Brandon Sklenar met Courtney Salviolo on Hinge in 2020, and the relationship has stayed mostly out of view ever since. The actor said he was not a Facebook or phone-app guy before the dating app brought them together during the first stretch of the pandemic.
He described the timing as plain necessity. COVID had just started, he said, and he decided to try Hinge because meeting someone in person suddenly felt out of reach. That private start has carried through their relationship, even as Sklenar has moved into a far more visible phase of his career.
The details came as Sklenar talked about balancing life at home with work that keeps him on the road. He said he is a home body who likes being with his partner, his dog and his house, even though his job takes him everywhere. Salviolo, who works as a personal trainer and nutritionist, has remained largely outside the public eye, with the pair appearing together only rarely, including in a group photo with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at the It Ends With Us premiere in August 2024.
That contrast is the point. On screen, Sklenar has played into some of the biggest romantic storylines of his career, in 1923, It Ends With Us and The Housemaid; off screen, he has built a life he says he is protective over. “I’m a private person and very protective over my home life outside of this world,” he said, adding that it can be a vulnerable moment knowing the person he loves is about to be under the same microscope, especially when that person works far from the industry.
He also said filming the first part of 1923 was difficult in a way viewers never see. He had just finished that stretch of work and spent about five months away from home, shooting in Africa, where he was nine to 11 hours ahead of everyone back home and working six days a week. He called the experience emotionally challenging, even as he said he was grateful for it. The schedule left little room for ordinary life, the kind he clearly prefers.
Remy, the dog Sklenar and Salviolo share, helps explain that life. The dog belonged to Salviolo before she met him, and in June 2022 she wrote on Instagram that Remy had been her lifeline for the past 10-plus years. She has also said the dog stayed beside her through chronic pain and that animals can help during a healing process or a lifestyle change by offering both support and movement. For Sklenar, that same quiet domestic routine sits in sharp contrast to the public attention around his work. The answer to the question his career keeps raising is simple: the relationship is real, but it is built to stay private.
