Sharon Horgan reveals she's dating younger Bad Sisters co-star
ACTRESS Sharon Horgan has revealed she is dating an actor nearly a decade younger than she is – with speculation that it is her Bad Sisters co-star Barry Ward.
Sharon (55) opened up about her new relationship on the most recent episode of the Dinner's on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson podcast.
Barry (44) plays Detective Inspector Fergal Loftus in the hit Apple TV, in which Sharon stars as one of the Garvey sisters, Eva.
Both Sharon and Barry live in London – he is a father-of one while she is a mother of two and was divorced in 2019 after 14 years of marriage to Jeremy Rainbird.
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'I've got a younger partner as well. Well, it's actually nine years,' she revealed on the podcast although she didn't mention Barry by name.
'I said 10 years for a while, and it freaked me out too much. It is nine years,' she added, laughing.
'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'.'
The pair are believed to have first met while filming the 2020 movie Dating Amber, starring alongside Lola Petticrew and Fionn O'Shea.
Sharon later created Bad Sisters and cast Barry as the detective in the show.
'We met years ago doing a film together, and then, you know, became friendly,' she explained.
'And thena, good few years later – this wasn't on purpose, by the way – I cast him in Bad Sisters.'
She confirmed the relationship developed unexpectedly.
'It's different when you're my age. Being single again at my age is kind of a whole thing,' she noted.
'It just feels like so much fun just to meet someone who you can have a laugh with and connect with. It's surprising.'
Dubliner Barry has appeared in the likes of Rebellion and Taken Down.
Asked earlier this year about rumours he's dating Sharon, he replied: 'Yeah, someone sent me something this week. It's not something I want to court or have much time for. But I'm kind of bubbled in a way – if there is stuff out there, I'm ignorant to it. It's not something I want to be part of.'
Sharon, a brother of former Ireland rugby player Shane Horgan, grew up in Bellewstown Co Meath, has starred in, among others Catastrophe, Moone Boy and Dating Amber.
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