Tom Francis and Maia Reficco Go Instagram Official: Inside Their New Hollywood Romance
Look, my therapist warned me about obsessing over celebrity love lives, but here we are—Tom Francis and Maia Reficco have turned Instagram into the latest confession booth. On March 12, Francis, best known as Love Quinn’s too-charming brother in Netflix’s You, posted a sunlit selfie with Reficco, the rising Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin star, captioning it “Weekend vibes ✅.” Naturally, the internet exploded. According to People, Francis followed up with a Stories snapshot of them sharing coffee at a downtown LA café, with him smirking into the camera and her rolling her eyes at the caffeine-stained table. I told you so: this was never going to stay under the radar.
Sources say the two were first spotted walking hand-in-hand outside Soho House in West Hollywood last November, but they played coy—both deleted any photo evidence, as if our attention spans are that short. Then, Dotdash Meredith reports, they crashed Variety’s Hollywood party in early February, cozying up in a dim corner, proving once again that soulmates apparently lurk in VIP rooms. Reficco, 20, commented on his post with three red hearts, and Francis, 26, replied with a fire emoji. Yes, emojis count as official confirmation now.
Before you roll your eyes any harder, consider this: People magazine notes that these two actually met auditioning for the same Netflix project back in 2022. Chemistry on set? Surprise, surprise—they brewed something stronger off-screen. Francis later told Entertainment Weekly (via Dotdash Meredith) that Reficco “made every lunch break feel like a day in Hawaii,” which explains all those sun-drenched Instagram Stories.
Now they’re Instagram-exclusives, sharing every milestone from avocado toast breakfast to late-night drives. She’s tagged him in a boomerang wearing his jacket; he’s returned the favor with a throwback reel from their first day on set. All perfectly choreographed, of course. But hey, it’s 2024—if it’s not on social media, does it even exist?
In case you missed it, this comes just as Reficco is wrapping season two of PLL: Original Sin, while Francis gears up for You’s fourth installment. Sources hint there might be on-screen sparks soon, turning a real-life romance into promotional gold. Call it strategic coupledom or genuine affection—either way, it’s working.
So, did anyone expect a different outcome? No? Thought so. Stay tuned for the inevitable joint interview where they pretend the whole world isn’t watching. And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People Magazine (people.com)
Dotdash Meredith (dotdashmeredith.com)
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