from getting involved in something new. Weirdly, the actor has identified the #MeToo
movement as something that makes it difficult for him to court women.
it is the #MeToo movement that made it difficult, in his opinion, to court women. The actor
said during his interview with GQ Australia a couple of years ago:
"There's something wonderful about a man chasing a woman. There's a traditional approach to
that, which is nice. I think a woman should be wooed and chased, but maybe I'm old-fashioned
for thinking that."
He continued that because of the new rules in place, he doesn't want his behaviour to
be interpreted as harassment.
"Because then it’s like: ‘Well, I don’t want to go up and talk to her, because I’m
going to be called a rapist or something’. So you’re like, ‘Forget it, I’m going
to call an ex-girlfriend instead..."
Cavill faced serious backlash over his controversial comments and was accused of demonstrating
very poor understanding of the movement and of completely changing its subject.
One of the users said:
"If you can't tell the difference between welcome flirting and harassment/assault, you
have a big problem."
Cavill further apologized for his statements saying he didn't mean to sound insensitive
or disrespectful.
As for his current status, Henry Cavill appears to be single and based on his Valentine's
Day post on Instagram, he is totally fine with that. The actor shared a photo of his
adorable dog with the cutest caption ever:
"For all of my fellow single pringles out there, you don't have to be in a relationship
to enjoy today, it's about Love. Enjoy seeing others in Love, love your friends, your family,
and especially yourself."
Not being with someone doesn't seem to make Cavill feel lonely. First of all, he has Kal.
Henry calls himself the luckiest man alive to have this incredible friend in his life.
And second of alll, this young talent has a lot of work coming. Like, for instance,
The Witcher prequel called Blood Origin, set a thousand years before Henry Cavill's sword-swinging
fantasy adventure. He will also be seen in the Snyder Cut of Justice League on HBO Max
next year.
And in a recent development, not to waste time during the quarantine, Henry Cavill posted
a video of himself building a gaming PC basically from scratch. Yeah, just like that!
This video made the rest of the world that was not previously in love with Cavil, fall
for him.
What do you think is the real reason behind Henry Cavill being single? Is it by choice
or by chance? Who in your opinion would be a perfect match for one of the most eligible
bachelors?