{"id":13021,"date":"2025-08-21T03:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/13021\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T03:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:29:10","slug":"how-sydney-sweeney-handled-her-engagement-falling-apart-while-filming-the-housemaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/13021\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sydney Sweeney handled her &#8216;engagement falling apart&#8217; while filming &#8216;The Housemaid&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Sweeney didn\u2019t allow her breakup with her then-fianc\u00e9, Johnathan Davino, to get in the way of filming her forthcoming film \u201cThe Housemaid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Paul Feig raved over the actress\u2019 professionalism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/style\/sydney-sweeney-career-path-5d615d43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">telling the Wall Street Journal<\/a> in an article published Wednesday, \u201cShe was completely present emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the \u201cEuphoria\u201d star was \u201cjust up for anything, and really didn\u2019t bring any issues to set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Sweeney was \u201ccompletely present emotionally\u201d while filming \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d following her breakup with then-fianc\u00e9, Johnathan Davino. Getty Images for InStyle<\/p>\n<p>Director Paul Feig told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that the actress was \u201cjust up for anything, and really didn\u2019t bring any issues to set.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I know she was going through some things when this was going on \u2014 I mean, now everybody knows about her engagement falling apart and breaking off and all that,\u201d Feig, 62, continued.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled occasionally checking in on Sweeney, 27, \u201cI\u2019d say, \u2018Hey, are you OK?\u2019 and she\u2019d go, \u2018I\u2019m fine, I\u2019m great!\u2019 but not defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker stated that the \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d alum \u201cloves to work,\u201d to which she also confirmed in the same interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I know she was going through some things when this was going on \u2014 I mean, now everybody knows about her engagement falling apart and breaking off and all that,\u201d he added. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Feig recalled occasionally checking in on Sweeney. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, Sweeney declined to comment on whether she and Davino share a working relationship through their Fifty-Fifty Films production company, which they co-founded in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to keep all of my personal stuff out of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In March, news broke that the \u201cImmaculate\u201d star and Davino, 42, had<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/01\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-jonathan-davino-breakup-timeline-clarified\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> broken off their engagement <\/a>in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say, \u2018Hey, are you OK?\u2019 and she\u2019d go, \u2018I\u2019m fine, I\u2019m great!\u2019 but not defensively,\u201d he shared. Jose Perez \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Davino and Sweeney called it quits earlier this year. Getty Images for Hulu<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In January, paps caught the now-exes, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-and-jonathan-davinos-relationship-timeline-amid-rumors-of-a-called-off-engagement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">started dating in 2018<\/a>, appearing tense while leaving a hotel in New York City during Sweeney\u2019s break from filming \u201cThe Housemaid.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>An insider told People in March that Sweeney was \u201cwhere she wants to be\u201d in her career and became \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by \u201cher relationship and her wedding,\u201d which was set to occur in May.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that she \u201cdidn\u2019t feel right\u201d about her relationship with the producer and wasn\u2019t \u201cready to settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They had been together since 2018. Aissaoui Nacer \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney reportedly wasn\u2019t ready to settle down. American Eagle<\/p>\n<p>In April, Davino and the \u201cAnyone But You\u201d star <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/07\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-goes-incognito-for-lunch-reunion-with-ex-fiance-jonathan-davino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reunited for a low-key lunch<\/a> outing in Los Angeles, but the latter didn\u2019t appear thrilled, as she hid behind a blue hoodie and sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney has, however, been seemingly enjoying her single era with<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/14\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-leads-bar-sing-along-during-night-out-with-friends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> tequila-filled nights<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/04\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-brushes-off-american-eagle-ad-backlash-on-karaoke-outing-with-euphoria-co-stars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">karaoke outings<\/a> with friends.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also been seen <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/29\/celebrity-news\/sydney-sweeney-gets-close-to-co-star-brandon-sklenar-at-stagecoach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">getting flirty <\/a>with her \u201cHousemaid\u201d co-star Brandon Sklenar, though an insider told Us Weekly that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/02\/celebrity-news\/the-truth-behind-sydney-sweeney-and-brandon-sklenars-relationship-revealed-after-flirty-stagecoach-outing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cthey are just really good friends.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney didn\u2019t allow her breakup with her then-fianc\u00e9, Johnathan Davino, to get in the way of filming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,12262,12263,2110,18,117,12264,19,17,327,3970,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-13021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-breakups","10":"tag-celebrity-engagements","11":"tag-celebrity-news","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-euphoria","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-sydney-sweeney","19":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}