They’ve been Home and Away co-stars for seven years, with even their fictional characters in a happily married couple with each other. Now, Ada Nicodemou and James Stewart have confirmed their romantic relationship.
Fans have speculated about the nature of their relationship for months after photos leaked of Ada and James kissing in Sydney on Anzac Day.
In an interview with Stellar Magazine, Ada confirmed the rumours.
“Jimmy and I are together, yes,” she said.
“At 47, you know what you want and what you don’t. It’s only early days… It’s very recent and very unexpected. I’m super happy. It’s really lovely.”
As of yet, James is yet to comment on the new romance with his H&A co-star.
Ada and James had a platonic relationship long before their H&A career after first meeting in 1998 on the Australian drama series, Breakers.
But they first began working more closely together in Home and Away with their on-screen characters – who are in a romantic relationship – Leah Patterson and Justin Morgan. Ada has been working on the soap since 2000, but James didn’t join the cast until 2016.
Until recently, nothing romantic transpired between Ada and Justin, given the pair were in separate relationships.
Justin was married to his former H&A co-stars Sarah Roberts for five years, until the latter announced their quiet divorce which was finalised in March 2024.
“I just want to say that I am divorced,” she told Stellar Magazine in April.
“Sometimes people grow apart and that’s okay… I got to a point where I realised I couldn’t grow in the way I wanted to within this particular relationship.”
Meanwhile, Ada was dating Adam Rigby to which a source claimed to New Idea they “split at the end of 2023.”
