Sophie Turner recalls Comic-Con wave that may have ended a fiancé's engagement

Sophie Turner recalled a comic, then consequential misstep at a San Diego Comic-Con afterparty more than a decade ago, telling a late-night host that a casual wave she exchanged with an actor she didn’t know may have contributed to a famous couple ending their engagement that night. Speaking on a Monday night program, Turner said the evening was “quite crazy” and went “really south really quick,” adding that she cannot name names publicly but that her action apparently had unforeseen consequences for a relationship she wasn’t even aware of at the time. She described dancing over to a famous actress she admired, only to be confronted by the other woman, who asked her to stop “flirting with my fiancé,” and Turner’s puzzled response: “Whos your fiancé? And she points to the guy I waved at.” Turner said she had no idea who the man was, but reflected that the engagement was reportedly called off that very night because of the wave and that she hadn’t realized the extent of what she had sparked.

Turner’s recollection comes as she moves forward with her life after a highly public split from Joe Jonas. The two met in 2016 and became one of the entertainment industry’s most recognized...