MAJOR Change in Caitriona Balfe & Sam Heughan’s Relationship

In a recent interview, Caitriona Balfe said something conflicting about her relationship with Sam Heughan, which made us rethink everything about their relationship dynamic. Let's see what the actress said.

What do you think about Sam and Caitriona's body language in the recent Outlander interviews? Are they still friends? Let us know below!

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[thenextseason]

What do you think about Sam and Caitriona's body language in the recent Outlander interviews? Are they still friends? Let us know below!

[rethacharlton]

I think that Caitronia and Sam are very tired right now. They are so busy right now with promoting Season 7 of Outlander. They both have been super busy. And katrina has a husband and a child now and Sam is so super busy with all of the things that he's doing right now. I am pretty sure that their friends and will remain friends. They are like all of us they will have friends that will remain their lives forever. And personally I think right now Sam is looking for a love of his own.

[pegaga]

Catriona is MARRIED. SHE HAS A HUSBAND.
She respects her status as someone who is in a relationship and she respects her husband and Sam respects her and her husband.
Hence the not so touchy and closeness

[juliesmith]

In my opinion, I think they are still very good friends. They know each other so well they tease each other. It is a very rare type of friendship. Total trust in each other. They will always be friends as their careers take them in different directions. As they agreed from the very beginning, they have each other's back.

As far as Cait directing Sam, I think we will have a lot of fun seeing the blooper reel.

[Donna-tgqj]

I absolutely believe Cait and Sam will remain life long friends. Think of your own friendships. There’s a season for everything. Friends I’ve had for decades are still besties even though we don’t see each other as often. I know I could pick up the phone at 2:00 am and call any one of them if I was in need. They know they can do the same. No matter what Cait and Sam do going forward in their busy lives - I think their unique Outlander experience will connect them for life. And, if I were a betting gal, I know that S&C will be picking up the phone decades from now. Even if it’s 2:00 in the morning. 😉

[terry-sue-]

I noticed rather quickly that something was 'off' about them this year. It does make me sad...but, C is married with a child now. You have new boundaries with these life changes. I do think they were in love with each other. I believe S misses that close friendship...not saying they are NOT friends now, but it's just not the same.

[joyrayosdelsol]

Something has changed between them and whatever the reason behind it, only the two of them know. But I hope that they won’t let anything affects their solid friendship/ effective working relationship/ perfect chemistry that led them to where they’re now, in their respective careers.

[iloveejbgssnoopy]

Mr. Heughan and ms. Balfe will forever be life long friends

[dianadakin]

It saddens me to see Sam uncomfortable with Cait. Im trying to think what could have changed since they finished series 7 and I wonder if it is that Cait is going to direct Sam in series 8. If I was Sam Im not sure I would like Cait telling me how to act. It would have been good to see them finish Outlander on a level footing . He is a wonderful actor and a lovely man and hope he is being treated with the respect he deserves.

[thevicarage]

You CANNOT draw accurate conclusions about people's lives in a couple of minutes. What they've been through together for over a decade is enormous! In the early years they were promoting the show and needed for us to see their chemistry. They were single. Now she's a married woman with a child and sick and tired of people shipping her and Sam. But they are definitely still close friends. When they were in NYC for S7 press junket John Bell had gone to check on them at the hotel and found them resting together on the bed. That's close. He even sent out pictures of him lying between them. Their relationship will evolve over the years and they won't see each other as much. They've both said they're already grieving and that will be the hardest thing to lose. But they'll always pick up where they left off.

[donnahunt]

I think Cait and Sam fell in love while filming. That’s why the love/sex scenes were so i tense. But when Starz told them they couldn’t be a couple and continue on the show, Cait picked the show over Sam! He was heartbroken. So then she got married and had the kid, but Sam was still hurting. I think Sam didn’t know how he was gonna react to her-that’s why he brought in the Intimacy Coordinator-for him! I think he is finally over her and getting on with his life. I hope they don’t remain so fast friends anymore. He needs to find his own love, who probably wouldn’t tolerate a close friendship between them anyway!

[lucynovak]

That’s a solid theory and very likely true. I personally felt like I was intruding on their love in a sense, rather than watching a tv series, especially in S1. The fact that they were ‘out there’ so authentically, for the world to see, must of caused some difficult feelings for them. When Cait was filming Belfast, Jamie Dornan told her not to expect him to act like Sam. She had to make professional decisions and very sadly Sam had to move on. Perhaps makes many fans care so much. He deserves more.

[cingoehring]

I will probably be vilified for this, but I think sometimes Caítriona isn’t very nice to Sam.

[joanneymeyer]

If they are friends or not, it doesn’t matter. The characters they played are the ones that captivated us. So the world will still exist if they’re not friends. I’m sure they out grew each other and they had nothing to offer to each other. So be it

[stephaniecampo]

One HUGE FACTOR no one wants to say is that Cait is MARRIED now. Of course that changes the whole dynamic of their friendship....even for what is appropriate on screen. Whether they are professional actors or not that's just how it is. They aren't going to pal around and be flirty like before. Sad but true.

