Inside Jack Antonoff & Margaret Qualley’s Romance Before Their Breakup

At least for a time, Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff’s relationship had real substance.

Just days after the Bleachers frontman attended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding without his wife of nearly three years—his sister Rachel Antonoff joined him—reports of his and the Substance star’s breakup emerged. But though it has now come to an end, their love story was one marked by fast feelings.

Indeed, months after Qualley, 31, and Antonoff, 42, sparked relationship rumors in the summer of 2021, they confirmed their couple status by sharing a duo of date nights at the AFI Awards Luncheon and Critics Choice Awards in March 2022. 

Then, just two months laters, the Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood star—daughter of actress Andie MacDowell and model Paul J. Qualley—debuted an engagement ring at the Cannes Film Festival.

Though Qualley and Antonoff often kept their romance out of the spotlight, they occasionally gave glimpses into the special bond they quickly formed after meeting at a party, during which the Maid actress said, “We just started talking and never stopped.”