Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley captivated viewers with her on-screen love story with actor Jonathan Bailey. As Kate Sharma, she’s a delightful rom-com heroine. And at the time in her personal life, she was also living a romantic dream. Her relationship with Constantin “Tino” Klein had been going strong for years before they broke up in early 2025.

Here’s everything you need to know about Klein and Ashley’s relationship.

Who is Constantin Klein?

Klein worked as a corporate lawyer until 2019. He received his bachelor of laws at King’s College in London, where he was awarded the King’s College Law School Prize in Jurisprudence. He then went to BPP Law School, before getting a master’s degree from Queen Mary University.

He ended up switching careers just before the pandemic, becoming the CEO of GP Ice Race, a winter car race that runs on an actual ice track. Klein is pretty passionate about racing himself, and told Highsnobiety, “Having come to Ice Race for two years as a paying visitor and now being part of the team, one of the things that stayed constant throughout is there is nothing in the world at that time of year, regardless of cars and cool stuff, that once someone has seen, been, or even heard about it got them as excited as this.”

He also shared a few details about his family, saying his mother is a professor and an academic without much of a shared interest in car racing. But he said he took her out and changed her mind.

“I was going super slowly, sat in a car without seat belts, without a roof, without anything, and got out of it and she was just glowing,” he said. Clearly, they have a close family tie if she was willing to get into a race car on ice.

How long were Ashley and Klein together?

Over two years. In May 2022, Ashley met Klein at the Grand Prix in Monaco, which she shared with Vogue in a November 2022 interview. At the time, she didn’t say who this new boyfriend was but told the outlet, “I’m very happy. We haven’t gone public yet, and we’re having those conversations about how we can get there before anyone else does.”

When asked about living together, she added, “I’d like to but, you know, one day.”

There were rumors that Klein was the secret man she was referring to, as they’d been seen together at a few public events over the summer. Then, in December 2022, she posted a photo of Klein blowing out his birthday candles on Instagram, writing in the caption, “The best birthday surprise for the best person.”

He also made an appearance in a carousel of pictures of a beautiful winter vacation. She called him her “snowman.”

But it got “official” when she shared a photo of them being affectionate and laughing at a Netflix BAFTAs after-party in London in March 2023. See the photo here.

And in August 2023, she shared some photos of him taken by her brother while out on a hike.

So, he’s met the family.

He threw her a birthday party in March 2024.

Returning the birthday surprise favor, Klein hosted a party for Ashley in March 2024. She shared pictures from the night on Instagram, writing in the caption, “Thank you to my love for organising the best day ever. I adore all my friends so much ❤️.”

The couple broke up in January 2025.

While her romance with Klein was sweet and mostly private during its run, Ashley revealed that she started 2025 off single. During her February 28 appearance on BBC’s Woman Hour podcast, Ashley said, “It’s kind of ironic I’m promoting a rom-com [Picture This], and as of January this year, I’ve been entering my single era.”

She added, “I’m focusing on me and focusing on my work and my inner confidence. It feels like a different chapter from when Bridgerton came out, where things were just so crazy.”

E! noted the couple was last seen out together in October 2024.