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\n\t\tAre Christine Baranski and King Princess actually dating? (Picture: Bruce Glikas\/WireImage)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tAre Christine Baranski and King Princess actually dating? (Picture: Bruce Glikas\/WireImage)<\/p>\n
The Gilded Age star Christine Baranski, 73, and popstar King Princess, 26, have sparked rumours they are dating after some red carpet hand-holding. <\/p>\n
Earlier this year King Princess \u2013 real name Mikaela Straus \u2013 and the Mamma Mia! star held hands at the Picture Of Dorian Gray\u2019s opening night, leading to fans to wonder if they could be an item. <\/p>\n
Fast forward five months and this week at the gala re-opening night of Mamma Mia on Broadway the two women struck a similar pose, hand in hand, as they arrived at the event. <\/p>\n
Then King Princess shared a picture of the two holding hands at the NYC event on social media<\/a>, and simply said: \u2018#loveislove.\u2019 <\/p>\n Fans were loving the image and sentiment \u2013 even if some aren\u2019t sure whether the relationship is genuine or a joke. (King Princess has been known to have a good online sense of humour.) <\/p>\n \u2018My fave thing about this is idk if this is real or not,\u2019 commented dspxna on Instagram, while michielelovesart replied: \u2018SAME! and if it is, HECK YES!\u2019 <\/p>\n \t\t Then star of Hacks Hannah Einbinder commented on the post writing, \u2018Ava and Deborah vibes,\u2019 signalling the relationship \u2013 like in the US show \u2013 may be more of a mentor and mentee relationship, albeit with romantic tensions. <\/p>\n Redditors weren\u2019t so quick to buy into King Princess\u2019s post. <\/p>\n \u2018KP is a longstanding s**tposter, I don\u2019t think this is serious,\u2019 said greensandgrains, while therealrowanatkinson (likely not the real one) said: \u2018This reads like a joke to me. I\u2019d love it if Christine was in a lesbian relationship but I think they\u2019re simply being silly.\u2019 <\/p>\n garden_gate then said: \u2018This is peak Young millennial\/old Gen Z queer humor. No queer person under the age of 40 would use \u201clove is love\u201d unironically.\u2019 <\/p>\n \t\t King Princess is a lesbian, and often explores gender and sexuality in her music, while Christine was married to actor Matthew Cowles from 1983 until his death in 2014. <\/p>\n The pair formed a deep friendship on season two of Nine Perfect Strangers, with singer-songwriter King Princess making her acting debut as Tina, working alongside the likes of Nicole Kidman. <\/p>\n \u2018Let\u2019s give them something to talk about,\u2019 Christine previously joked of their kinship while talking to Interview Magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n She explained their relationship: \u2018We sat at the bar, ordered our martinis, and suddenly we\u2019re talking about our grandmothers who deeply affected and influenced our lives. I think that\u2019s where we profoundly bonded.\u2019 <\/p>\n Christine went on to say: \u2018We have our martinis and steak frites. And we\u2019re friends, which is so delightful. I went into this thinking there are so many wonderful aspects to this job\u2026 then possibly the greatest gift, developing a friendship with this wildly talented young woman who\u2019s so opinionated, deeply funny and witty. We\u2019ve curiously bonded and wanted to remain friends. That\u2019s a great gift.\u2019 <\/p>\n \t\t To that King Princess joked: \u2018Well, be careful, Christine, because people will talk.\u2019 <\/p>\n It\u2019s likely then, that this is a bit of a wind-up. But if it did ever happen it\u2019s nice to know their fans are supportive\u2026 <\/p>\n This comes after Christine spoke out against Jeff Bezos\u2019 celebrity space trip, which included Katy Perry, his now-wife Lauren Sanchez, broadcaster Gayle King, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.<\/p>\n Speaking on a panel about the displays of wealth on her HBO series The Gilded Age at ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on August 11, she said: \u2018And the grotesque displays of wealth? Sending women into a spaceship for what? So they can do their makeup? What the f***?\u2019 <\/p>\n Speaking in her character Agnes van Rhijn\u2019s voice, she said: \u2018Don\u2019t get me started. I\u2019m going to sound like Agnes.\u2019 <\/p>\n Got a story?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n \t\t\tComments Arrow Arrow![\"NEW](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_262633190-2b98.jpg\")
\n\t\tThey seem to be holding hands at every event they attend together\u2026 (Picture: Bruce Glikas\/WireImage)<\/p>\n![\"MPTF's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2172099216.jpg\")
\n\t\tHowever their friend Hannah Einbinder seemed to suggest they have a more mentor-mentee relationship (Picture: Michael Kovac\/Getty Images for MPTF)<\/p>\n![\"NEW](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_262898981-ed97.jpg\")
\n\t\tThe pair have previously joked about \u2018giving them something to talk about\u2019 and have opened up about their deep friendship (Picture: Bruce Glikas\/WireImage)<\/p>\n
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