Watson quietly dated the Silicon Valley manager for nearly two years, starting in 2015. She was extremely protective of their relationship and refused to talk about him in interviews — most notably in Watson's 2017 Vanity Fair cover story, where the outlet noted she "refuses to expound on him." "I can't talk about my boyfriend in an interview," she told Vanity Fair. "I've noticed, in Hollywood, who you're dating gets tied up into your film promotion and becomes part of the performance and the circus. I would hate anyone that I were with to feel like they were in any way part of a show or an act."
In November 2017, Us Weekly confirmed the former couple's split per sources that said they went their separate ways earlier that year and were last seen together on 25 May. Watson's rep declined to "comment on [her] personal life."