, blaming what he calls an “increasingly intrusive” culture for the couple's need to keep everything about their lives so hush-hush.Conversations With Friends
. When asked about the pop star, whom he has been dating since 2016, he confessed that he doesn't understand why people find their desire for privacy so unusual. “It's not really [because I] want to be guarded and private, it's more a response to something else,” Alwyn explained. “We live in a culture that is so increasingly intrusive…The more you give–and frankly, even if you don't give it–something will be taken.
And it seems the couple is in total agreement when it comes to this point, as Swift has also previously spoken about the importance of keeping their romance completely out of the public eye, tellingShe explained, “If you and I were having a glass of wine right now, we’d be talking about it—but it’s just that it goes out into the world. That’s where the boundary is, and that’s where my life has become manageable. I really want to keep it feeling manageable.