Sam Claflin has been making tons of headlines lately after the premiere of his highly anticipated series alongside costar Riley Keough. And although the actor has managed to captivate us onscreen, it’s his offscreen ’ship with girlfriend Cassie Amato you might be curious to know more about.
Turns out, Sam’s new romance with Cassie comes three years after his separation from his former wife Laura Haddock. The two announced their split back in 2019 after six years of marriage, and at the time, Sam posted the following on his Instagram Story: “Laura and I have decided to legally separate. We will move forward with nothing but love, friendship and a deep respect for one another, whilst we continue to raise our family together.” Even so, the two have remained close while co-parenting their two children—a son named Pip and a daughter named Margot—so needless to say, there doesn’t seem to be any drama on that front.
Now that we’re all caught up, let’s get into everything there is to know about Sam’s current relationship with Cassie!
First things first: Cassie is a model
Cassie is primarily based in Los Angeles and, according to her social media, she’s signed with multiple (!!) agencies, including Zombie Model Management, The Industry LA Model Group, Marilyn Agency NY, Forte Model Management, and NTA Talent Agency. Obvi working with all of these reps likely helps her book tons of brand campaigns with companies and publications, but when Sports Illustrated and GQ are some of those projects, it’s a big freakin’ deal.
Previously, Cassie opened up about how modeling has been a “dream job” for her—particularly after growing up watching the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show each year. “It was THE biggest event of the year for me,” she recalled to It’s Now Cool. “Looking back now, I think that young obsessive passion really lit a fire in me for what was to come. Modeling was a larger than life kind of thing for me as a kid. I didn’t know [and] wouldn’t know a career in it was actually tangible until I grew up and really tried and wanted it bad enough.”
Still, the model faced some challenges in pursuit of her career: “After many nos that I didn’t accept...I kept pushing and eventually was given a shot and signed with my first agency. I started working fairly soon after and it turned into a full-time job for me. I decided I’d ride the wave as long as I was working consistently. It’s now been 8 years! Still blows my mind. That fire is still there, still burning with each year that I get to continue doing this dream job.”
Rumor has it that Cassie has dated other familiar celebs 👀
Allow us to take things back to 2015...aka the year when Cassie was first linked to Scott Disick, with In Touch Weekly reporting the reality star “fell head over heels” in love with the model. Later on though, Cassie would allegedly go on to date Leonardo DiCaprio, whom she was said to have met during a trip to Europe that same summer. The pair lasted for several months before ultimately splitting up in 2016, per Cheat Sheet. Then in 2018, Cassie reportedly began dating basketball star Chandler Parsons. The two went public with their ’ship on Valentine’s Day (s’cute!) and were spotted on tons of outings together, including at Coachella that year until they called it quits after roughly a year together, with TMZ Sports saying the breakup was initially suspected after Chandler hadn’t “posted a photo of Cassie since October, and he’s essentially been scrubbed from her IG page too.”
She and Sam are fully Instagram official!
Yep, on September 15, 2022, Sam went IG official with Cassie (after months of flirty exchanges on the app) when he shared a stunning pic of them sitting on a bench. The caption? A simple but sweet “🇫🇷❤️”
Just a few days later, the two were captured holding hands during a daytime stroll in London. It's giving romantic Euro tour and I, for one, am here for it!
And Cassie is a super-supportive girlfriend
Case in point? Though the two didn’t walk the red carpet together the premiere of Sam’s series , Cassie later shared a carousel on Instagram of herself getting ready to support him at the event, writing, “What a magical night 🎥🍿🥂The intoxicating, outstanding talent that IS @daisyjonesandthesix is going to knock your f*cking socks off 🎸🎤.” To which Sam cheekily replied, “You knock my socks off.”
Aaaaand that’s pretty much all we know for now about Sam and Cassie! Be sure to check back in for any and all intel on these two. In the meantime, I'll be out here rewatching for the millionth time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
