United Kingdom, Aug. 11 -- James Norton is "a man in London going on occasional dates".

The 40-year-old McMafia star split from his former fiancee Imogen Poots in 2023, and he was recently pictured hanging out with newly-single pop star Lily Allen at a music festival in London but James insists he's simply going out and meeting new people and he shouldn't have to share the details.

He told the Guardian newspaper: "I've always tried to balance authenticity with privacy. "I want to be honest but I don't want to talk about my relationships at all and I don't like it when I get photographed with a friend walking down the street and it's then told the next day like it's a romance.

"Another romance! ... Look. I'm a man in London going on occ...