Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins Avoid Romance Rumors at Emmys Bash with Co-Stars

White Lotus’ Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins appeared to avoid being pictured together as they partied with their co-stars at HBO’s Emmys afterparty at San Vicente Bungalows in LA on Sunday.

The British actress, 31, who lost out on Best Supporting Actress to Adolescence’s Erin Doherty, enjoyed burgers and cocktails but seemingly kept her distance from Walton, 53.

Both were seen chatting and laughing with Michelle Monaghan, 49, who played Jaclyn in the show, but did not cross paths with each other. 

Aimee and Walton’s on-screen chemistry and social media activity sparked questions about their relationship off-camera earlier this year.

They were then reported to be locked in an intense feud and the rumours hit an all-time high after they unfollowed each other on Instagram.

The onscreen lovers tackled the reports head on in a joint interview with Variety in June, in which Walton declared: ‘I love this woman madly, and she is so important to me.’

The evening saw Aimee making her first public appearance with boyfriend Adam Long after they met last year working on their BBC Three series Film Club.

Adam was the supportive boyfriend for Aimee who was celebrating her first Emmy nomination for White Lotus.

Aimee wore a Artists4Ceasefire pin on her gown to symbolize the urgency of the call to save lives in response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Israel and Palestine.

It’s believed the pair met last year working on their upcoming BBC Three series, written by Aimee, in which they play a couple. 

Walton, who was also nominated on Sunday for The White Lotus, married his wife Nadia back in 2011 and the pair are also parents to a son named Augustus, 14.

The long-term couple, who recently collaborated on the film The Uninvited, put on a very smitten display for the cameras at the HBO party, matching in white ensembles as they leaned in for a kiss. 

Meanwhile her one-time rumoured love interest Walton, who lost Best Supporting Actor to Adolescence’s Owen Cooper, put on his own public display of affection, kissing his director wife Nadia Conners. 

But earlier in the evening Walton and his wife appeared to have a frosty moment on the awards red carpet.

Nadia was spotted leaning toward her husband for a kiss but was met with a ‘reluctant’ response from her spouse, who pecked her very briefly before turning back to the crowd of photographers. 

The Daily Mail has since spoken exclusively to lip reader Nicola Hickling who shared how Nadia began by urging her husband to pack on the PDA.  

‘Kiss me,’ she said, before Walton responded: ‘Yeah, no problem.’ But following the lackluster first attempt, Nadia followed up: ‘I want more, that was stale, one more time.’

According to Nicola, as Walton wiped his lips, he muttered: ‘Ugh, really?’ Nadia then placed her hands on her hip and shifted aside to create some distance between them.

In the latest season of The White Lotus – which aired its final episode in April – Walton played the character of Rick who goes to the White Lotus resort in Thailand with his younger girlfriend Chelsea, who was portrayed by Aimee. 

The onscreen lovers’ intense onscreen chemistry as well as their Instagram activity led fans to speculate about their relationship during filming. 

However, speculation of a ‘feud’ between the stars also arose when the two seemingly unfollowed each other on Instagram. 

Fans were also left questioning about Walton and Aimee’s status when he notably walked out of an interview with The Times when the actress was brought up on more than one occasion. 

He had told the publication, ‘I’m not gonna have that conversation. There is no conversation to be had about that.’ 

In June the pair finally addressed the speculation about their relationship, with Aimee declaring ‘I think it’s such a comment on where we’re at culturally,’ she said over the online fury. 

‘Why is everyone obsessing over Instagram? That is irrelevant. We don’t give a s**t about Instagram.’

Despite tying for most nominations going into the evening with 10, The White Lotus failed to pick up a single gong at the ceremony.

Instead former E.R. star Noah Wyle was every bit the comeback king as he led new medical drama The Pitt to top honors at the 2025 Emmy Awards on Sunday night.

Also sweeping the board was the Netflix smash hit drama Adolescence, AppleTV+’s The Studio, and HBO comedy Hacks.

Noah, 54, earned top acting prize Best Actor in a Drama Series, which was his first ever Emmy on a night that The Pitt took home top category Best Drama Series for a total of five.

Meanwhile, Netflix’s limited series Adolescence earned an impressive eight including one for Owen Cooper who became the youngest-ever male winner in any acting category.

Seth Rogen led AppleTV+ series The Studio which was the top winner with an impressive 13 Primetime Emmys – including Best Comedy Series – while HBO comedy Hacks added another three including individual wins for Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder.