Did Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx finally confirm dating rumors at the Met Gala?

Hannah Yasharoff
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Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx have dodged dating rumors for years, but new photos of the two together at the Met Gala have fans wondering if they're official.

The two didn't enter the event together – Holmes was accompanied on the red carpet by designer Zac Posen – but posed together inside.

Holmes, 40, wore a custom purple gown from Posen. Foxx, 51, kept things mostly simple with a black suit and tie, but rocked purple shoes that perfectly matched Holmes's look.

USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Holmes and Foxx for comment.

Fans on Twitter voiced excitement over the idea of the two publicly announcing their relationship.

"Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx. I dig it," one fan tweeted.

"THEY MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE MET GALA, WUT?!" another user wrote.

Some argued the matching shoes were enough evidence.

Holmes and Foxx were first linked as a couple in 2013, shortly after Holmes's divorce from Cruise in 2012. Reports emerged in People and Us Weekly in 2015 about the pair's rumored relationship after Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise moved to L.A. and supposedly started spending time at Foxx's home.

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Then, Foxx's friend and former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Claudia Jordan said that the actor was "very happy" with Holmes in a podcast interview last year. Jordan backpedaled her statement shortly after, telling Entertainment Tonight that she's "never seen them together, he's never told me he's dating her."

Contributing: Maeve McDermott

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