Joshua Bassett Pokes Enjoyable at Olivia Rodrigo Romance, Breakup

Giving Us deja vu! Joshua Bassett had jokes when he took to social media to seemingly poke enjoyable at his breakup together with his Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Sequence costar Olivia Rodrigo.

“First letter is the love of my life,” Bassett, 21, stated in a TikTok video on Tuesday, October 10, earlier than tapping the display to disclose a pink letter “O.” After a quick — however poignant — pause, the “Lifeline” singer tried once more.

“Second letter is the love of my life,” he quipped earlier than “Q” appeared on over his head. “OK, Q. I’ll take it,” he quipped, respiration a sigh of reduction.

The Gray’s Anatomy alum then captioned the clip with “i—,” seemingly nonetheless speechless after seeing the letter of 19-year-old Rodrigo’s first identify pop up on the display.

Followers of Bassett instantly took to the remark part of the clip to answer the actor’s self-trolling. One particular person wrote, “YOU DID NOT,” whereas one other stated, “josh this could have stayed in ur drafts.”

Although Bassett and the Bitter artist by no means formally confirmed they have been courting, the 2 sparked romance hypothesis in 2019 after being forged as leads within the Disney+ TV adaption of Excessive Faculty Musical. Rumors swirled additional after the twosome wrote a track collectively for the comedy collection.

“I believe we understood one another. It was actually neat … how properly we actually did work creatively collectively,” Bassett shared with the L.A. Instances in January 2020 of his inventive course of with Rodrigo.

The “Brutal” singer, for her half, advised the L.A. Instances that working with the Higher Nate Than Ever star felt pure, recalling one of many situations wherein he improvised to her whereas filming, main her to get emotional.

“He stated, ‘Keep in mind that one time that we wrote a track, and we didn’t know if anyone would really like it?’ That one made me cry as a result of I simply remembered sharing these reminiscences with him,” she gushed on the time. In considered one of her solely public statements straight concerning him, she added, “I like him a lot. He’s my finest buddy … It was like I wasn’t appearing.”

In August 2020, nevertheless, Rodrigo made her personal TikTok a couple of “failed relationship” earlier than releasing her track “Drivers License.” After her debut album, Bitter, dropped lower than a 12 months later, followers speculated that the complete document was in regards to the Caught within the Center alum.

The pair made headlines once more quickly after when followers speculated {that a} potential love triangle was brewing between the twosome and Sabrina Carpenter, main Bassett to deal with the rumors.

“[Everyone] is asking me about Sabrina and Olivia,” he stated throughout a December 2021 interview with GQ. “Why don’t we give attention to these ladies for who they’re? Let’s give attention to the artwork that they’re making and the way nice they’re as a substitute of their relationship to a boy.”

Whereas the “Lie Lie Lie” singer revealed on the time that Rodrigo “hasn’t spoken to me since ‘Driver’s License’ got here out,” the duo reunited on the season 3 premiere of HSMTMTS in August, even posing for images collectively on the purple carpet.