The actors sparked dating rumors in April 2019 when they were spotted walking arm in arm around LA. The two were reportedly living together at the time after Richard moved from London to LA, though they never confirmed or denied the reports. "I just keep my personal life personal," Richard told the New York Times when asked about his relationship with Brandon. "I've never talked about my relationships."
Similarly, when Brandon was asked about his dating life, he told Variety, "It's hard not to feel like something in my personal life is not being scandalized because that's kind of the way it feels when you read headlines about yourself, especially when you read headlines that have this big bang to them . . . it's all just something to egg on some sort of rumor cycle that will just keep going around until you finally get something that will actually just make it all true or false. So, it's hard not to feel scandalized."
