James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff announced that they were separating back in May. At the time, there was all kinds of rumouring that he’d moved on with Alexandra Shipp, one of his co-stars in X-Men. Looks like that was a diversion. Because around the same time, I got an email from a reader called Caitlin who came across this on Twitter:
And for those who doesn't know who that is...... 1. shame on you. 2. His movie comes out Friday. 3. Here's a photo pic.twitter.com/4Qo7hUuixV
— Bill Gluckman (@DADDYDICKSON) May 22, 2016
Her name is Lisa Liberati. She works with M Night Shyamalan. And James worked on Night’s movie Split in Philadelphia. Filming was completed a while ago. But he still keeps showing up in Philly. Also, as Caitlin pointed out, James likes alllll her Instagram photos.
And now, yesterday, this:
(Unofficial) James McAvoy is possibly dating the women he met from the set of #SplitMovie , Lisa Liberati. pic.twitter.com/gOHQl1lf3z
— James McAvoy (@jamesmcavoy_th) October 31, 2016
#JamesMcAvoy #LisaLiberati #Halloween #Philadelphia #shyamaween
— WeLoveJamesMcAvoy (@JamesMcAvoyRUS) October 30, 2016
James with his beloved Lisa Liberati pic.twitter.com/Phbtie52Zh
Halloween costume? Sure, sure. But…
The way he’s leaning into her in this shot with his face right up in her hair:
My Photo Assumption says it’s on. You? And if so, what was the timeline?
Attached - James at Catch LA last month and in Austin with M. Night Shyamalan a few days earlier.
Thanks MK!