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5th August 2022
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Name a more iconic group of tragic teenage boys (Image: E4)[/caption]
The show, which aired on E4 between 2008 and 2010, saw Simon drunkenly write "I love Carly Damato" on her driveway, throw up all over her brother and accidentally get his testicles out on the catwalk of her fashion show. So, it's fair to say the character made an absolute mug of himself while trying to impress his high school heartthrob throughout all three series.
However despite Simon's obsession with Carly, it was actually another one of the character's love interests that Thomas ended up sealing the deal with off-screen.
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Joe Thomas and Hannah Tointon have been together for over a decade (Image: Getty)[/caption]
Hannah Tointon, who played Simon's girlfriend Tara in the final series on The Inbetweeners, is the woman who turned out to be Thomas's real-life, long-term lover.
It wasn't meant to be for the characters in the series but the actors are celebrating 12 years as a couple this year.
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Hannah Tointon and Joe Thomas attend the World Premiere of "The Festival" in Leicester Square in London, 2018 (Image: Getty)[/caption]
Thomas, 38, and Tointon, 34, moved in together a couple of years after The Inbetweeners ended in 2010, Metro reports, before getting engaged in 2017. The duo later starred in 2018 comedy film The Festival together and while again their characters were not meant to be, the actors continued to stay strong in real life.
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