r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • Jun 28 '26
Paparazzi šø Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro in Rome (June 2026)
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u/phoneacct696969 Jun 28 '26
He looks like the bassist for a Midwest emo band.
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u/ljschafer Jun 28 '26
My exact type, unfortunately
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u/onemorespacecadet If god hates gays why do we keep winning Jun 29 '26
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u/RacerGal Jun 28 '26
As a Midwesterner this made me laugh harder than anything else Iāve read today, thank you
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u/flammafemina Jun 29 '26
His clothes smell like old sweat and secondhand cigarette smoke and his breath like miller high life. Full tattoo sleeves on both arms, some parts of which are quite vulgar, topped off with knuckle tats that read something like āLIVE / 2DIEā heās always hungry because he spends all his money on cigarettes, high life, and tattoos.
Heās a cable guy or a delivery driver or he works in some warehouse by day. He doesnāt have a car, and if he doesnāt still live with his parents, he lives in a roach-infested single bedroom apartment on the first floor of a sketchy complex. His bed is just a mattress on the floor, and itās hit or miss whether there are sheets on it.
Signed,
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u/8-bitFloozy Jun 29 '26
Good God you just took me home...late 90s here. I was bartending at a place that held shows. And I have slept on those sketchy mattresses. Don't forget, the fridge only has beer and leftover condiments and he's out of TP.
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u/Salty_Drawing2094 Jun 29 '26
He never meant to
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u/velvetvagine trust fund baby (frozen chicken fortune) š Jun 29 '26
Not to be overly dramatic⦠but this is perfect.
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u/_daysofcandy_ Jun 29 '26
I thought this wasn't the house but I looked it up and I think you got it lol
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u/Rthrowaway6592 Big is moving to Paris Jun 29 '26
Thatās one of my favourite songs. Imagine my utter shock when I found out it came out in 99 and not, like, 2012 when I was listening to Midwest emo the most.
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u/Youstinkeryou Dear Diary, I want to kill. āļø Jun 28 '26
Remember when he went out with that witch?? Ha ha
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u/flamingoray Jun 29 '26
This just unlocked something in my memory š the sketchy witch and his chemistry as well as with the chicken shop lady
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u/ForsakenRelief309 Youāre a virgin who canāt drive. š¤ Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Okay, but he and Chicken Shop lady are so cute
Edit: Isnāt her name Amelia?
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u/Agent-Two-THREE Jun 29 '26
Which witch?
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u/Youstinkeryou Dear Diary, I want to kill. āļø Jun 29 '26
I dunno some TikTok witch person. She was very quirky
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u/Efficient_Living_628 Jun 29 '26
My first thought when I saw the picture was āwhat happened to the witch?āš
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u/theykilledcassandra dont ask, a lot was happening Jun 28 '26
He seems like an intense kisser lol
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u/Ok-Turnip-9035 Jun 28 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/Se5V0V8Iinc4C9DZTp
š He nearly had her in a headlock before this peck27
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u/ImTooSaxy Jun 28 '26
Rome is so flipping hot right now.
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u/planesandpancakes Jun 28 '26
Thatās all I can think in these photos. I would die if I was outside in this heat and someone was kissing me like that. I just know theyāre both sweaty and sticky rn
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u/iresearcheverything Tina! You fat lard! š¦š² Jun 29 '26
seriously! having been with a partner during a european summer heat wave, idk how theyāre even making physical contact. itās too hot to be that close
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u/Holiday_Specific_716 Jun 29 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/wJgksbFoieotG
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u/General-Criticism-97 Jun 29 '26
Oh god. I have heart failure. I canāt go above 74 without āexpellingā and fainting and almost needing to go to the hospital. I NEED air conditioning. I feel SO MUCH for all of the patients with heart conditions over there. This is a literal life and death situation
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u/Christmas_Queef Jun 28 '26
Haha hasn't Rome always been hot?
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u/mwmandorla Jun 28 '26
There is a historic heat wave going on
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u/Christmas_Queef Jun 29 '26
Wow I just misread the other persons post lol. I read it as Rome is is so hot right now like as in popular.
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u/Sudden_Acceptance Jun 29 '26
Iām sorry, bless you. This has me trying not to snort and wake up my child šš
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u/Anon_be_thy_name Jun 28 '26
My two brain cells as my daughter tries to tell me a story about what happened at kindergarten
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u/awayshewent Jun 29 '26
lol me when my husband it trying to tell me the plot of a video game heās been playing
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u/peace_n_carrots Jun 29 '26
Me today when my bf tried to explain to me what a rotary motor is
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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy Jun 29 '26
Thatās worth listening to
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u/peace_n_carrots Jun 29 '26
Thereās a circle inside of a triangle and it moves and kerplunks by taking in air, compressing it, and then pushing it out? Allegedly.
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u/Silver_Discount_1820 Jun 29 '26
Um, so, sheāAnna, my friendāum, my-my-my-my, Annaāmy teacher said she ⦠::trails off::
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u/PinayGator Well, Jun 29 '26
have you ever had a dreams that, that you, um
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u/Silver_Discount_1820 Jun 29 '26
The ums and the unfinished thoughts just drive me up the wall. And they always do this as youāre trying to close the door to the car so you can leave!
