While rumors about the blossoming on- and off-camera relationship between British actor Theo James and Shailene Woodley continue to persist considering that the two are currently in middle of production for the two-part third movie of the “Divergent” trilogy, it seems that James’ girlfriend Ruth Kearney already has an insurance policy safely tucked under her belt.
Apparently, Irish actress Ruth Kearney, who obviously has all the right reasons to be worried that she might lose her boyfriend to the beauteous Shailene Woodley, is about to be engaged with Theo James, thus quashing rumors that Theo and Shailene are starting to play beautiful music together.
Fans of both Theo James and Shailene Woodley are hoping that the great on-cam chemistry of the two protagonists from the “Divergent” and “Insurgent” movies based on Veronica Roth’s novel, should develop into something romantic in real life.
While fans know for a fact that Theo James has been dating Ruth Kearney for a long time already, and Shailene Woodley appears to be seeing Nahko Bear, they still would like to see their idols ending up together in real life, much to the chagrin of Ruth.
Ending the hopes
But it seems that those wishful thinking and hopes of fans would be ending real soon as there are now reports indicating that Theo James is about to propose to his long-time girlfriend very soon, notes Fashion & Style.
James and Kearney were reportedly seen together shopping for engagement rings. But both Theo and Ruth or their representatives have yet to confirm the reports.
Kearney is obviously more pressured to hook up and tie James for good considering that her boyfriend actually looks good together with Shailene both in their upcoming two movies “Divergent: Allegiant Part 1” and “Divergent: Allegiant Part 2.”
Pregnancy rumors
Meanwhile, there have also been reports going around that Ruth Kearney is already pregnant with her and Theo’s first child, reports Yibada.
But neither the two actors nor their representatives would like to make a comment or statement to either confirm or deny the pregnancy rumors now swirling around.
Assuming that it’s for real, then that would be better than an actual engagement for Ruth as it means that she and Theo already has a lifelong connection that no amount of rumors or teasing from the fans of Theo and Shailene can distract or put a wedge on.
However, if it is not true, then it is possibly being used as an issue to ensure that at the end of the day, Ruth gets to keep Theo for herself, rather than lose him to Shailene.
Theo James and Shailene Woodley sparked dating rumors ever since the first film in the franchise came out. Ruth Kearney became so unhappy with their onscreen romance because the relationship could lead to something deeper.
In fairness to Theo James however, he came out recently to debunk rumors that something special is going on between him and Shailene Woodley by saying that he is committed to his girlfriend Ruth Kearney. He has also tried very hard to keep his relationship with Kearney private for all those years while filming the “Divergent” movies and he is not planning on changing that anytime soon.
Short of saying that Theo has already assured Ruth of his faithfulness to her, the British actor said in a recent interview that he just likes Shailene Woodley because she is a confident woman and knows how to handle herself well. The actor said that he grew up with four strong women surrounding him in his mother, grandmother, and two sisters so he likes the fact that he can see the characters of the women very close to him in Shailene.
He only has high regard for Shailene and her level of professionalism while they were doing the first two movies in the series “Divergent” and “Insurgent.” They are now back filming the two-part third movie titled “Divergent: Allegiant.”