Kate Beckinsale and ex Matt Rife reconnected at an afterparty for the 2025 Golden Globes — but it didn’t go farther than a quick chat.
“They are friendly exes having fun conversations and laughing having a good time,” a rep for Beckinsale, 51, told Us Weekly after the Sunday, January 5, awards show.
Rumors circulated on Monday, January 6, that the duo — who briefly dated in 2017 — were spotted kissing at a Golden Globes afterparty, but Beckinsale’s rep notes it “didn’t happen.”
Beckinsale and Rife, 29, both attended Netflix’s party at Spago in Beverly Hills. The Underworld actress later stopped by a soirée at the Chateau Marmont, where she was spotted posing with Paris Jackson and The Gentlemen star Harry Goodwins.
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Beckinsale and Rife dated for a year after connecting in 2017. After their split, the actress sparked a romance with Pete Davidson in 2019. At the time, Rife made headlines for telling Davidson, 31, that he should “run” and describing his relationship with Beckinsale as “complicated.”
“Enjoy it while you can. I hope they’re both happy, I hope that it can build to where it’s an established, good relationship,” Rife told TMZ in March 2019. “I wish them both the best. I hope they’re happy. I don’t really have any solid advice, just be careful.”
Years later, Rife admitted that he regretted his comments about Beckinsale.
“I gave that advice because I was only speaking from personal experience, having been together and finding out that we weren’t the most compatible match,” he told Elle in September 2023. “I wanted to make sure that both of them were careful with their emotions and didn’t head into something that they also wouldn’t, that also wouldn’t work out.”
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He also publicly apologized to both Davidson and Beckinsale, saying he’d been a “petty a–hole” about the situation.
“I regret saying that. Pete, if you’re out there, sorry I said that. Kate, I also apologize that I said that. I shouldn’t have said that,” he said. “I gave the advice to be careful because I had just gotten out of a relationship with somebody [where] I unfortunately found out we weren’t compatible. And I always want people to, you know, protect their emotions and their personal feelings.”
Prior to her flings with Rife and Davidson, Beckinsale was married to Len Wiseman, whom she wed in 2004. The duo separated in 2015 and finalized their divorce in 2019.
Beckinsale previously dated Michael Sheen from 1995 to 2003. The former couple share daughter Lily Mo, 25.
