Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson are two peas in a pod, considering they both have a tendency to tell the press ridiculous lies about themselves. For instance, Waterhouse once said that she rinses her hair with Coca-Cola, but seven years later admitted she lied because she was “bored.” In 2012 Pattinson famously told a story about watching a clown die at a circus while promoting the film Water for Elephants, only to reveal he “made the whole thing up” because he didn’t know what else to say.
The pretty little liars were first spotted together in 2018 and have basically been inseparable ever since. “I think Rob’s quite funny, I light up when I’m around him,” Waterhouse told British Vogue during her July 2024 cover interview, adding that living in Los Angeles “definitely became a lot more fun when I met him.”
Here’s a timeline of Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse’s relationship, from when it all started to their red-carpet debut four years later, and beyond.
2017—2018
Something “percolated” between Waterhouse and Pattinson during a game night with some Hollywood heavy hitters, including Al Pacino, Javier Bardem, and Penélope Cruz. “I was sure that I’d met him a long time ago, but he didn’t think that we had,” Waterhouse tells British Vogue in 2024. According to the Daisy Jones & the Six star, the rest of the attendees were “really acting” during a game of Werewolf and the pair “started giggling at the absurdity of the whole thing.”
“I think we both sort of have the same slight uncomfortable-ness,” she recalled in the interview, saying they eventually “got told off” and were separated by a director for “laughing too much.” While they didn’t exchange numbers at the event, she says they crossed paths again “six or seven months” later.
July 30, 2018: E! publishes a photo of Waterhouse and Pattinson showing some PDA on a date night in London. The couple saw Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again at the Electric Cinema in Notting Hill and got drinks at Soho House afterward. Now, this is an ideal date. No wonder they are still going strong….
August 2018: A source confirms to Us Weekly that the pair have been dating “for months.” The source also said that they have “known each other and been around each other for a long time,” and that they “definitely have a love of music in common.” You mean the Mama Mia! Here We Go Again soundtrack?
2019
January 11, 2019: Pattinson joins Waterhouse at an intimate celebration in London for her 27th birthday. Guests included Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne.
January 27, 2019: Pattinson and Waterhouse hold hands on a walk in London.
April 2019: Pattinson is asked about Waterhouse during an interview with The Sunday Times, but he doesn’t really respond. “If you let people in, it devalues what love is. If a stranger on the street asked you about your relationship, you’d think it extremely rude,” he says. “If you put up a wall it ends up better. I can’t understand how someone can walk down the street holding hands, and it’s the same as when I do it and a hundred people are taking your photo. The line between when you’re performing and when you’re not will eventually get washed away and you’ll go completely mad.”
