Emily in Paris Offscreen Romance Ends: Ashley Park and Paul Forman Split After Two Years
Emily in Paris stars Ashley Park and Paul Forman have reportedly called it quits after nearly two years together, ending the on-set romance that began with the series.
If you were wondering why the Emily in Paris rumor mill suddenly kicked into overdrive, here it is: Ashley Park and Paul Forman have split after almost two years together. Yes, the on-screen couple who became an off-screen couple are now an off-screen ex-couple.
The breakup
Per TMZ's sources, Park and Forman quietly ended things in September 2025. The speculation had already started when Park showed up to Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's wedding without him — and yes, that wedding is apparently a very real thing in this timeline. The reason for the breakup is staying private, but the bottom line is the same: they called it.
How they got together
The two met on Emily in Paris when Forman joined in Season 3 as Nicolas de Leon, who also happened to be Mindy Chen's boyfriend on the show. Real life followed fiction. By late October 2023, they were holding hands at an event and people noticed. After Park was hospitalized in January 2024 with a serious health scare, the couple stopped dodging it and confirmed they were together.
Park later opened up to Cosmopolitan about the slow-burn start. She swore off dating actors; he said he'd never dated one. They stayed friends for a while, bonded on a volunteer trip to Poland helping Ukrainian refugees, and she says watching him step in with kids who had lost their fathers shifted something for her. Eventually, while they were filming one of their final scenes together, he told her how he felt. She tried to chalk it up to 'work feelings' at first, then admitted she felt the same.
'I will never date an actor again.'
Timeline at a glance
- Season 3: Paul Forman joins Emily in Paris as Nicolas de Leon, Mindy's on-screen boyfriend.
- Late Oct 2023: Dating rumors kick off after a hand-in-hand event appearance.
- Jan 2024: After Ashley Park's hospitalization for a severe health issue, they go public as a couple.
- Sometime after: Park tells Cosmopolitan the friends-to-more origin story, including their volunteer trip to Poland helping Ukrainian refugees.
- September 2025: TMZ's sources say they split after nearly two years together.
- December 18, 2025: Both return for Emily in Paris Season 5 on Netflix.
What this means for the show
Professionally, nothing changes. Park and Forman are both back for Emily in Paris Season 5 on December 18, 2025. Personally, it is what it is. Inside baseball-wise, this is one of those classic 'on-screen romance turns real, then real life moves on' situations. No word on how (or if) the show will reflect any of it — and honestly, it doesn't have to.