October 2026 has been a remarkably eventful month for Amanda Seyfried, and the latest Amanda Seyfried news blends candid career confessions, a high-profile festival appearance and the continued fallout from her recent split. The 40-year-old actress has never been one to shy away from honest conversation, and her recent comments at the Hamptons International Film Festival gave fans plenty to talk about.
Here is a round-up of everything Seyfried has been up to this month, from the TV role she walked away from to a friendly reunion with an old flame.
The TV role she turned down over sex scenes
The biggest headline came from a conversation with Alec Baldwin at the Hamptons International Film Festival on 4 October. During the panel, Seyfried revealed that she recently passed on a television project because it would have required her to film frequent sex scenes — something she no longer feels comfortable doing.
Explaining how her attitude has changed over the years, she said she used to find such scenes fun, but that as she gets older, performing romantic scenes with strangers feels increasingly strange. She made it clear the decision had nothing to do with who her co-star would have been, adding that she simply did not want to deal with being naked with a stranger. She left the door open to feeling differently one day, but for now the boundary is firm.
How motherhood changed her approach to work
Seyfried also spoke about how becoming a mother reshaped the way she handles her career. She has two children who are now paying close attention to what she does, and she said that has made her far less willing to simply go along with things that do not sit right with her. In her own words, she has had to become less of a pushover when it comes to the choices she makes.
Rather than framing it as a rule against intimate scenes altogether, she presented it as an honest boundary that reflects where she is in her life right now — one she intends to keep when weighing up future offers.
Life after the split from Thomas Sadoski
The personal backdrop to all of this is her split from husband Thomas Sadoski, which the couple announced in September 2026 after nine years of marriage. In a joint statement, they explained that they had been separated for a while and that the decision was the right one for them and their family unit, stressing that the parting was amicable.
The former couple share two children: daughter Nina, nine, and son Thomas, five. Shortly after the announcement, Seyfried lightened the mood on Instagram by sharing a playful photo of Sadoski with a bearded dragon perched on his shoulder, alongside a heartfelt quote about keeping your heart open. The gesture underlined that there is no bitterness between them.
A friendly reunion with ex Dominic Cooper
Adding a touch of nostalgia to the festival weekend, Seyfried bumped into her former boyfriend Dominic Cooper at the Hamptons event. The pair famously played on-screen couple Sophie and Sky in the 2008 hit Mamma Mia! and its 2018 sequel, and they dated for around three years after the first film before splitting in 2011.
Seyfried was at the festival with her latest film, The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, while Cooper was there for his own new movie, The Lightkeeper. The two posed cheerfully for photographs together, and Seyfried said it was the first time in a long time that they had seen each other at the festival. Cooper even joked that he had come up with a great storyline for a potential Mamma Mia 3, much to the delight of fans of the franchise.
The Joni Mitchell cover with a Ghostface twist
On a lighter note, Seyfried delighted followers on Instagram earlier in the month with a playful video of herself singing Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” from her home, only for a person dressed as Ghostface to creep up behind her and make her scream before the clip cut off.
The performance had a personal backstory: Seyfried had learned the entirety of Mitchell’s classic 1971 album Blue while preparing for a biopic about the folk legend and her manager Elliot Roberts, a project that was later shelved. She has spoken warmly about the experience, recalling that she met Mitchell at the singer’s Los Angeles home, where the two listened to the album together.
What is next for Amanda Seyfried
Between festival appearances, new films on the circuit and a clear-eyed view of the roles she wants to take, Seyfried looks fully in control of her next chapter. Her honesty about boundaries, work and family continues to be one of the reasons fans admire her.
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