[sfreept]

S&C definitely are no more in the same relationship and friendship like before. In this interview, C started off to say "we both are quite new to the " She meant she and Sam were both quite new to the industry back in ten years ago. But no, that's not true. She was the one who was new to the industry, while Sam already had been in the industry for quite a long time. That's why in many interviews even in Sam's own book, he said he wanted to take care of C who was completely new to the tv shooting, and this caring emotion to C transferred to the screen of Outlander. So, C has already forgotten that and become arrogant throughout the years as in many times, the media had put her first before S. In other promotional activities during these few days, we could see S stayed quite far apart from C in most photo shooting, and without the hugs and embraces like with other costars. We could also see C would hug and stay close to other male and female costars but not S. S didn't touch her either unless finally group photo taking sort of demanded him so, out of courtesy, he would then lightly put his hand behind her back. In one interview, S said C had been singing all the time, even during their premiere time in NY, even quoting the song' s singer and lyrics of what C sang, something like that. S said, by singing all the time, C seemed to say, "Don't talk to me." I think that's true indeed. C did that on purpose to keep S away from her. And she succeeded. But she didn't keep other costars away, she mingled with them, hugged them, played with them very happily and with great initiatives. Maybe becos C is now a married woman with a son almost two years old. She doesn' t want to have too intimate a contact with her on screen husband when off screen. Obviously, C is very aware of the distance she is keeping intentionally from S. S is obviously not happy, C surely knows why, but the two just won't say it. They both know each other very well, how could they not know a distance had already existed between them and it's C who created it? Well, we don't know exactly what happened between the two. Who created the distance first? Was it ever since C had the newborn babe? Even since C was pregnant shooting Season 6? We don't know. C is going to direct S in Season 8. S didn't like it, I think. He imitated Jemmie his on screen grandson saying he would only do one take and he's done. C responded in another interview that what S said was "interesting". The two obviously was not in agreement. C however was wise not to say anything like that anymore in subsequent interviews. She behaved more humbly by saying she wished she could do a good job and finally nobody hated her. Starz shouldn't have C direct S in any part of the show please. Come on, how could C ride on S's back to tell him what to do? That is just too irritating and unbearable. C has become more and more arrogant over the years with Claire's role being successful. She even wanted to beat S her costar without whom she would not have been able to get her success now. Starz please keep her director's hand off S, to be respectful to S. C is not qualified to direct S anyway. Who does she think who she is? Again, in other interviews these days, S was able to answer questions like leaving voice messages to Claire and even impersonating them. But when asked the same question, C was totally blank, awkward, and couldn't help but said, "Pass." What a shame for C!!! She is Claire, she couldn't even give Jamie a voice message? Too bad that C has no more the same heart for S and the character she's been playing for ten years. Pity. Finally, thanks to this post inviting responses to the change in relationship and friendship between C&S. That gives me the opportunity to say things out, which have built up these few days when watching all their interactions. Atually Starz please pay attention, should talk to both C&S about their relationship, which is not sweet anymore, if not turned sour, that spills over off screen already. How could Outlander be the same if the two main costars are no more sweet to each other? Season 8 won't be worth watching, not even Season 7. Fake both on and off screen. Oh no!!!

[susantodd]

It is noticeable they don't seem as close. It's not even gradual it's all of a sudden. But we don't know them personally and we may be reading to much into it. It would be sad if true because they have been through so much in the last almost ten years. Sam seems to have a lot of projects going on and maybe that has to Do with it. But I hope they never loose the friendship they have built over the years. There show is so loved by millions and I love seeing them have such a good time in real life.

[Free_Range_Female]

They are just more mature and comfortable with each other. No one can be affectionate 24/7. That's not realistic. All relationships evolve. They're fine.

[margotpoll]

I always thought it was more than a friendship, especially from Sam’s side, although they denied that. In recent interactions something has changed and I agree with another comment that Cat does not seem as warm to him. Pity!

[Blue-rldp]

Na, he loved her. She considered him a boy toy. She went back to long time beau and married him leaving Sam broken-hearted in the corner. They used to touch, a lot. Now he keeps his hands in his pockets.l Look and see how often, when she is near, he leans away from her and has his hands in his pockets. In one skit they were doing with Josh Horowitz he takes her hand and she jerks back and scolds him- "You're touching again. They've told you, I've told you..." Then she looks up at the camera and grins, like that was part of the skit. He throws her hand away from him and puts his hands up in the air and has a real angry look on his face. When she goes on with her lines for the skit he half-heartedly continues as well. I'd say Cait's now husband has said he doesn't like Sam touching and hugging anymore and it's been a hard habit for Sam to break. You could see it in the way he looked at her, he loved her. Now they need an "intimacy coordinator" just to sit on the same couch.
Ah well, their life, not mine. Their break up has impacted the lovey scenes in the show though. They're not nearly as sweet.