Sharon Horgan has officially set the record straight about her love life.
According to the Daily Mail, the Irish actress is reportedly dating her Bad Sisters co-star Barry Ward.
Yes, Sharon couldn’t help but open up about their nine-year age gap during the latest episode of Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
Although Sharon didn’t mention Barry by name in the interview, romance rumours have been swirling since March, when speculation about the pair first began.
“I’ve got a younger partner as well,” Sharon told Jesse.
“Well, it’s actually nine years. I said 10 years for a while, and it freaked me out too much. It is nine years,” she laughed.
“I think initially I was like, ‘Oh, that’s exotic being 10 years older. I sort of got off on it. And then I was like, ‘Oh, no, that’s not good,’”.
Sharon and Barry first met while filming the 2020 movie Dating Amber. Years later, she then cast him as Fergal Loftus on the hit Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters.
“We met years ago doing a film together, and then, you know, became friendly,” she explained.
“And then a good few years later — this wasn’t on purpose, by the way — I cast him in Bad Sisters.”
Sharon then explained how her relationship with Barry was unexpected, adding: “It’s different when you’re my age. Being single again at my age is kind of a whole thing.
“It just feels like so much fun just to meet someone who you can have a laugh with and connect with. It’s surprising.”
Sharon, who married Jeremy Rainbird in 2005 and shares two daughters with him, separated from her husband in 2019.
Speaking on the How To Fail podcast with Elizabeth Day, the 54-year-old admitted their split had been inevitable and a long time coming.
