Regé-Jean Page responds to rumors that he's returning for Bridgerton season three

brb, crying

BRIDGERTON REGÉ-JEAN PAGE as SIMON BASSET in episode 101 of BRIDGERTON
(Image credit: LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX)

Get ready to have your hopes dashed again as Regé-Jean Page has set the record straight about those Bridgerton season three rumors.

After leaving the show after its first season, it looked as though we'd never see Regé reprising his role as the original Bridgerton heartthrob—that is until it was reported that he was 'in talks' to make a cameo in the next installment.

As we know from Bridgerton season one’s ending, Simon (Regé) and Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) finally sorted out their relationship issues and welcomed their first baby together—with Daphne and the couple's baby son returning for the second season. 

And while we now know that season three will focus on Colin and Penelope’s love story, a source told the Sun that there was, 'a dialogue' between Regé and producers to potentially return, though "nothing has been formally agreed yet, but watch this space.”

Alas, Regé has now responded to these claims on Instagram—following his reunion with season two's protagonist, Viscount Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) that only fuelled the speculation.

Sharing a stylish snap of the pair of them, he wrote: "No, I’m not going back to the show btw—the papers made that one up. But we had the best, and most stylish, catch up I’ve had in a while over some truly excellent Italian coffee and sunshine." We're heartbroken all over again!

On a positive note though, you can still catch the actor on your screens as he's starred alongside Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in Netflix’s The Gray Man—with rumors he's even in the running as the new 007. 

Plus, this news doesn't mean he will never return to Bridgerton—if the books are anything to go by that is...

Could Regé-Jean Page return to Bridgerton?

BRIDGERTON (L to R) PHOEBE DYNEVOR as DAPHNE BRIDGERTON and REGÉ-JEAN PAGE as SIMON BASSET in episode 101 of BRIDGERTON

(Image credit: LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX)

If we look to the original Bridgerton books by Julia Quinn, The Duke and Duchess of Hastings go on to have five children—though this is one of the examples where the Bridgerton series and books differ

In the first book the 'Duke and I'—the couple welcome their first child, a girl who they name Amelia, followed by two more daughters, Belinda and Caroline and two sons, David and Edward (all named alphabetically of course, like the Bridgerton brood.)

Bridgerton. (L to R) Arianna and Ava Gittens-Roberts as Baby Augie, Phoebe Dyvenor as Daphne Basset, Ruby Stokes as Francesca Bridgerton, Florence Emilia Hunt as Hyacinth Bridgerton, Ruth Gemmell as Lady Violet Bridgerton, Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in episode 203 of Bridgerton

(Image credit: Liam Daniel/Netflix)

While this is different from the show so far, it does mean there is scope for more little Hastings babies and a lot of storyline opportunities for the showrunners to work with.

So fingers crossed there is a glimmer of hope that we could see Regé return one day—just not for season three it seems!

Naomi Jamieson
Lifestyle News Writer

Naomi is a Lifestyle News Writer with the Women's Lifestyle team, where she covers everything from entertainment to fashion and beauty, as well as TikTok trends for Woman&Home, after previously writing for My Imperfect Life and GoodTo. Interestingly though, Naomi actually has a background in design, having studied illustration at Plymouth University but lept into the media world in 2020, after always having a passion for writing and earned her Gold Standard diploma in Journalism with the NCTJ.

Before working for Future Publishing’s Lifestyle News team, she worked in the Ad production team. Here she wrote and designed adverts on all sorts of things, which then went into print magazines across all genres. Now, when she isn’t writing articles on celebs, fashion trends, or the newest shows on Netflix, you can find her drinking copious cups of coffee, drawing and probably online shopping.