Ana de Armas and Marvel Star Sebastian Stan Ignite Fan Buzz With Sweet Hug
Ana de Armas and Sebastian Stan turned a low‑key gym run‑in into the internet’s latest fixation, as a quick embrace in Los Angeles on December 22 exploded across social media. No premiere, no press—just a blink‑and‑you‑missed‑it moment gone viral.
Only in 2025 could a quick hug at the gym turn into a trending topic. Yes, we are doing this: Ana de Armas and Sebastian Stan bumped into each other in Los Angeles, hugged, and the internet went into conspiracy mode. Let’s separate facts from the fan fiction.
The gym moment, minus the chaos
On December 22, 2025, de Armas and Stan crossed paths at a gym in L.A. and exchanged a friendly hug. Someone filmed it, it spread fast, and suddenly timelines were filled with hot takes. A chunk of the chatter leaned snarky about Ana’s love life, with some people dragging Ben Affleck or Tom Cruise into the conversation and even claiming she’d dated six guys in a row this year. The reality check: Ana and Stan know each other from working on the 2023 movie 'Ghosted' and have done promo together. There’s zero concrete indication this was anything other than two colleagues saying hi.
About Sebastian Stan’s actual relationship
Stan’s personal life has been steady for about three years. He’s been with actress Annabelle Wallis, a relationship that popped onto the public radar in May 2022 after they were seen together at a private party. They keep things low-key on social, but they haven’t exactly been hiding either: Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTAs, and the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty are all on their shared outing list.
Their big public milestone was the 2025 Golden Globes. They walked the red carpet together for the first time, and Stan won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film for 'A Different Man.' Onstage, he turned to Wallis with a brief, unmistakable shout-out:
'Annabelle, I love you.'
He’s said he tries to keep that part of his life private and acknowledges how hard that is now. Translation: if a random gym hug looks like news, it probably isn’t.
Where Ana de Armas’ dating history actually sits
De Armas’ personal life gets amplified in ways that rarely match the facts. Here’s the recent timeline without the dramatics:
- Tom Cruise (early–Oct 16, 2025): Spotted together on Valentine’s Day. Reports later confirmed it was a quiet, cautious relationship. Word is Cruise was very invested; de Armas kept it measured. They were done by October 16, 2025.
- Manuel Anido Cuesta (late 2024–mid 2025): First seen together in Madrid. Ended quietly by mid-2025.
- Paul Boukadakis (2021–2024): Met through friends during the pandemic, dated privately for years before splitting in 2024.
- Ben Affleck (2020–early 2021): Met on 'Deep Water,' moved fast, even did family vacations. It ended early 2021, reportedly because their lifestyles didn’t align and the spotlight wouldn’t let up. She ended it, and it was, to put it mildly, complicated.
- Marc Clotet (2010–2013): Her earlier marriage, long before the current fame level.
Perspective, please
Ana has said more than once that she wants attention on her work, not her private life, and that dealing with the noise can make you want to leave the whole circus behind. Meanwhile, Stan keeps his relationship with Wallis mostly off the grid, even as they show up for big nights together. So a harmless hug turning into a full-blown discourse cycle says more about us than them.
Bottom line: this was a gym hello, not a soft-launch. If there’s real news, we’ll all know. Until then, maybe take a breath between refreshes.