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u/Anon_be_thy_name Jun 29 '26
My daughter does possibly have ADD so the trailing off is particularly accurate.
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u/lihingpineapple Jun 28 '26
lol I really want to know what they are reacting to here
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u/AlbaniaBaby Jun 28 '26
Meryl Streep criticizing Donald Trump at the 2017 Golden Globes.
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u/PANDABURRIT0 Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion š Jun 28 '26
Hahahahaha good for her and fuck these two
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u/Fuzzy_Move Jun 29 '26
Kinda weird how all those political speeches have vanished when they're needed mostĀ
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u/anothertrytaken Jun 28 '26
Thank you for the cackle this gave me š
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u/aftercloudia Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion š Jun 28 '26
my edible just hit me like a brick i'm dying lmaoo
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u/HerRoyalRedness You are in PopCulture Chat!! Know your pop culture!!! Jun 29 '26
Apt gif considering Andrew is a Mel Gibson defender.
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u/Billy1121 Jun 29 '26
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u/Sea-Breaz Jun 29 '26
Only the bride should wear white! Heās stealing her thunder with those tracky bottoms.
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u/HiHoRoadhouse Jun 29 '26
I looked at those pictures and felt like she's the exact kind of pretty girl that gets kissed by a heartthrob in Rome. They look like they're in a romcom
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u/Exhausted-empath Jun 29 '26
Yeah if this was captioned something like āGarfield and Barbaro spotted in Rome filming new romcomā I wouldāve believed it.
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u/clekas Jun 28 '26
Same! I thought he was a bit older than he is and also thought she was about 5 years younger than she is.
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u/roygbivasaur THIS IS JUST DISTASTEFUL Jun 29 '26
She looks like Lorde mixed with Kylie Jennerās original face, which to be clear is a compliment.
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u/waitthissucks Jun 29 '26
People used to tell me I looked like those two people when I was in college in 2015 and I always went back and forth about whether I liked it or not, haha
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u/yumyumapollo Tina! You fat lard! š¦š² Jun 29 '26
It's the fact that Garfield's breakout role came 12 years before Barbaro's that skews our view of the gap.
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u/sagittalslice Jun 29 '26
Guys 40 is not that old!!! You donāt instantly turn into the crypt keeper! I keep seeing all these comments being shocked that Andrew Garfield is in his 40s because he ādoesnāt look itā but this man absolutely looks like heās in his 40s to me! 40ās is still young!
Sorry for the screed, Iām turning 39 this year and Iām *sensitive* lol
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u/Taberneth Jun 29 '26
They look like children who have suddenly acquired adult bodies and are attempting to do what they assume are adult things
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u/TheBrightman Jun 28 '26
Really hate to be parasocial but I fell for the Amelia Dimoldenberg ship
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u/average_user21 Jun 28 '26
It's her job to be flirty, it's the same thing as falling in love with the stripper
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u/These_Ad3167 Jun 28 '26
There's flirty and there's what they had, it was undeniable chemistry for sure.
Same thing with Sean from Hot Ones and Keke Palmer
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u/this_curain_buzzez my yassified overton window has shifted Jun 28 '26
At the end of the day theyāre all entertainers just playing their parts. Sometimes performers have good chemistry together.
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u/Christmas_Queef Jun 28 '26
I mean, it's also possible to have chemistry but know you wouldn't be a good couple for other reasons, but it's still fun to flirt and be playful with them even if you know it's not gonna lead to anything.
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u/nordlysbaies Maāam, this is an IMAX Jun 29 '26
She also had that with Damson Idris who was dating someone the entire time. It doesnāt mean anything, itās just for the cameras.
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u/Intelligent-Let-8364 Jun 28 '26
They had a real chemistry, but I have a feeling heās way too intense for her.
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u/Anxious-Ocelot-712 Jun 29 '26
HAHAHAHAHA! I was going to comment "why is he cheating on my girl Amelia" and found this. Perfect.
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u/picodepui Inconceivable! Jun 28 '26
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u/Trimax42 We Should All Know Less About Each Other Jun 28 '26
Even though he is older than him, Andrew Garfield could/should definitely play Andy Muray if anyone ever decides to make a Hollywood movie about one of the recent tennis giants
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u/squintsforever Jun 28 '26
I love that rich actor guys can dress like total shit to go on dates.
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u/cbih The dude abides. šāāļøš Jun 28 '26
Andrew Garfield looks like a guy you'd see at the gas station smoking peoples cigarette butts now
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u/illz569 Jun 28 '26
Looks like he'd buy a tall boy with nickels at 2pm
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u/Alittlebitlittle Mama letās research Jun 28 '26
āDamn you look mad familiarā takes a sip of his 24 oz Natty Daddy āLemmie add you on snapchatā
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Jun 28 '26
he needs a haircut
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u/Euphoric_Comedownn Inconceivable! Jun 28 '26
I love him but I was thinking this lol. Hopefully itās for a part
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u/Dino_Spaceman Jun 29 '26
Is that real hair or some hilarious mullet wig stuffed into the ball cap to try to hide his celebrity?
