Paul Mescal and Phoebe Bridgers: A timeline of their romantic relationship

— from Twitter exchanges and collaborations to a rumoured engagement and then split

The romance all began on social media following Mescal's appearance in Normal People.

It's the news we don't want to believe but speculation surrounding a Mescal-Bridgers split seems to be everywhere at the moment.

Engagement rumours had been rife for some time and appeared to have been confirmed in an interview Irish actor Paul Mescal did with The Guardian — before the article was amended with a note to say the engagement "has not in fact been confirmed by the couple".