The rumor mill has been working overtime, but Lucy Syed is setting the record straight. After weeks of speculation surrounding her relationship with Perfect Match co-star Freddie Powell, Lucy dropped the truth bomb during an August 21 appearance on The Viall Files. Spoiler alert: the romance fans hoped for between her and Freddie? It’s not happening.
“I love Freddie to bits, but we are just friends,” Lucy declared, putting an end to the swirling dating rumors. “Nothing going on. We basically just became each other’s photographers. That’s kind of what happened.” So, those dreamy Instagram posts that had fans buzzing? Just two pals snapping aesthetic shots for the ’gram.
But while Lucy and Freddie’s connection is strictly platonic, she’s not flying solo. The Perfect Match season 3 winner revealed she’s off the market, with a new boyfriend who’s as private as they come. “He’s not in the TV world,” she shared, adding, “He’s very, very, very private.” Don’t expect to see his face on her feed anytime soon—Lucy’s keeping his identity under wraps, though she did tease a glimpse of him in a recent Instagram post, cleverly hiding his face. And for those wondering about her future plans? “I would like to be engaged in a year, so we’ll see,” she said with a hopeful spark.
Meanwhile, Freddie’s also navigating the single life. After his Perfect Match romance with Madison Errichiello fizzled out due to the 4,000-mile distance between Manchester and Minneapolis, the Love Is Blind: UK alum is reportedly dipping his toes into the dating app pool. As he told Elite Daily post-finale, “We carried on speaking afterwards, but we were very realistic about the fact that there was 4,000 miles between us. And gradually over time, it just became apparent that it was more of a friendship.”
The speculation about Lucy and Freddie kicked off after the Perfect Match season 3 finale, which was a rollercoaster of drama—think Louis Russell’s red carpet moment with Huda Mustafa, Hannah Burns’ mysterious baby daddy, and AD Smith and Ollie Sutherland’s early reveal. While Lucy walked away with Daniel Perfetto on the show, their spark didn’t survive the real world, splitting before they could even enjoy their all-expenses-paid vacation. Freddie and Madison faced similar hurdles, with distance proving too big a barrier.
Fans thought they spotted clues of a budding romance when Freddie posted a photo from L.A. with the caption, “No place I’d rather be,” followed by Lucy sharing snapshots with an eerily similar background. Eagle-eyed followers even pointed out a shadow in Freddie’s pic that seemed to match Lucy’s accessories. Coincidence? Maybe. But with both stars hailing from the UK, the odds of a random L.A. run-in seemed slim, fueling the dating buzz.
Lucy, however, was quick to shut down the rumors in a separate interview, calling Freddie “like a brother figure” and admitting there’s “no sexual spark” between them. For now, their bond is all about friendship—and maybe a shared knack for capturing the perfect Instagram shot.