Justin Theroux, since separating from Jennifer Aniston, has been linked to a number of twentysomething female celebrities: Selena Gomez, Petra Collins, Laura Harrier, and perhaps most persistently, Emma Stone.
Stone and Theroux, who are costars on Netflix's upcoming series Maniac, spent most of this week together, vacationing in the South of France after attending the Louis Vuitton cruise show Monday night. (They're both ambassadors for the brand.) That show was at the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
Just Jared has photos of Stone and Theroux together at the private cabana in the same town Tuesday. Presumably later that day, they were photographed with Laura Harrier, Sienna Miller, and Derek Blasberg in Cannes (likely at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc), which is 40 minutes away. All three were at the Saint-Paul-de-Vence Louis Vuitton show too.
It's that visual of Stone and Theroux hanging alone in a cabana has sparked dating rumors, as LaineyGossip laid out thoroughly.
The photo agency, which only got photos of the two of them at the cabana, suggested they had no company. "Emma Stone and Justin Theroux spend some time together at a private cabana at their hotel in Saint-Paul-De-Vence, France," they captioned the shots. "The pair who first enjoyed lunch with friends, headed back to the cabana and could be seen laughing and taking pictures of each other. Could this be a start of a romance between the two single celebrities?"
Stone shot down the Theroux dating rumor on Monday. Women's Wear Daily reported that Stone was especially "keen" to kill the romance suggestion between them. “He’s like my brother. It’s really fun,” Stone said of Theroux and their hanging out in France. Friendzoning does not get much more deliberate.
Theroux also quashed any rumors about his and Stone's relationship publicly back in April. He shared a photograph of them hanging out with Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness on his Instagram Story and wrote in the caption that they were “bffffffs. And yes. JUST bfffffs.”
Weeks later, Stone and Theroux were photographed leaving a Met Gala after party together, though Shailene Woodley was with them too. Theroux, as Harper's Bazaar points out, shared a photo of Harrier that night—who is vacationing with them in France too, yes—so perhaps the more plausible romantic connection is there. Both Harrier and Theroux follow each other on Instagram, and the two were photographed hanging out Saturday on a yacht, before Stone and the crew publicly joined them this week.
Or maybe Theroux is just friends with a lot of pretty twentysomething girls. Yeah, that sounds about right.
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
