“She Has the Worst Taste in Men in Hollywood” Ana de Armas’ New Boyfriend Has Sparked Controversy

Ana de Armas knows how fame can ruin love. After her past relationship crumbled under the weight of gossip and paparazzi, she’s now facing fresh rumors linking her to Tom Cruise — reminding everyone how hard it is to keep your heart private in Hollywood.

Ana had a long road to becoming a real Hollywood star. She moved to Madrid from a small Cuban village, where there was no Internet, as an 18-year-old girl with the dream of becoming an actress. And she succeeded — Ana became a celebrity on Spanish screens. And eight years later, in 2014, she decided to conquer Los Angeles.

But in the hills of Hollywood, Ana had to start her career all over again — no one was interested in the Spanish actress, who had difficulty speaking English.

However, Ana took on a wide variety of roles, as she had no intention of limiting herself to playing parts of Spanish-speaking women, and she wouldn’t give up. She played fearless spies, sexy rock chicks, and women fighting for their lives.

It wasn’t all for nothing — she was becoming more and more popular. In 2019, she starred in Deep Water with Ben Affleck. It was precisely on this set that their romance began. They seemed happy for almost a year, but it was fame that eventually ruined the relationship and instilled in Ana a real aversion to the invasion of privacy.

The paparazzi followed the couple everywhere — on dog walks, spending time with Ben’s kids, nothing escaped the cameras. At one point, it became so unbearable that Ben even got a life-sized cardboard cut-out of Ana and set it up on the lawn at his house. It was a kind of message to all the photographers who were just waiting to take their next picture.

In 2021, the couple broke up, and the actress left Los Angeles for New York. It was this move that she dubbed the positive thing that came out of the relationship. Everything else, on the other hand, she described as “horrible.” During her relationship with Ben, the actress also faced a lot of hate on social media. People looked at photos of Ana with the actor and posted so many negative comments that her fan accounts simply had to be deleted.

In an interview, Ana admitted that all this bothers and hurts her a lot. The actress has never been one to seek popularity at all costs. She just wants to work and attract attention only with her work and nothing else.

Ana’s love life has been more private after those relationships. By mid‑2021, Ana began dating Paul Boukadakis, a Tinder executive and co‑founder of Wheel. Their relationship was low-key, but they appeared together at events like the Venice Film Festival, Oscars after‑parties, and were living together in New York.

Their relationship ended around November 2024, when reports surfaced of Ana kissing Manuel Anido Cuesta.

Manuel Anido Cuesta, the stepson of Cuban president Miguel Díaz‑Canel, was seen with Ana during outings in Madrid in November 2024.

Their relationship sparked controversy, especially among Cuban Americans, and reports suggested they were still together as of early 2025.

She reportedly had a heated encounter with a journalist in Madrid over criticism of this relationship 

The latest rumours are talking about some kind of unexpected love choice. In February 2025, Ana and Tom Cruise were sighted having dinner in London on what was initially described as a professional meeting for their upcoming collaboration on projects like Deeper.

Since then, they’ve been seen together more frequently — private dinners at Annabel’s, a park stroll, a birthday celebration for Ana in April, and David Beckham’s 50th birthday party in May.

Though Ana has stated she’s excited about working with Tom and described the liaison as primarily professional, insiders say there’s a budding, “low‑key romance” and that Cruise is “courting her” 

But fans are not excited about Ana’s men choice. One person even mentioned once, “She has the worst taste in men in Hollywood.”

Ana isn’t the only one living under constant watch. Daniel Radcliffe is facing whispers about why he is not married to the woman he raises a child, while Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are going through breakup news.