Actor Vijay Varma, who was recently referred to as her “happy place” by actor Tamannaah Bhatia, has finally admitted that he’s in love with her. Dismissing rumours about their romance being a publicity stunt to promote their latest release, Lust Stories 2, and responding to Bhatia’s “happy place” comment, Varma told GQ, “I think it’s fairly understood now that we are dating each other.”

He added, “I am happy and madly in love with her. I call this ‘I’ve ended my villain era and got into the romance era’ phase of life.”

The duo has never shied away from going all out to express their fondness for each other on social media. Recently, Varma took to Instagram to give a shoutout to his girlfriend’s new song, Kaavaalaa, and wrote, “This song is fire”.

Months before Bhatia addressed the relationship rumours and admitted that they began dating on the set of Lust Stories 2, a video of Bhatia and Varma kissing during a Goa trip had surfaced online in January. Since then, rumours of them being together have been doing the rounds. They were also spotted out and about in Mumbai several times.