Kate Beckinsalehas a sense of humor about her rumored romance withPete Davidson.
“Trying to look like someone who was not wildly over excited about this picture or startled while planning a sneaky lick of Freddie’s eyeball,” Beckinsale, 45, captioned the image of her posing next to a photo of the lateFreddie Mercury.
“GREAT EYE,” Beckinsale responded jokingly.
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This isn’t the first time Beckinsale has joked with Instagram commenters who have asked about Davidson.
After Beckinsalewas spottedhitting it off with thecomedian at aGolden Globes afterpartyin January, one commenter wrote on a throwback photos of Beckinsale’s mother, actress Judy Loe, “Dear heavens, Kate. Not Pete Davidson.”
Beckinsale responded, writing, “No that’s my mother. Easy mistake.”
As PEOPLE previously reported, the two talked intently for most of the night at Netflix’s Golden Globes afterparty, keeping their focus on each other even while mingling with Davidson’s close friendMachine Gun Kelly(née Colson Baker), Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen. Eventually, the other members of the group wandered off, and Davidson and Beckinsale continued to chat. One onlooker said they cuddled at the party as well.
Despite reports, the two did not leave together, a separate source told PEOPLE.
Reps for Davidson and Beckinsale did not return PEOPLE’s requests for comment at the time.
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Then, the pairwas spotted holding handson Feb. 1 as they left famed music and comedy venueLargo at the Coronetin West Hollywood, California, after Davidson’s stand-up show.
Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Though theyleft the venue hand-in-handand headed back to Davidson’s Santa Monica hotel together, a source close to Beckinsale said her relationship with Davidsonis not likely to go any further.
“Kate’s not looking to get serious with someone,” the source told PEOPLE.
Beckinsale was divorced in 2016 from director/producer Len Wiseman. Last summer, shewas linked tocomedian and actor Matt Rife, 23. The duocalled it quitsafter two months of dating.
In November 2018, Beckinsale started dating British actor and comedian Jack Whitehall, 30. The pair were spotted showing some PDA at a karaoke bar in Los Angeles, kissing at a candle-lit booth.
Kate Beckinsale.Broadimage/Shutterstock
Beckinsale shares 20-year-old daughter Lily Mo Sheen with actor Michael Sheen, whom shedated for eight years.
Davidson split from singerAriana Grandein October, and though the comedian hasadmitted to having a hard timein the months since, a source recently told PEOPLE he isembracing his bachelorhood.
“He is very much enjoying being single as he is focusing on himself,” the source said in late December.
source: people.com
