Callum Turner Shares Sweet First Meeting with Fiancée Dua Lipa and His Charming Pickup Line
Callum Turner has shared the story of how he first met his fiancée, Dua Lipa, and it sounds straight out of a movie. Speaking to The Sunday Times, the 35-year-old actor described their first encounter at a Los Angeles birthday party for a mutual friend.
Turner explained that they ended up sitting next to each other and discovered they were reading the same book.
“It’s called Trust [by Hernán Díaz] and I had just finished the first chapter and I told her and she looked at me and said, ‘I just finished the first chapter too.’ I said, ‘So we’re on the same page,’” he told the newspaper.
The actor added that the moment felt like a perfect scene from a Hollywood film. “In the movie version of it I look up to the sky and I’m like, I hear you. I understand. The signs are loud, don’t worry. And that was really the first [moment],” Turner said.
Rumors about their romance started in January 2024 after the pair were spotted together following the Masters of the Air premiere in London. Later that month, they were seen sharing a kiss during a night out at Sushi Park in Los Angeles. By July, the couple confirmed their relationship on Instagram when Lipa shared photos of Turner from Glastonbury Festival. They also made their red carpet debut at the 2025 Met Gala.
Dua Lipa confirmed that they are engaged in an interview with British Vogue earlier this year. “Yeah, we’re engaged. It’s very exciting. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever – it’s a really special feeling,” she said.
In August, Lipa opened up more about her feelings in a Harper’s BAZAAR cover story. “I love love. It is a beautiful thing. It’s a really inspiring thing. You find yourself so intensely falling all the time in the best way possible,” she explained. The singer added that she has felt vulnerable but grateful in the relationship.
“That vulnerability is so scary, but I feel so lucky to get to feel it. I’ve spent a lot of time being guarded or protecting my heart, and so I’m letting go of that feeling and just being like, ‘Okay, if I’m supposed to get hurt, then this is what’s going to happen.’ I have to just allow love.”
Lipa also shared that her relationship with Turner has made her very happy. “So it feels like I’m doing a disservice by not talking about it,” she said.
The story of how Turner and Lipa met is charming and shows how a simple connection over a shared interest can grow into something serious. Their journey from a casual meeting to getting engaged feels very real and relatable, even for fans used to celebrity romances.
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