Glen Powell opens up on Gigi Paris breakup amid Sydney Sweeney rumors

Actor Glen Powell recently opened up about promoting his romantic comedy Anyone But You amid a breakup from long-time girlfriend Gigi Paris.

While speaking to Insider, Powell said the split made it harder for him to lean into on-screen chemistry with co-star Sydney Sweeney, as she is in a happy relationship.

"Well, look, the only reason it made things harder for me to lean into that stuff was that I was going through a very real breakup amidst a promotional tour," Powell said of his and Sweeney's decision to "lean in" to their onscreen chemistry.

"I was with someone that I really loved and cared about and was trying to kind of make sense of a lot of stuff. It was a lot easier for Sydney to lean into something like that because she's in a very committed and wonderful relationship and she's very happy. So it was a little harder for me."

A source told PEOPLE that Powell and Paris had broken up weeks before the CinemaCon appearance in April due to long-distance strains from his filming. They had broken up multiple times previously. 

The source said Paris was unhappy with the distance when she visited him filming in Australia, leading to their final breakup.