Rachel Zegler opens up about past relationships: ‘I’ve always been the boyfriend, now I want to be the girlfriend’

Hollywood actress Rachel Zegler has shared that she felt like "the boyfriend" in her past relationships. The 24-year-old actress, who is rumoured to have split from Nathan Louis-Fernand, and is still on good terms with West Side Story co-star and ex Josh Andres Rivera, has shared a series of snaps and life updates, and included a meme which caught the eye of fellow Broadway star Roman Banks, reports 'Female First UK'.He commented "slide 14 lmaooo", referring to a post which read, "I can't wait to be a girlfriend cause last time I was the boyfriend".Rachel said, "Not just last time EVERY TIME". She was first linked to Nathan in July 2025 after they worked together on the West End run of Evita.As per 'Female First UK', however, cryptic social media posts in January sparked speculation about a split, while she has unfollowed him on Instagram. Among the posts was a screenshot of a Google search of the term "how to fumble a baddie", along with a drawing by artist Ben Lenovitz which showed a woman walking a dog and smoking a cigarette, reading, "I'll never get a boyfriend".Although Rachel hasn't said much publicly, she recently hinted at experiencing "heartbreak", which meant she was in a good place to take on the role of Cathy in The Last Five Years, which tells her story backwards while her husband Jamie (Ben Platt) is chronological.She told Harper's BAZAAR magazine, "Cathy was my dream role when I was 16, but I had never experienced heartbreak then. Now I have, and that's just what it means to be alive. I'll be bringing that lived experience of disappointment, together with the acknowledgement that doing it anyway is where the love story lives, and where the drama lives".While she has had some tough times, Rachel, who the outlet notes is currently single - revealed how she has turned to therapy, insisting that mental health care should be open to more than just the wealthy, because "everybody deserves to understand what's going on in their own mind and heart".She said, "It's been helpful for a lot of reasons, and it's how I'm able to show up every day. I long for a time when it's not taboo to talk about and explore in a way that is universal and accessible".