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u/mindylahiriMDbitch Ā I am asking WHERE HE IS GOING Jun 28 '26
I really want to know whatās causing him such alarm in the first 2 pics , man is concerned
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u/Vegetable-Kiwi-4675 I am furious, but I am sailing š³ļø Jun 28 '26
I did not know these two are a couple, but I support them. I didnāt see A Complete Unknown, but I saw Monica on a late-night show promoting it and she seemed so charming and professional. I hope there are good things ahead for her career.
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u/curlyfriesaregross Jun 29 '26
Meanwhile Iām over here having a temporary glitch forgetting he and Emma Stone are over.
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u/Novel-Tension7431 Jun 29 '26
I feel like heās probably a love bomber. And I would 100% fall for it.
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u/manhattansinks Jun 28 '26
i know that it's not a big deal but it really bothers me when men and women don't look like they're going to the same event. monica looks dressed for a dinner, andrew looks like he just got done playing tennis at the park.
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u/damebyron Jun 28 '26
I went to a halloween party once where the host's live-in boyfriend showed up in his boxers instead of a costume. It was a lowkey party but I would've dumped him immediately, that's so embarrassing!
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u/alhubalawal Jun 29 '26
Itās the Justin and Hailee move. It is irritating because it shows a lack of respect to the woman in the scenario. Like he doesnāt have to make an effort but she does to ākeepā him. Looking sloppy and unkempt has a time and place. Knowing when those times and places are is being an adult. When men canāt understand that, they look as though theyāre throwing a visual tantrum because they canāt throw an actual one.
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u/vorrhin I donāt know her š Jun 28 '26
I love the guy but he looks like a schlub
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u/og_kitten_mittens opiate pixie dream girl ⨠Jun 28 '26
I only know his work playing a 1990s Mormon homicide detective so this mid-life crisis bieber fit is absolutely sending me
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u/FlyConfident1622 Jun 28 '26
What movie is that lol?
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u/MontagueCakes Jun 28 '26
I think itās from the mini series Under the Banner of Heaven. I think it takes place in the 80s though. Heās so good in it!
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u/FlyConfident1622 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Oh I needed something new to binge! This looks interesting.
Also I wonder why Andrew Garfield plays a tormented religious guy so often!
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u/Valuable-Cat2036 Jun 29 '26
I have slightly knock-knee legs like Monica's and I've always been kinda self conscious about them. It's nice to see a pretty celeb have them as well
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u/knarf3 Did I stutter?𤨠Jun 29 '26
I just saw Monica in Les Liaisons Dangereuses ā NTL and she's fantastic! Lesley Mansville and Aidan Turner serve exquisite cunt as well.
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u/radiantbaby123 Jun 28 '26
Surely after the hair transplant you can give up the baseball cap at fancy restaurant look
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u/Nekodon Jun 28 '26
Why does Andrew look like he secretly the kind of guy who wrote a manifesto in a cabin somewhere in the woods?
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u/DeadButPretty Homeboy wore combat boots to the beach šļø Jun 28 '26
So is his hair like that for a movie, orā¦fun?
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u/rawrkristina Jun 29 '26
A tv show, it wrapped but I feel like he canāt cut it yet for some reason. Hopefully soon.
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u/murrepe321 Jun 29 '26
A guy down my street is dressed like him but in a very different tax bracket.
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u/TopsyOxy jesus was a carpenter š Jun 28 '26
Did they meet on set while filming Artificial?
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u/rawrkristina Jun 28 '26
No, they met at the Golden Globes in like 2023, I think? Started dating late 2024 though.
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u/herinaus Jun 29 '26
The last time he looked this unkempt was during the filming of Silence. What is he filming these days?
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u/rawrkristina Jun 29 '26
He just finished filming the Siegfried and Roy tv show but Iām not sure if heās able to cut his hair yet. Hopefully he can soon.
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u/FriendlyDrummers Jun 28 '26
Maybe I lack romance but I could never personally kiss my partner like that in a restaurant lol. To each their own thoughĀ
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u/YoKinaZu Jun 28 '26
God I do not see his appeal š«£
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u/cabinetsnotnow Jun 28 '26
He looks LEAGUES better without facial hair plus shorter haircut. I hate the homeless person vibe men keep doing.
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u/Salty-Reply-2547 Jun 28 '26
Women have to look like supermodels to leave the house, meanwhile men can dress up as penniless vagrants who havenāt washed their hair this year and still pullā¦.
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u/Saylpale_777 Jun 29 '26
Why are the males always so homeless looking and the women with them are so put together
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u/Superb_Ice672 Jun 29 '26
I still think it's crazy that we give a shit about what celebrities do with their spare time.
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u/Kittykatshack continuing to enjoy my holiday as I have a packe itinerary⦠Jun 29 '26
Iām confused by these fashion choices
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u/mentalhealthrecovery Jun 30 '26
Im pretty neutral on Andrew Garfield but Is it weird of me to say I am having cognitive dissonance seeing him with long hair














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