We know announcing Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx being spotted out together isn't exactly breaking news - the pair have reportedly been a thing for about two or three years now.

But they really have tried extremely hard to keep their whole romance firmly under wraps. And we might have an idea of why, but you'll have to scroll to the bottom for that.

This could actually be the first time the pair have been photographed together, looking like a couple, in a romantic setting. And is it confirmation that they really are still a couple, following unofficial reports that they had split last year?

TBH we've lost count of the times they've supposedly broken up and/or got married according to various gossip sites...

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A fan shared a particularly grainy picture of what appears to be Holmes and the Django Unchained star Foxx enjoying a quiet drink at a bar, and added the caption: "Look who I spotted on a date night @katieholmes212@iamjamiefoxx

"I always heard rumors about them but never seen pictures of them until today."

On further inspection, Foxx appears to be wearing the same cowboy hat and tinted sunglasses in a post of himself looking casual on a private jet that he shared on his Instagram page earlier this week.

He revealed he was flying back to Budapest (after traveling to New York to hang with Holmes?), where he is currently filming Robin Hood - a grittier, more modern take on the classic fable with Jamie Dornan and Ben Mendelsohn.

Although it might be the first picture of the two on a proper date night, it's not, contrary to popular belief, the first photo of the pair together.

Here are photos of Jamie hanging out with Katie and her then husband Tom Cruise at a Redskins-Vikings game back in 2006.

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They were also snapped sneakily by a guest at a Hamptons party in August 2013, who caught them dancing on stage together:

It's clear that these two have at least been quite close for years and there is speculation that the reason they've never been seen out and about holding hands or confirming their relationship is due to a stipulation in her divorce agreement, forbidding her from dating publicly for five years post split.

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