Kate Beckinsale etc Matt Rife reconnected at an afterparty for 2025 Golden Globes — but it got no further than a quick conversation.
“They are friendly exes, having fun conversations and laughing, having a good time,” a rep for Beckinsale, 51, said Us Weekly after the awards ceremony on Sunday, January 5.
On Monday, January 6, rumors swirled that the duo, who dated briefly in 2017, were spotted kissing on Golden Globes After Partybut Beckinsale’s rep notes that “didn’t happen.”
Beckinsale and Rife, 29, attended the Netflix party at Spago in Beverly Hills. The Underworld the actress later stopped by a soiree at Chateau Marmont where she was spotted posing with Paris Jackson and Gentlemen star Harry Goodwins.

Kate Beckinsale and Matt Rife
Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images; Matt Winkelmeier/WireImageBeckinsale and Rife dated for a year after the 2017 connection. After their breakup, the actress had an affair with Pete Davidson in 2019 At the time, Rife made headlines by telling Davidson, 31, that he should “run” and describing his relationship with Beckinsale as “complicated”.
“Enjoy it while you can. I hope they’re both happy, I hope this can build to an established, good relationship,” Rife told TMZ in March 2019. “I wish them both the best. I hope they are happy. I don’t really have any solid advice, just be careful.”
Years later, Rife admitted this he regretted his comments for Beckinsale.
“I gave this advice because I was only speaking from personal experience after we were together and found we weren’t the most compatible partner,” he told El in September 2023 “I wanted to make sure that both of them were careful with their emotions and didn’t go into something that they wouldn’t either, that wouldn’t work out either.”
He also publicly apologized to both Davidson and Beckinsale, saying he was a “little a-hole” for the situation.
“I’m sorry I said that. Pete, if you’re out there, I’m sorry I said that. Kate, I apologize for saying that too. I shouldn’t have said that,” he said. “I gave advice to be careful because I had just gotten out of a relationship with someone (where) I unfortunately found out we weren’t compatible. And I always want people to protect their emotions and personal feelings.
Before her flings with Rife and Davidson, Beckinsale was married to Len Wisemanwhom she married in 2004. The duo broke up in 2015. and finalized their divorce in 2019.
Beckinsale has dated before Michael Sheen from 1995 to 2003 The former couple share a daughter, Lily Mo, 25.