It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in Hollywood possessing of no partner must be in want of a husband.

Thus it ever was, and thus it shall always be, which is why Kate Beckinsale – unabashedly, gloriously single Kate Beckinsale – has found herself at the center of an ever-churning rumor mill these past few months. Pretty much any man who passes through her orbit, whether it be her ex Michael Sheen (with whom she has a daughter) or Jack Whitehall or, most recently, comedian Pete Davidson, becomes the subject of gossip in the tabloid press.

The Davidson rumours emerged out of a Golden Globes after party this week, when Page Six spotted the Saturday Night Live star and former fiancé of Ariana Grande “flirting” with Beckinsale at a Netflix event.

“They were being very flirty together, they were sitting very close on the outside patio seating,” an unnamed “witness” told Page Six. “Kate had her hand on his knee and she kept laughing at all his jokes.”

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