Patrick Schwarzenegger goes shirtless with bikini-clad fiancee after 'tricky' reunion with ex Miley Cyrus
Patrick Schwarzenegger is living his best life—and letting ex Miley Cyrus know exactly what she's missing.
Just days after their awkward run-in at the Met Gala, the White Lotus star, 31, hit Instagram with a flurry of sun-soaked vacation snaps featuring his fiancée, model Abby Champion.
The loved-up getaway comes after fans speculated that Miley, 32, deliberately ignored Patrick during a behind-the-scenes moment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In the viral photo, Miley appears to breeze past Patrick without so much as a glance—while he watches her walk by—prompting body language expert Judi James to tell DailyMail.com that the tension was palpable, with the exes showing 'very different' reactions to the encounter.
'Meeting up with an ex at a very public event like this can make for a tricky situation in terms of body language etiquette,' she explained.
Abby was notably absent from the Met Gala, but she was front and center in Patrick's latest Instagram post on Thursday.
A body-language expert is weighing in on Miley Cyrus' awkward encounter with her ex-boyfriend Patrick Schwarzenegger at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday as Judi James weighed in to DailyMail.com on a photo suggesting the two had very different reactions to the reunion
In one photo, the actor wraps his arms around the bikini-clad blonde as they pose on a dock with crystal-clear water behind them.
He flaunts his shredded physique in bright blue swim trunks, looking every bit the man who's moved on.
Other snaps show the couple sharing romantic dinners at sunset and strolling barefoot on the beach—complete with a simple caption: 'summer postcard.'
If Patrick was feeling awkward about the Met moment, he's clearly shaken it off.
Still, body language expert James believed there was more going on beneath the surface of the brief interaction.
'Patrick stands to one side here but his smile and his gaze as he watches Miley pass by suggests some sense of secret adoration,' James said.
She notes that Patrick's 'eye expression looks lit up with excitement and his cheeks are rounded in a smile of what looks like appreciation.'
But the expert told DailyMail.com that the feeling didn't appear to be mutual for the Wrecking Ball singer.
'Miley seems oblivious to his warm and maybe encouraging gaze,' James explains.
Although the singer–songwriter was wearing slim, angular black sunglasses, she appeared to be walking at a 90-degree angle away from her ex-boyfriend.
'Her eyes or her eye direction behind the shades seems to be directed at the camera and her smile looks like one of fun rather than any sense of residue longing,' James shared.
Miley and Patrick first dated briefly in the early 2010s, reportedly when she and her then-boyfriend and future husband Liam Hemsworth had been broken up.
The two began a more significant relationship in 2014, but it was short lived, as Miley broke up with Patrick after he was pictured doing body shots with an unknown woman in March 2015, according to Us Weekly.
The actress and singer reportedly tried to reconcile with Patrick in the immediate aftermath of the break up, but they were seemingly done for good by April of 2015 after just five months together, and their haven't been any significant hints since then of plans to get back together.
'Miley seems oblivious to his warm and maybe encouraging gaze,' James explains. 'Her eyes or her eye direction behind the shades seems to be directed at the camera and her smile looks like one of fun rather than any sense of residue longing'
Fans on social media were convinced that Miley was ignoring Patrick as she walked past him while he continued looking directly at her
Some fans thought Patrick's expression signaled interested in Miley
Miley later reunited with Liam, and the two wed in 2018, but he announced their separation the following year and subsequently filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2020.
While fans were marveling over Miley and Patrick's awkward Met Gala encounter, some wondered if the absence of Patrick's fiancée Abby Champion might signal trouble in their relationship.
On Monday, a source claimed to Radar Online that Patrick has been delaying set a wedding date with Abby.
'It took Patrick forever to propose to Abby in the first place,' they said. The actor popped the question to her in December of 2023, eight years after they began dating.
'They've now been engaged for a year and a half and there are still no solid plans in place to make their dream wedding happen,' the source continued.
A source claimed to Radar Online that Abby is threatening to end things with Patrick if he doesn't commit to a wedding date soon. They got engaged in December 2023 after eight years of dating; pictured in 2019 in NY
They alleged that the White Lotus heartthrob is loving the attention he had lately been receiving from 'female fans' due to his performance in the third season of the hit HBO series,
His fiancée, however, has reportedly gotten sick of Patrick's expanded female fan base.
Insiders claimed claimed that the two had been considering throwing a destination wedding for this summer, but with time slipping away, Abby is allegedly threatening to end things with Patrick if he doesn't commit to a date quickly.
The model's alleged willingness to totally end things over delays also doesn't suggest a healthy state for the relationship.
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