Do you think celebs really have 'showmances' purely for PR purposes?

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This never occurred to me before...
I had thought that sometimes before a film comes out or something, that to create extra publicity the production company with the agreement of the actors might get a few pap photos of the stars looking vaguely like they were maybe on a date or whatever...

But whole relationships?
Surely thats a bit of a conspiracy thing?

But ive noticed otherwise reasonable friends saying it about Cumberbatch and his wife, Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift. actually Taylor Swift with anyone... and Tom Cruise with anyone, George and Amal Clooney....

And I just dont really buy it? That anyone would or could go to those lengths just for self promotion? Bring that type of attention on themselves?

If you think these relationships are fake can I ask why or if you have any concrete reason to believe that?

Not that in the grand scheme of things it really matters either way... but im just really curious as to why people seem to really believe that this goes on? maybe they know something I dont?

Do you have a link to the interview because I've only ever heard the story in my post?

...Ah never mind, I think I found it. Was it the interview in this YouTube video? He says it's because the producers thought he played the part too straight and then goes on to say that he thinks that in America they wouldn't accept a gay man playing a gay man.

We were both right and both wrong lol.

I heard him say it in a live interview at a book signing- but looks like we are both right!

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