Kate Beckinsale Denies She Kissed Matt Rife at Globes Party (Exclusive)

Kate Beckinsale did not lock lips with her ex Matt Rife at a Golden Globe Awards after-party, a rep for the actress exclusively tells PEOPLE.

“It is incorrect that they were kissing,” says the rep, addressing a report that the former couple had kissed at Netflix’s after-party at Spago Beverly Hills on Sunday, Jan. 5. 

“They are friendly exes who were having a fun time speaking,” adds the rep. 

Beckinsale, 51, briefly dated the comedian, 29, beginning in late 2017. She was previously married to Len Wiseman from 2004 to 2019. Rife was last romantically linked to Jessica Lord.

Following the 82nd annual Golden Globes in Los Angeles, the British star attended the Netflix soiree, partying with her Click costar Adam Sandler, actor Kevin Miles as well as Rife. She also hit up Jas Mathur and Michael Braun’s afterparty at Chateau Marmont, where she posed for photos alongside The Gentlemen star Harry Goodwins and singer-actress Paris Jackson. 

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Rife walked the red carpet of the Globes ceremony, later reconnecting with show host Nikki Glaser at the official after-party at Circa 55.

Beckinsale most recently appeared in the 2024 movie Canary Black. Among her upcoming projects are the thrillers Stolen Girl and The Patient. 

The Underworld star made her red carpet return last May following a “rough year” of health issues, she told PEOPLE at the time, which she later clarified on social media involved “a hole” in her esophagus.

Rife next appears in the movies I Live Here Now and Candy Flip, following appearances in 2024’s Beyond the Likes and Trapped Inn.