After months of speculation, Maxton Hallof Harriet Harbig-Matten finally revealed that she's dating her costar — and onscreen love interest — Damian Hardung.

Thursday, January 15, during the episode "G Spot" PodcastHerbig-Matten, 21, was asked about fan rumors about her and Hardung, 26, to which she replied, "It's been hard. We're not together and haven't been together."

The German actress said she was not ready for questions about her personal life after Maxton HallOvernight success.

"It was a crazy experience and it's obviously such a love story (on the show) and you promote it. But I think I really underestimated it and I think I was a little naive too," she admitted. "Because I didn't really know where it was going."

when Maxton Hall Premiered in May 2024, Herbig-Matten How could the audience not understand will stick to her off-screen bond with Hardung, adding, “I didn't even know how big it was going to be. I didn't know people believed in it so much and it's such a thing."

Disappointing aspect The stranger was the online weight Herbig-Matten and Hardung's dynamic.

“When you always read these comments about how we're together, I start getting stressed that it has to be true. So I was like, 'When that happens, I'll do people justice and then they'll be happy,'" she explained. "I thought about it for a long time. Then over time, I had to learn to distance myself from that version."

Herbig-Matten continued: “There's Ruby and there's Harriet who got promoted. So you know this person who is me and my name is not the real Harriet in my personal life. I had to learn first hand that it was not in line with reality and it was difficult."

When Hardung and Herbig-Matten were catapulted to stardom Maxton Hall It achieved record-breaking success by becoming the most watched non-US title in its first week on Prime Video. It was renewed for a second season a week after its debut.

At the center of the series An unlikely foe for lovers' romance Between Ruby (Herbig-Matten) and James (Hardung). The costars previously revealed that their dynamic off screen mirrored their characters.

"I think at our first audition, he came into the room and he was wearing this suit and I was like, 'Who is this arrogant boy?' But at our second and final audition, it just clicked and we had excitement," Herbig-Matten exclusively said. our weekly In June 2024. "So we had chemistry, we just didn't see it."

Hardung, meanwhile, Revocation of Building Trust Herbig-Matten over time.

“We had a very interesting dynamic while shooting. Because we were literally going through everything the characters were going through," he shared our in the same month. “Whenever we knew we were going to do a shoot the next day where we hated each other, we literally didn't talk the night before. If we knew we were going to be best friends the next day we would have gone out to dinner together."

So Herbig-Matten Reflecting "intense emotions". It came with him "playing a love story for the first time."

"And like I said, it was really easy with Damian and me," she said our. “We are two different people and we are good friends and we have a good connection. It's really important to treat your connections (well) but also set boundaries as an actress and actor."

Hardung broke the promise that went into filming James and Ruby's relationshipSaid, “That chemistry, you have to feel it. It's really about taking every emotion seriously. You have to be honest about those emotions and I love that."

Maxton Hall Streaming on Prime Video.