- “Outlander” star Caitriona Balfe says the show’s “crazies” don’t believe in her real-life marriage.
- Balfe, who plays Claire Fraser on the period drama, married music manager Anthony McGill in 2019.
- But Balfe said some fans once hired investigators to prove she and costar Sam Heughan are together.
“Outlander” star Caitríona Balfe said certain diehard fans of the show don’t believe in her real-life marriage — and that they once even hired private investigators to prove that she and costar Sam Heughan are actually together.
According to a new interview with Balfe in Vanity Fair, a small but passionate subsection of “Outlander” fans are genuinely convinced that she and Heughan, who plays her love interest Jamie on the show, are in a legitimate relationship.
Balfe told Vanity Fair that the recent birth of her son has caused her to become more wary of these overzealous fans.
“When you have a kid, you become really protective. I don’t want those crazies — because that’s what they are — I just don’t want them talking about him,” she said.
According to the “Belfast” actress, there are some fans who are convinced that the child she recently had with husband Anthony McGill is actually Heughan’s, since bedsheets in the background of a baby picture were apparently similar to some in Heughan’s photos. The former model also revealed that fans called a church on her wedding day to ascertain whether or not her marriage to McGill was “real,” and that some may have even hired PIs to finally prove that Balfe and Heughan are dating.
“It’s sad, because you meet the loveliest people who are fans of the show and they’re super supportive and they do the nicest things — and then you have that little thing, which just taints it,” Balfe said of the “Outlander” fandom.
Based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon, “Outlander” follows Claire (Balfe), a woman from 1940s Scotland who’s magically transported back to the 18th-century. While adjusting to life in 1700s Scotland, Claire meets and falls in love with Jamie (Heughan), a rebellious clansman from the Scottish highlands.